>>> I'M HEREBY CALLING THE 
FOURTH SESSION OF THE CONVENTION
OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO 
ORDER.
WELCOME ALL TO OUR FINAL SESSION
OF THIS HISTORIC AND MEMORABLE 
CONVENTION.
[ GAVEL ]
>> WE'VE CALLED THE 48th 
QUADRENNIAL NATIONAL CONVENTION 
TO ORDER.
>> EVERY FOUR YEARS WE COME 
TOGETHER TO REAFFIRM OUR 
DEMOCRACY.
THIS YEAR WE'VE COME TO SAVE IT.
WE FIGHT FOR A MORE PERFECT 
UNION BECAUSE WE ARE FIGHTING 
FOR THE SOUL OF THIS COUNTRY, 
AND FOR OUR LIVES.
AND RIGHT NOW THAT FIGHT IS 
REAL.
>> WE MUST COME TOGETHER, DEFEAT
DONALD TRUMP, AND ELECT JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS AS OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT AND 
VICE-PRESIDENT.
>> DONALD TRUMP IS THE WRONG 
PRESIDENT FOR OUR COUNTRY.
HE HAS HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME
TO PROVE THAT HE CAN DO THE JOB,
BUT HE IS CLEARLY IN OVER HIS 
HEAD.
HE SIMPLY CANNOT BE WHO WE NEED 
HIM TO BE FOR US.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> MY DAD WAS A HEALTHY 
65-YEAR-OLD.
HIS ONLY PREEXISTING CONDITION 
WAS TRUSTING DONALD TRUMP.
AND FOR THAT HE PAID WITH HIS 
LIFE.
>> SO IT'S UP TO US TO CARRY ON 
THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE.
OUR ACTIONS WILL BE THEIR 
LEGACIES.
>> WE JUST NEED LEADERSHIP TO 
BRING US BACK TOGETHER, TO 
RECOVER FROM THIS PANDEMIC AND 
PREPARE FOR WHATEVER ELSE IS 
NEXT.
LEADERSHIP, TO REIMAGINE WHAT 
OUR NATION WILL BE.
THAT'S JOE.
>> NEXT PRESIDENT RIGHT HERE.
>> HE WAS THERE FOR ME.
HE'LL BE THERE FOR YOU, TOO.
>> FACED WITH A PRESIDENT OF 
COWARDICE, JOE BIDEN IS A MAN OF
PROVEN COURAGE.
THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME THE
ROLL CALL IS HEADING OUT TO ALL 
57 STATES AND TERRITORIES.
>> I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT 
VICE-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS 
OFFICIALLY BEEN NOMINATED BY THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS OUR 
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
>> I'LL SEE YOU ON THURSDAY.
>> OUR MISSION IS TO FIGHT FOR 
FUTURE EQUAL TO THE IDEALS OF 
OUR FOUNDERS.
OUR HOPES FOR OUR CHILDREN AND 
THE SACRIFICES OF OUR VETERANS, 
OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN 
UNIFORM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE 
FOREVER INDEBTED TO YOU FOR ALL 
OF THE WORK YOU DO ON THE FRONT 
LINES.
>> WE NEED LEADERS EQUAL TO THIS
MOMENT OF SACRIFICE AND SERVICE.
WE NEED JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS.
>> TONIGHT I'M ASKING YOU TO 
BELIEVE IN JOE AND KAMALA'S 
ABILITY TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY OUT
OF THESE DARK TIMES AND BUILD IT
BACK BETTER.
>> IN THIS ELECTION, WE HAVE A 
CHANCE TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF 
HISTORY.
WE'RE ALL IN THIS FIGHT 
TOGETHER.
WHAT AN AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY.
WHAT AN AWESOME PRIVILEGE.
I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION FOR 
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA.
>> HI, I'M TOM PEREZ.
THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE 
WEEK.
IT HASN'T BEEN THE KIND OF 
CONVENTION YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN 
EXPECTING.
AND TO BE HONEST, IT WASN'T THE 
KIND OF CONVENTION WE HAD 
PLANNED FOR.
BUT IN A WAY, WHAT WE'VE SEEN 
OVER THE LAST THREE NIGHTS AND 
WHAT WE'LL SEE TONIGHT IS A MORE
ACCURATE REFLECTION OF WHERE OUR
COUNTRY IS THAN ANY TRADITIONAL 
CONVENTION COULD HAVE BEEN.
YES, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT 
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT AND 
VICE-PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY'LL 
TACKLE THE CHALLENGES WE FACE 
AND LEAD OUR COUNTRY TO A 
BRIGHTER FUTURE.
AND WE'VE SEEN THAT OUR PARTY IS
READY TO LEAD, NOT JUST NOW, BUT
INTO THE NEXT GENERATION.
BUT WE'VE ALSO HEARD A LOT FROM 
PEOPLE WHO AREN'T RUNNING FOR 
ANYTHING THIS YEAR.
PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT EVEN THINK 
OF THEMSELVES AS POLITICAL.
AUTOWORKERS AND COLLEGE 
STUDENTS.
FARMERS AND IMMIGRANTS.
TEACHERS.
NURSES.
AND, YES, THE OCCASIONAL 
CALAMARI CHEF.
IF THE LITERAL WORD CONVENTION 
HAS TO DO WITH COMING TOGETHER, 
THEN WHAT HAS BROUGHT US 
TOGETHER ISN'T PARTISANSHIP, 
IT'S PURPOSE.
THAT'S WHAT HAS ALLOWED US TO 
BRING BOTH DIE HARD PROGRESSIVES
AND CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS 
UNDER THE SAME TENT.
THAT'S WHAT HAS ALLOWED US TO 
BUILD A CAMPAIGN WHERE NO STATE,
NO PRECINCT, NO VOTE IS TAKEN 
FOR GRANTED.
THAT'S HOW WE BUILD OUR 
MOVEMENT.
THAT'S HOW WE WIN UP AND DOWN 
THE BALLOT.
THAT'S HOW WE MAKE CHANGE.
AND WHEN WE CAN BRING THAT KIND 
OF ENERGY TO THE CHALLENGES OUR 
NATION FACES, WELL, THERE'S 
NOTHING WE CAN'T ACCOMPLISH.
JUST ASK JOE BIDEN, WHO SET HIS 
SIGHTS ON A MISSION THAT COULD 
CHANGE THE WORLD FOREVER.
CONQUERING CANCER.
>> WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON 
IN THIS DECADE AND DO THE OTHER 
THINGS, NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE 
EASY, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD.
>> VICE-PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID 
THAT WHERE THE NEW MOON SHINES, 
AMERICA CAN CURE CANCER.
I'M PUTTING JOE IN CHARGE OF 
MISSION CONTROL.
>> BO BIDEN, THE SON OF 
VICE-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, 
SUCCUMBED TO BRAIN CANCER 
SATURDAY AT THE AGE OF 46.
>> HE'S THE ONE THAT WANTED ME 
TO STAY ENGAGED.
HE WAS WORRIED THAT I'D NOT 
CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE THINGS
I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT AND I'M 
TRYING TO KEEP HIS PROMISE.
>> PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED THE 
21st CENTURY CURES ACT, 
INCLUDING THE SO-CALLED MOON 
SHOT THAT COULD BE A GIANT LEAP 
IN THE FIGHT TO CURE CANCER.
>> THE MOON SHOT IS THE SYMBOL 
OF AMERICAN AMBITION AND 
ACHIEVEMENT.
NOW VICE-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN 
WILL LEAD A SIMILAR EFFORT TO 
CURE CANCER.
>> IT WILL BE LED BY JOE BIDEN 
AND IS AIMED AT ENDING THE 
DISEASE THAT KILLED THE 
VICE-PRESIDENT'S SON AND 600,000
OTHER AMERICANS EVERY YEAR.
>> I THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE GONE THROUGH WHAT I'VE GONE
THROUGH WITHOUT 1/10 THE HELP 
THAT I'VE HAD.
WHEN YOU HAVE A SON OR DAUGHTER,
HUSBAND, WIFE, SOMEONE YOU 
ADORE, YOU BECOME AS EDUCATED AS
YOU CAN, AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN 
PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU KNOW IT'S 
A VERY SERIOUS FORM.
I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE ME 
KA 
MECHANICS OF CANCER.
I HAVE NOW NET WITH OVER 200 
ONCOLOGISTS AND CANCER RESEARCH 
CENTERS, AND I'M ASKING THEM, 
WHAT IS IT YOU WANT ME TO CLEAR 
THE WAY FOR?
WHERE ARE WE AN IMPEDIMENT?
>> HE IS DETERMINED.
HE'S NOT GOING TO WALK AWAY 
UNTIL THERE IS REAL CHANGE.
>> THIS IS A TRULY BIPARTISAN 
ISSUE.
SO THE LEADERS IN THIS EFFORT IN
THE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE 
REPUBLICANS AS WELL AS 
DEMOCRATS.
>> HE'S BEEN PUSHED TO THE EDGE 
OF WHAT ANYONE COULD BE EXPECTED
TO BEAR.
>> FOLLOWING CORRECTION, BO 
BIDEN CANCER MOON SHOT.
>> YOU'RE A MAN OF SUBSTANCE.
YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAGEDIES 
IN YOUR LIFE, AND WE ARE 
INSPIRED BY THE WAY THAT YOU 
HAVE RESPONDED TO THOSE.
>> EVERY SINGLE FAMILY IN 
AMERICA HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY 
CANCER, AND WE ARE SO CLOSE.
>> FOR THE LOVED ONES WE'VE ALL 
LOST, LET'S MAKE AMERICA THE 
COUNTRY THAT CURES CANCER ONES 
AND FOR ALL.
>> I BELIEVE WE NEED A MOON SHOT
IN THIS COUNTRY TO CURE CANCER.
IT'S PERSONAL.
BUT I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS.
THERE ARE SO MANY BREAKTHROUGHS 
JUST ON THE HORIZON.
WE CAN MAKE THEM REAL WITH AN 
ABSOLUTE NATIONAL COMMITMENT.
THERE ARE DEMOCRATS AND 
REPUBLICANS ON THE HILL WHO 
SHARE OUR PASSION TO SILENCE 
THIS DEADLY DISEASE.
IF I CAN BE ANYTHING, I WOULD 
HAVE WANTED TO BE THE PRESIDENT 
THAT ENDED CANCER.
BECAUSE IT'S POSSIBLE.
>> I'M AMANDA LITMAN, I'M 
CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTOR OF RUN FOR SOMETHING.
IN MAY 2017 I WAS INVITED TO 
JOIN A SMALL MEETING IN D.C. 
WITH A HANDFUL OF OTHER 
ORGANIZATION LEADERS TO GIVE 
UPDATES TO THE VP ON OUR WORK.
THE VP CAME OVER AND I TRIED TO 
PLAY IT COOL.
WELL, MY GRAMMY WOULD BE FURIOUS
IF SHE KNEW I WAS AT A MEETING 
WITH YOU AND DIDN'T GET A PHOTO.
GRAMMY, THE VP SAID AS WE POSED 
FOR THE PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE HERE,
LET'S CALL HER.
I CALLED HER.
SOMEONE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.
HI, GRAMMY.
THIS IS JOE BIDEN.
SHE WAS OVERWHELMED.
GRAMMY WENT ON TO TELL HIM HER 
SECOND ELDEST, MY AUNT MICHELLE 
WAS IN THE HOSPITAL COLON 
CANCER, ADVANCED, AND SHE WAS 
REALLY SICK.
THE VP'S POSTURE CHANGED 
IMMEDIATELY.
I'M SO SORRY, GRAMMY.
I'M SO, SO SORRY.
YOU KNOW MY SON BO DIED OF 
CANCER.
AS A PARENT YOU SHOULD NEVER 
EVEN HAVE TO THINK OF ONE DAY 
BURYING A CHILD.
IT'S A NIGHTMARE.
HE STEPPED AWAY SPEAKING PERMLY 
WITH HER ABOUT SITTING IN A 
HOSPITAL ROOM WITH ASIK CHILD 
ABOUT PAIN.
I COULD HEAR HER CHOKING UP ON 
THE PHONE.
I'M GIVING AMANDA MY PERSONAL 
HOME PHONE NUMBER.
YOU NEED ANYTHING, YOU CALL ME.
I'LL COME TO THE HOSPITAL AND 
SIT WITH YOU.
ANYTHING.
GRAMMY STILL TALKS ABOUT THAT 
CALL.
HE'S A GENUINELY NICE MAN, SHE 
SAYS.
HE JUST GETS IT.
HER GRIEF AND MY FAMILY'S GRIEF 
MATTERED TO HIM.
OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY IS GRIEVING.
WE ARE ALL GOING THROUGH TRAUMA.
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT NEEDS TO BE 
THE ONE HELPING US HEAL.
THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD AND EXCITED 
TO VOTE THIS FALL, NOT JUST 
AGAINST TRUMP, BUT GENUINELY FOR
JOE BIDEN.
>> BEFORE WE CONTINUE WITH 
TONIGHT'S PROGRAM, I WANT TO 
THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE THIS
UNPRECEDENTED CONVENTION 
POSSIBLE.
FROM OUR DELEGATES AND SPEAKERS 
TO OUR PARTY STAFF AND OUR 
PRODUCTION TEAM.
NEXT WEEK IT WILL BE THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY'S TURN TO HOLD 
THEIR CONVENTION.
ON BEHALF OF THEIR SPEAKERS AND 
STAFF, I HOPE THEIR ORGANIZERS 
WILL TAKE SAFETY AS SERIOUSLY AS
WE HAVE.
AND THEN IT WILL BE UP TO YOU, 
AMERICA.
YOU'LL HAVE HEARD FROM TWO VERY 
DIFFERENT CANDIDATES FOR 
PRESIDENT.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DIG INTO THE 
DETAILS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE 
PLANS FOR SOLVING THE CHALLENGES
WE FACE AND DECIDE WHICH PLAN 
YOU THINK WILL WORK FOR YOU AND 
YOUR FAMILY.
BUT THE CHOICE THIS YEAR IS 
DEEPER THAN THAT.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT 
DONALD TRUMP OR JOE BIDEN, NO 
MATTER WHICH PARTY YOU BELONG 
TO, OR WHETHER YOU BELONG TO ANY
PARTY AT ALL, YOUR JOSH IB IN T 
ELECTION IS TO DECIDE WHAT KIND 
OF MOVEMENT IS CAPABLE OF BEING 
THE VEHICLE FOR THE CHANGE WE 
NEED.
KIND OF MOVEMENT THAT DEMANDS 
ABSOLUTE LOYALTY TO ONE MAN AND 
HIS PERSONAL AGENDA REALLY EVER 
MAKE THIS COUNTRY GREATER?
OR DO WE DO BETTER WHEN WE JOIN 
TOGETHER IN A MOVEMENT OF SHARED
VALUES, ONE THAT AMPLIFIES OUR 
DIVERSE VOICES?
WE'VE GOT ONE MORE NIGHT TO SHOW
AMERICA WHAT OUR PATH FORWARD 
LOOKS LIKE, NOT ONE MAN BOASTING
THAT HE ALONE CAN FIX IT.
BUT EVERYDAY PEOPLE COMING 
TOGETHER TO FACE OUR CHALLENGES 
WITH UNITY AND DETERMINATION.
NOW WE TURN TO ONE EXAMPLE, 
CALIFORNIA'S FIGHT AGAINST THE 
DANGEROUS WILDFIRES RAGING 
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
PLEASE WELCOME GOVERNOR GAVIN 
NEWSOM.
>> I CONFESS THIS IS NOT WHERE I
EXPECTED TO BE SPEAKING HERE 
TONIGHT.
I'M ABOUT A MILE OR SO AWAY FROM
ONE OF OVER 370 WILDFIRES THAT 
WE'RE BATTLING HERE IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA.
AND WE ARE JUST COMING OFF A 
RECORD WEEK, A HEAT WAVE, THAT 
LED TO 130-DEGREE TEMPERATURES, 
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER 
RECORDED IN CALIFORNIA.
ARGUABLY THE WORLD'S HISTORY 
HERE IN OUR STATE.
THE HOTS ARE GETTING HOTTER.
THE DRIES ARE GETTING DRYER.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL.
IF YOU ARE IN DENIAL ABOUT 
CLIMATE CHANGE, COME TO 
CALIFORNIA.
11,000 DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES.
WE HAD OVER 72 HOUR PERIOD 
LEADING TO THIS UNPRECEDENTED 
CHALLENGE WITH THESE WILDFIRES.
THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT 
IN OUR HISTORY.
MOTHER NATURE HAS NOW JOINED 
THIS CONVERSATION AROUND CLIMATE
CHANGE, AND SO WE, TOO, NEED TO 
ADVANCE THAT CONVERSATION ANEW.
JUST TODAY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES THREATENED THE 
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 40 MILLION 
AMERICANS THAT HAPPEN TO LIVE 
HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
TO DEFUND OUR EFFORTS ON 
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION BECAUSE HE 
SAID WE HADN'T RAKED ENOUGH 
LEAVES.
YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT UP.
NOR CAN YOU MAKEUP THE FACT 
WE'RE INVOLVED IN OVER 90 
LAWSUITS WITH THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION ON CLEAN AIR, ON 
CLEAN WATER, ENDANGERED SPECIES,
ON PESTICIDES.
THERE IS SO MUCH AT STAKE IN 
THIS ELECTION.
NONE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE 
WORK JOE BIDEN DID WITH BARACK 
OBAMA ON THE VEHICLE EMISSIONS 
STANDARDS, THE FUEL EFFICIENCY 
STANDARDS.
IT WILL SAVE BILLIONS AND 
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, TAXPAYERS 
AND REDUCE OUR GREENHOUSE GAS 
EMISSIONS.
THERE IS SO MUCH AT STAKE IN 
THIS ELECTION.
I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF ON MY WAY
TO ONE OF OUR RELIEF CENTERS, 
ONE OF OUR EVACUATION CENTERS, 
JUST TO JUMP OUT OF THE CAR AND 
JUST EXPRESS MY DEEP REVERENCE, 
MY ADMIRATION TO JOE BIDEN, TO 
KAMALA HARRIS, CALIFORNIA'S OWN,
TO THEIR FAITH, THEIR DEVOTION, 
THEIR CONSTANCY, TO THEIR 
COMMITMENT.
NOT JUST TO THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT
TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
TO OUR KIDS, OUR KIDS' KIDS, TO 
OUR GRAND KIDS, TO OUR LEGACY.
THERE IS SO MUCH AT STAKE IN 
THIS ELECTION, AND I JUST WANT 
TO CLOSE BY REMINDING EACH AND 
EVERY ONE OF YOU THE FUTURE IS 
NOT SOMETHING TO EXPERIENCE.
IT'S SOMETHING TO MANIFEST.
IT'S INSIDE OF US, NOT JUST IN 
FRONT OF US.
IT'S OUR DECISION, NOT OUR 
CONDITIONS THAT WILL DETERMINE 
OUR FATE IN FUTURE.
SO LE
SO LET US RESOLVE AFTER THIS 
HISTORIC NIGHT, THIS INCREDIBLE 
WEEK, THIS REMARKABLE 
CONVENTION, THAT WE DO 
EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO GET 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS INTO
THE WHITE HOUSE IN JANUARY 2021.
♪ 
♪ 
>> AMERICA IS AN IDEA, AN IDEA 
STRONGER THAN ANY ARMY, BIGGER 
THAN ANY OCEAN, MORE POWERFUL 
THAN ANY DICTATOR OR TYRANT.
IT GIVES HOPE.
THIS NATION, WE BELIEVE IN 
HONESTY, DECENCY, TREATING 
EVERYONE WITH RESPECT, GIVING 
EVERYONE A FAIR SHOT.
LEAVING NOBODY BEHIND.
GIVING HATE NO SAFE HARBOR.
LEADING BY THE POWER OF OUR 
EXAMPLE, NOT BY THE EXAMPLE OF 
OUR POWER.
BEING PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER 
THAN OURSELVES.
IT'S A COVE.
IT'S A UNIQUELY AMERICAN COVE, 
THE MOST POWERFUL IDEA IN THE 
HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
THE AMERICAN CREED, AND WE'RE 
ALL CREATED EQUAL.
I THINK BEATS IN THE HEART OF 
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.
♪ 
♪ 
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I HOPE 
THE VIRUS IS IN CHECK AND THE 
AMERICAN SPIRIT IS UNLEASHED, 
AND THAT WE'RE NOT FEARING, BUT 
HOPING AGAIN.
>> UNITY IN OUR COUNTRY, THIS IS
WHAT I HOPE TO SEE NEXT YEAR.
>> I HOPE WE'VE CHOSEN COMMUNITY
OVER CHAOS.
WE'VE CHOSEN UNITY OVER 
DIVISION.
AND WE'VE CHOSEN LOVE OVER HATE.
>> I BELIEVE THAT AMERICA WILL 
HAVE FACED ITS DARKEST MOMENT, 
AND WILL HAVE COME OUT BETTER.
>> AMERICA WILL BE COMING 
TOGETHER, NOT SPLINTERING APART.
>> NO MORE, NO MORE PAIN.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I HOPE 
THAT WE WILL HAVE A GOVERNMENT 
THAT IS ACCOUNTABLE TO US AND 
GUARANTEES HEALTH CARE AS A 
HUMAN RIGHT.
>> THE PROMISE OF AMERICA WILL 
BE RESTORED FOR ALL OUR 
COMMUNITIES, ALL OUR FAMILIES, 
FOR ALL OF US.
AND WHEN I SAY ALL OF US -- 
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
>> I AM CONFIDENT THIS TIME NEXT
YEAR WE WILL HAVE A PRESIDENT 
WHO PROVIDES LEADERSHIP, NOT 
JUST TWEETS.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR I HOPE WE
ARE LISTENING LESS TO THE 
RUSSIANS AND MORE TO DR. FAUCI.
>> I HOPE WE ALL GET BACK TO 
WORK.
>> THERE WILL BE TWO AMERICANS 
WHO I WILL BE HAPPY TO SAY ARE 
UNEMPLOYED.
MITCH McCONNELL AND DONALD 
TRUMP.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR I HOPE 
THAT ALL AMERICANS, WHETHER THEY
ARE DEMOCRATS OR INDEPENDENTS OR
REPUBLICANS, WILL BE PROUD OF 
THEIR PRESIDENT, WILL BE PROUD 
OF THEIR VICE-PRESIDENT.
>> AND THAT OUR RECOVERY IS 
TRULY PEOPLE UP, FAMILIES UP, 
AND COMMUNITIES UP.
A GOVERNMENT THAT IS WORKING FOR
THEM, THAT'S OUT THERE EVERY DAY
DOING ITS BEST FOR THEM.
>> I WANT TO SEE A PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES WHO CAN LOOK 
SOMEONE IN THE EYE AND TELL HER 
HER RIGHTS ARE WORTH PROTECTING.
>> I HOPE WE HAVE A PRESIDENT 
WHO CHAMPIONS THE RIGHTS OF ALL 
WOMEN AND GIRLS.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR I WANT A 
PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT 
MILITARY FAMILIES NEED.
>> WHO CARES ABOUT THE RIGHTS 
AND LIVES OF PEOPLE.
>> WILL CARE ABOUT OUR 
ENVIRONMENT AGAIN.
>> WILL HAVE PASSED 
COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION 
REFORM.
>> I HOPE WE HAVE A PRESIDENT 
WHO HONORS TRIBAL RIGHTS AND 
SOVEREIGNTY.
>> A YEAR FROM NOW I WANT TO SEE
THE KIDS PLAYING ON THE 
PLAYGROUND.
>> I TAKE PRIDE IN MY JOB IN 
HELPING OUR CUSTOMERS.
BUT NEXT YEAR, I WANT TO DO IT 
WITHOUT WEARING A MASK OR 
GLOVES.
>> I HOPE THAT WE ARE ALL 
CELEBRATING LANDMARK LEGISLATION
THAT THE BIDEN-HARRIS 
ADMINISTRATION HAVE SHEPHERDED 
THROUGH CONGRESS AND SIGNED INTO
LAW.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE WILL 
BE ABLE TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE 
DAY WHEN WE CAN SEND OUR 
CHILDREN TO SCHOOL WITHOUT FEAR 
OF GUN VIOLENCE.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR I HOPE 
THIS COUNTRY REALIZES WE HAVE, 
IN FACT, RECLAIMED THE SOUL OF 
AMERICA.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I HOPE 
AND PRAY THAT AMERICA WILL HAVE 
RESTORED DEMOCRACY.
>> WE RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO COME
TOGETHER, ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
>> ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I WANT 
TO SEE JOE BIDEN IN THE OVAL 
OFFICE.
>> HELLO, AMERICA.
I'M ANDREW YANG.
YOU MIGHT KNOW ME AS THE GUY WHO
RAN FOR PRESIDENT TALKING ABOUT 
MATH IN THE FUTURE.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR ALL OF US, 
THAT FUTURE IS NOW.
THE PANDEMIC HAS ACCELERATED 
EVERYTHING.
IF YOU'RE LIKE ME AND MY WIFE 
EVELYN, YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOUR 
CHILD'S SCHOOL IS GOING TO 
REOPEN THIS FALL.
72% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT 
THIS IS THE WORST TIME WE HAVE 
EVER EXPERIENCED.
AND 42% OF THE JOBS THAT HAVE 
BEEN LOST, MILLIONS OF JOBS WILL
NEVER RETURN.
WE ARE IN A DEEP, DARK HOLE, AND
WE NEED LEADERS WHO WILL HELP US
DIG OUT.
I KNOW MANY POLITICIANS PROMISE 
AND THEN FAIL TO DELIVER.
IF YOU VOTED FOR TRUMP OR DIDN'T
VOTE AT ALL BACK IN 2016, I GET 
IT.
MANY OF US HAVE GOTTEN TIRED OF 
OUR LEADERS SEEMING FAR REMOVED 
FROM OUR EVERYDAY LIVES, AND WE 
DESPAIR THAT OUR GOVERNMENT WILL
EVER RISE TO THE CHALLENGES OF 
OUR TIME.
BUT WE MUST GIVE THIS COUNTRY, 
OUR COUNTRY, A CHANCE TO 
RECOVER, AND RECOVERY IS ONLY 
POSSIBLE WITH A CHANGE OF 
LEADERSHIP AND NEW IDEAS.
BOLD AND INNOVATIVE POLICIES 
THAT WILL GET HELP INTO YOUR 
HANDS IN THE MIDST OF THIS 
CRISIS ARE NOW POSSIBLE.
BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP TO TURN 
THE PAGE FOR OUR COUNTRY IN 75 
DAYS.
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE
JOE BIDEN'S NOMINATION AS THE 
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR 
PRESIDENT.
I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW BOTH JOE 
AND KAMALA ON THE TRAIL OVER THE
PAST YEAR.
THE WAY YOU REALLY GET TO KNOW A
PERSON WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE OFF,
THE CROWDS ARE GONE, IT'S JUST 
YOU AND THEM.
THEY'RE REAL PEOPLE.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS WE 
FACE.
THEY ARE PARENTS AND PATRIOTS 
WHO WANT THE BEST FOR US AND OUR
COUNTRY.
AND IF WE GIVE THEM THE CHANCE 
THEY WILL FIGHT FOR US AND OUR 
FAMILIES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
OUR FUTURE IS NOW, AND IT IS 
DAUNTING.
BUT I ASK YOU TONIGHT TO JOIN ME
TO HELP JOE AND KAMALA FIGHT FOR
THE PROMISE OF AMERICA, TURN THE
PAGE FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND LEAD 
US FORWARD TO A FUTURE WE'LL 
ACTUALLY BE PROUD TO LEAVE TO 
OUR CHILDREN.
AND NOW I'D LIKE IT TURN IT OVER
TO A GREAT DEMOCRAT WHO WILL BE 
WITH US THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
BETWEEN US WE HAVE 11 EMMY'S.
HOW IS THAT FOR MATH.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTRESSES, 
JU
JU
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS.
>> WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT 
KAMALA'S SPEECH LAST NIGHT?
>> I WAS HAPPY FOR HER.
>> I THINK SHE'S FABULOUS.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE DEBATE, 
OUR CURRENT VICE-PRESIDENT -- 
MIKA PINTS, PAINTS?
>> IT'S PONCE, I BELIEVE.
>> SOME WEIRD FOREIGN NAME?
>> NOT AMERICAN SOUNDING.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING 
STRONGLY.
THANK YOU, ANDREW, AND PLEASE 
GIVE MY REGARDS TO THE GANG.
>> I WILL.
THEY'RE RIGHT IN THE NEXT ROOM.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, JULIA.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD EVENING, AMERICA, AND 
WELCOME TO THE FOURTH NIGHT OF 
THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, UNITING AMERICA.
OKAY, THESE LAST FEW NIGHTS HAVE
BEEN GOING SO WELL, WE DECIDED 
TO ADD A FIFTH NIGHT WHERE WE 
WILL JUST PLAY MICHELLE OBAMA'S 
SPEECH ON A LOOP.
I FIRST MET JOE BIDEN WHEN I WAS
DOING MY SHOW VEEP.
I PLAYED THE VICE-PRESIDENT AND 
HE WAS, IN FACT, THE 
VICE-PRESIDENT, AND WE HIT IT 
OFF IMMEDIATELY.
SOON AFTER, I WAS ASKED TO BE ON
THE COVER OF A MAGAZINE.
REMEMBER THOSE?
AND I WAS SO EXCITED.
IT WAS LIKE, OH, WHAT'S IT GOING
TO BE, PEOPLE OR VOGUE OR 
ROLLING STONE?
WELL, IT TURNS OUT IT WAS FOR 
"AR
"ARRIVE," THE OFFICIAL ON-BOARD 
MAGAZINE OF AMTRAK, WHICH NOBODY
EVER READS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S 
FREE.
AND THE DAY IT CAME OUT, MY 
PHONE RANG AND IT WAS THE 
VICE-PRESIDENT TELLING ME HE 
LOVED THE COVER, AND THE WHOLE 
ARTICLE, AND THAT IT WAS ONE OF 
THE BEST ISSUES OF "ARRIVE" HE 
HAD EVER READ.
AND THAT IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY
REASONS THAT I WANTED TO BE HERE
TONIGHT FOR JOE.
AND TO REMIND YOU THAT JOE BIDEN
NOT ONLY KNOWS HOW TO READ, BUT 
ALSO HE READS EVERYTHING.
>>> YOU KNOW, I AM NO POLICY 
EXPERT, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T 
PRETEND TO BE ONE, BUT I HAVE A 
GUT FEELING ABOUT FAIRNESS AND 
WHAT'S RIGHT, AND THAT IS WHY I 
AM SO EXCITED THAT JUST IN A 
LITTLE WHILE WE ARE GOING TO 
HEAR FROM JOE BIDEN ABOUT HIS 
PLANS FOR AMERICA, PLANS FOR A 
STRONG ECONOMY THAT HELPS 
WORKING PEOPLE IN SMALL 
BUSINESSES, NOT JUST 
BILLIONAIRES, AND PLANS TO RAISE
THE WAGES FOR THE NURSES AND 
TEACHERS AND GROCERY WORKERS 
THAT ARE GETTING US THROUGH THIS
CRISIS, GOD LOVE 'EM.
SO HOW CAN YOU HELP JOE?
IT'S SUPER SIMPLE.
VOTE.
RIGHT NOW YOU CAN TEXT VOTE TO 
30330 TO LEARN ABOUT ALL OF YOUR
VOTING OPTIONS AND MAKE THE BEST
PLAN FOR HOW TO VOTE IN YOUR 
COMMUNITY WHERE EVER YOU ARE.
AN EASEY WAY TO REMEMBER 3030 I 
THAT'S THE YEAR DONALD TRUMP 
WILL FINALLY RELEASE HIS TAX 
RETURNS.
IF WE ALL VOTE, THERE IS 
NOTHING -- FACEBOOK, FOX NEWS, 
AND VLADIMIR PUTIN -- CAN DO TO 
STOP US.
BUT FIRST, LET'S REAFFIRM THE 
ALL-AMERICAN VALUES THAT OUR 
PARTY AND JOE BIDEN STAND FOR.
>> DO IT WHILE YOU'RE SMILING, 
OKAY?
>> READY, AND ACTION.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE 
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR 
WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION 
UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH 
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> AWESOME!
>> AWESOME!
♪ OH, SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE 
DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪
♪ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT 
THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING ♪
♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT
STARS THROUGH THE PERILOUS 
FIGHT ♪
♪ O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED 
WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING ♪
♪ AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE, 
THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR ♪
♪ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT 
THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE ♪
♪ OH, SAY DOES THAT 
STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE ♪
♪ O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND 
THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M SISTER SIMONE CAMPBELL, 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NETWORK 
AND LEADER OF NUNS ON THE BUS.
TONIGHT MARKS AN IMPORTANT NEXT 
CHAPTER IN OUR STORY OF WHO WE 
WILL BECOME AS A NATION, SO I 
SPEAK TO YOU WITH A SENSE OF 
URGENCY AND HOPE, KNOWING THE 
DIFFICULT WORK AHEAD, BUT 
GROUNDED IN MY FAITH.
THE VERY FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THE 
SCRIPTURE THAT INFORMS THE THREE
ABRAHAMIC TRADITIONS TELLS US, 
THE DIVINE SPIRIT BREATHED OVER 
THE WATERS OF KCHAOS AND BROUGH 
FORTH A NEW CREATION.
ENCOURAGED BY THIS PROMISE THAT 
A NEW CREATION CAN COME FROM 
CHAOS, LET US PRAY.
OH, DIVINE SPIRIT, DURING THE 
WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD, STIR OUR
HEARTS AND MINDS THAT WE MIGHT 
FIGHT FOR A VISION THAT IS 
WORTHY OF YOU AND YOUR CALL TO 
HONOR THE DIGNITY OF ALL OF YOUR
CREATION.
A VISION OF WHO WE ARE AS A 
PEOPLE, GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY 
AND CARE FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY THE
MOST MARGINALIZED.
A VISION THAT CARES FOR OUR 
EARTH AND HEALS THE PLANET.
A VISION THAT ENDS STRUCTURAL 
RACISM, BIGOTRY, AND SEXISM, SO 
RIFE NOW IN OUR NATION AND IN 
OUR HISTORY.
A VISION THAT ENSURES HUNGRY 
PEOPLE ARE FED, CHILDREN ARE 
NOURISHED, IMMIGRANTS ARE 
WELCOMED.
OH, SPIRIT, BREATHE IN US AND 
OUR LEADERS A NEW RESOLVE THAT 
COMMITTED TO THIS NEW AMERICAN 
PROMISE, WE WILL WORK TOGETHER 
TO BUILD A NATIONAL COMMUNITY, 
GROUNDED IN HEALING, FEARLESSLY 
BASED ON TRUTH, AND LIVING OUT 
OF A SENSE OF SHARED 
RESPONSIBILITY.
IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS HOLY,
OH, SPIRIT, BRING OUT OF THIS 
TIME OF GLOBAL AND NATIONAL 
CHAOS A NEW CREATION, A NEW 
COMMUNITY THAT CAN, WITH YOUR 
HELP, REALIZE THIS NEW PROMISE 
THAT WE AFFIRM TONIGHT.
AND SO WITH PROFOUND HOPE, LET 
WE THE PEOPLE SAY, AMEN.
>> THANK YOU, SISTER SIMONE.
PEOPLE OF FAITH HAVE LONG LED 
CHANGE, FROM ABOLITION AND 
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE TO THE LABOR 
MOVEMENT AND STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS.
JOE BIDEN WILL CONTINUE THAT 
PROGRESSIVE MARCH TOWARDS 
JUSTICE.
INSPIRED BY RESPECT FOR THE 
DIGNITY OF ALL PEOPLE, PEOPLE 
JOE BELIEVES WERE MADE IN THE 
IMAGE OF GOD.
JOE LEARNED THAT FROM HIS 
PARENTS AND THE NUNS AND PRIESTS
RIGHT HERE IN DELAWARE WHO 
TAUGHT HIM AND INSPIRED IN HIM A
PASSION FOR JUSTICE.
I'M SENATOR CHRIS COONS OF 
DELAWARE, AND I WANT TO TELL YOU
ABOUT MY FRIEND JOE BIDEN.
HIS FAITH IS STRONG AND IT'S 
PERSONAL AND PRIVATE.
FOR JOE, FAITH ISN'T A PROP OR 
POLITICAL TOOL.
I'VE KNOWN JOE ABOUT 30 YEARS 
AND I'VE SEEN HIS FAITH IN 
ACTION.
JOE KNOWS THE POWER OF PRAYER 
AND I'VE SEEN HIM IN MOMENTS OF 
JOY AND TRIUMPH, OF LOSS AND 
DESPAIR, TURN TO GOD FOR 
STRENGTH.
JOE'S COMFORTED ME IN MY 
TOUGHEST MOMENTS AS HE HAS SO 
MANY OTHERS.
I'LL NEVER FORGET HOW JOE TOOK 
THE TIME TO OFFER ME WORDS OF 
COMFORT, AS MY FATHER LAY IN 
HOSPICE.
TIME AND AGAIN I'VE SEEN HIM 
STOP EVERYTHING AND LISTEN, 
REALLY LISTEN TO SOMEONE WHO 
NEEDS A SHOULDER TO CRY ON,R 
PARTNER IN PRAYER.
THAT COMPASSION, THAT EMPATHY IS
PART OF HIS CHARACTER.
MORE THAN ANYTHING, JOE IS A MAN
OF FAITH AND CONSCIENCE.
HE'LL BE A PRESIDENT FOR 
AMERICANS OF ALL FAITHS AS WELL 
AS PEOPLE OF CONSCIENCE WHO 
PRACTICE NO PARTICULAR FAITH.
JOE'S FAITH IS REALLY ABOUT OUR 
FUTURE, ABOUT A WORLD WITH LESS 
SUFFERING AND MORE JUSTICE WHERE
WE'RE BETTER STEWARDS OF 
CREATION, WHERE WE HAVE A MORE 
JUST IMMIGRATION POLICY, AND WE 
ARE WE CALL OUT AND CONFRONT THE
ORIGINAL SINS OF THIS NATION, 
THE SINS OF SLAVERY AND RACISM.
JOE KNOWS THESE ARE CENTRAL 
ISSUES IN THIS ELECTION, AND FOR
HIM THEY'RE ROOTED IN FAITH.
JOE KNOWS THAT IT'S FAITH THAT 
SUSTAINS SO MANY ORDINARY 
AMERICANS WHO DO EXTRAORDINARY 
THINGS.
NURSES WHO BRAVE INFECTION, 
FIREFIGHTERS WHO RUN INTO 
BURNING BUILDINGS, TEACHERS 
WORKING OVERTIME, ESPECIALLY 
NOW.
THEY ALL DESERVE A SERVANT 
LEADER WHO KNOWS THE DIGNITY OF 
WORK, WHO SEES THEM, RESPECTS 
THEM, FIGHTS FOR THEM.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO BRINGS 
PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS TOGETHER TO
TACKLE OUR CHALLENGES, REBUILD 
OUR COUNTRY AND RESTORE OUR HUGH
MANH
HUMANITY.
SOME WHO DOES JUSTICE, WALKS 
HUMBLY WITH OUR GOD.
JOE BIDEN WILL BE THAT 
PRESIDENT.
JOE HAS KNOWN THIS RACE IS A 
BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF OUR 
COUNTRY, AND HE'S RIGHT.
JOE BELIEVES.
HE BELIEVES IN BOTH THE 
GREATNESS AND THE GOODNESS OF 
THIS COUNTRY.
HE BELIEVES IN US, AND IN WHAT 
WE CAN DO TOGETHER.
>> MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS YOUR 
FAITH AND HOW WOULD YOU USE YOUR
FAITH IN MAKING DECISIONS FOR 
OUR NATION?
>> REVEREND, I KIND OF KNOW WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO LOSE A FAMILY, AND 
MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU.
YOU MAY REMEMBER AFTER BARAK AND
MICHELLE AND I WERE THERE, MY 
FAMILY, I CAME BACK ON THAT 
SUNDAY TO REGULAR SERVICE 
BECAUSE I HAD JUST LOST MY SON.
AND I WANTED SOME HOPE BECAUSE 
WHAT YOU ALL DID WAS ASTOUNDING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW 
THIS.
ALL THOSE WHO DIED, WERE KILLED 
BY THIS WHITE SUPREMACIST, THEY 
FORGAVE HIM.
THEY FORGAVE HIM.
THE ULTIMATE ACT OF CHRISTIAN 
CHARITY, THEY FORGAVE HIM.
AND YOU KNOW, REVEREND, I'M NOT 
PROSELYTIZING.
I HAPPEN TO BE A PRACTICING 
CATHOLIC.
BUT I WENT BACK TO THE CHURCH 
BECAUSE I FOUND PARTICULARLY THE
BLACK CHURCH, IN THIS CASE 
A.M.E., IT WAS NOT AN EPISCOPAL 
CHURCH.
I FOUND THERE IS THAT FAMOUS 
PHRASE FROM KIERKEGARD, FAITH 
SEES BEST IN THE DARK.
I'M NOT TRYING TO PROCESS IT, 
I'M NOT TRYING TO GET YOU TO 
SHARE MY RELIGIOUS VIEWS.
BUT FOR ME IT'S IMPORTANT 
BECAUSE IT GIVES ME SOME REASON 
TO HAVE HOPE AND PURPOSE.
>> JUST REMEMBER, JOE BIDEN GOES
TO CHURCH SO REGULARLY THAT HE 
DOESN'T EVEN NEED TEAR GAS AND A
BUNCH OF FEDERALIZED TROOPS TO 
HELP HIM GET THERE.
NO ONE FOUGHT HARDER FOR YOUR 
RIGHT TO VOTE THAN JOHN LEWIS.
HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT HIM AND HIS 
LEGACY, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR GREAT
MAYORS, ATLANTA'S KEISHA LANCE 
BOTTOMS.
MAYOR BOTTOMS, HELLO.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE RECOVERING 
FROM THE CORONAVIRUS.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> WELL, GOOD EVENING.
I FEEL REALLY GOOD.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
MY HUSBAND, ON THE OTHER HAND, 
IS STILL HAVING MANY OF THE 
LINGERING SIDE EFFECTS THAT 
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, BUT ALL IN 
ALL, OUR FAMILY IS DOING GREAT.
>> WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT, 
BUT BOY, I THINK A LOT OF 
AMERICANS ARE GOING TO BE 
DEALING WITH THAT FOR A LONG 
TIME.
HEY, MAYOR, I WANTED TO ASK YOU 
SOMETHING.
IS ATLANTA READY FOR ELECTION 
DAY?
>> WE WILL BE READY, AND WE ARE 
GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE 
CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT VOTING 
GOES SMOOTHLY.
BUT WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE, 
IF YOU CAN VOTE EARLY IN YOUR 
STATE, TO PLEASE DO SO.
EARLY VOTE DURING THE EARLY 
VOTE.
>> PERFECT, EXCELLENT ADVICE.
OVER 40 STATES NOW ALLOW SOME 
FORM OF EARLY VOTING.
>>> OKAY, STAY SAFE, MAYOR, AND 
I TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>> WELL, THANK YOU, JULIA.
AND GOOD EVENING.
I'M KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS, A 
MOTHER OF FOUR AND MAYOR OF 
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
CRADLE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENT.
AND LIKE SO MANY OTHER CITIES, A
PLACE WHERE THE STRUGGLE FOR 
HUMAN DIGNITY CONTINUES.
I'M PROUD TO HAVE GROWN UP IN 
THIS CITY.
EDUCATED IN ITS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
AND BLESSED TO HAVE KNOWN OUR 
HOMETOWN HEROES, LIKE DR. JOSEPH
LOWERY, DR. C.T. VIVIAN, AND OUR
TEACHER, OUR FRIEND, OUR 
CONSCIENCE, OUR CONGRESSMAN JOHN
LEWIS.
HE WALKED GENTLY AMONGST US.
NOT AS A DISTANT ICON, BUT AS A 
GOD-FEARING MAN WHO DID WHAT HE 
COULD TO FULFILL THE AS YET 
UNFULFILLED PROMISE OF AMERICA.
PEOPLE OFTEN THINK THAT THEY 
CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE, LIKE 
OUR CIVIL RIGHTS ICONS.
BUT EVERY PERSON IN THE MOVEMENT
MATTERED.
THOSE WHO MADE THE SANDWICHES, 
SWEPT THE CHURCH FLOORS, STUFFED
THE ENVELOPES -- THEY, TOO, 
CHANGED AMERICA AND SO CAN WE.
THE BATON HAS NOW BEEN PASSED TO
EACH OF US.
WE'VE CRIED OUT FOR JUSTICE.
WE HAVE GATHERED IN OUR STREETS 
TO DEMAND CHANGE.
AND NOW WE MUST PASS ON THE GIFT
JOHN LEWIS SACRIFICED TO GIVE 
US.
WE MUST REGISTER AND WE MUST 
VOTE.
IN HIS PARTING ESSAY WRITTEN TO 
US, CONGRESSMAN LEWIS EXPRESSED 
HIS PRIDE IN THE ACTIVISM THAT 
HAS SWEPT OUR COUNTRY, AND HE 
REMINDED US THAT IF WE FAIL TO 
EXERCISE OUR RIGHT TO VOTE, WE 
CAN LOSE IT.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE 
DISGRACEFULLY USING THIS 
PANDEMIC TO SPREAD 
MISINFORMATION AND INTERFERE 
WITH VOTING, FORCING MANY IN 
2020 TO STILL RISK THEIR LIVES 
TO EXERCISE THEIR SACRED RIGHT 
TO VOTE.
A RIGHT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN 
PAID FOR WITH THE BLOOD, SWEAT, 
TEARS AND LIVES OF SO MANY.
SO LET'S STAND UP FOR OUR 
CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN'S 
CHILDREN, AND FOR THIS GREAT 
DEMOCRACY THAT OUR ANCESTORS 
WORKED TO BUILD, AND LET'S VOTE.
AND LET'S ORGANIZE TO GET OTHERS
TO VOTE WITH US.
YOU CAN HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN BY
TEXTING "VOTE" TO 30330.
>>> WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS 
THAT WE ELECT REAL LEADERS, LIKE
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS.
PEOPLE OF HONOR AND INTEGRITY, 
WHO HOLD JUSTICE CLOSE TO THEIR 
HEARTS AND BELIEVE THAT THE 
LIVES OF MY FOUR BLACK CHILDREN 
MATTER.
IN THE WORDS OF WOMANIST POET 
AUDREY LORD, YOUR SILENCE WILL 
NOT PROTECT YOU.
CONGRESSMAN LEWIS WOULD NOT BE 
SILENCED, AND NEITHER CAN WE.
WE CANNOT WAIT FOR SOME OTHER 
TIME, SOME OTHER PLACE, SOME 
OTHER HEROES.
WE MUST BE THE HEROES OF OUR 
GENERATION BECAUSE WE, TOO, ARE 
AMERICA.
OUR VOTES CAN BE OUR VOICE.
>> THERE'S SOMETHING DEEP DOWN 
WITHIN ME, MOVING ME THAT I 
COULD NO LONGER BE SATISFIED OR 
GO ALONG WITH AN EVIL SYSTEM.
>> LIFE WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 
WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP.
JOHN LEWIS HAD THE RESPECT OF 
EVERYBODY BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE
WHO DEVMONSTRATED THE MOST 
COURAGE.
HE'D BEEN BEATEN AND KNOCKED 
DOWN, AND GET UP AND GO TO FIND 
ANOTHER BATTLE.
JOHN WAS FOCUSED ON ENDING VOTER
SUPPRESSION, AND IT WASN'T THAT 
HE WAS A GREAT ORATOR, IT'S THAT
HE WAS A GREAT SPIRIT.
THE POWER OF SPIRITUALITY AND 
HUMILITY AND THE WILLINGNESS TO 
SUFFER RATHER THAN TO INFLICT 
SUFFERING.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JOHN 
HAS TAUGHT US IS THAT, YEAH, YOU
MAY HAVE TO SACRIFICE.
BUT IF YOU'RE SACRIFICING FOR A 
CAUSE, SOMETHING BIGGER THAN 
YOU, BIGGER THAN YOU, AND YOU 
REALLY BELIEVE IN IT, THEN YOU 
WILL HAVE PEOPLE FOLLOWING YOU.
>> WE DO NOT NEED LEGISLATION 
OUT OF THIS CONGRESS.
WE WILL MARCH THROUGH THE SOUTH,
THROUGH THE STREETS OF JACKSON, 
THROUGH THE STREETS OF DANVILLE,
THROUGH THE STREETS OF 
CAMBRIDGE, THROUGH THE STREETS 
OF BIRMINGHAM.
♪ 
>> I THINK HE IS THE SINGULAR 
FIGURE THAT HAS TRIED TO CARRY 
OUT THE WORK OF OUR NON-VIOLENT 
CAMPAIGNS INTO THE HALLS OF 
CONGRESS.
>> FROM DAY ONE, JOHN LEWIS WAS 
A ROLE MODEL FOR THE MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS, WHETHER THEY WERE 
FRESHMEN OR HERE A LONG TIME.
BECAUSE HE BROUGHT WITH HIM A 
KIND OF HEFT, A WEIGHTINESS OF 
PURPOSE.
>> I GOT ARRESTED A FEW TIMES IN
THE '60s.
40 TIMES.
AND SINCE I'VE BEEN IN CONGRESS,
ANOTHER FIVE TIMES.
>>> WE MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH 
THE END WE SEEK.
>> SOMEONE WHO HAS NAVIGATED 
THORNY ISSUES OF POLICY, NOT BY 
CASTIGATING ALONE, BUT BY ALSO 
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BE BETTER 
THAN THEY THINK THEY CAN BE.
>> TODAY WE ARE CONSIDERING A 
FAIR HOUSING MEASURE WHICH NOT 
ONLY PROTECTS OUR NATION'S 
MINORITIES, BUT IT PROTECTS THE 
NEEDS OF THOSE WITH DISABILITIES
AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
>>> HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO WAIT 
BEFORE WE DECIDE TO BAN ASSAULT 
WEAPONS?
WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO 
BRING MORE OF OUR CITIZENS INTO 
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION.
>>> I HAVE ON MY MARCHING SHOES.
I'M FIRED UP.
I'M READY TO MARCH.
>> AND ALL OF THESE DECADES 
LATER, WHILE HE AND OTHERS OF 
HIS GENERATION ACHIEVED MUCH, 
WE'RE STILL FIGHTING AGAINST 
POLICE BRUTALITY AND FIGHTING 
FOR OUR VOTING RIGHTS.
AND SO WE BEST HONOR HIM BY 
CONTINUING TO FIGHT THE GOOD 
FIGHTS THAT HE FOUGHT.
BY STAYING IN GOOD TROUBLE.
♪ 
♪ 
♪ TOGETHER, TOGETHER THROUGH THE
THUNDER AND THE RAIN ♪
♪ TOGETHER ♪
♪ ALL THE STRUGGLE AND THE 
PAIN ♪
♪ TOGETHER ♪
♪ CAN'T YOU SEE WE ARE THE SAME 
OUR FREEDOM CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER 
DAY ♪
♪ SO TOGETHER LET'S FIGHT ♪
♪ FIGHT ♪
♪ FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT ♪ 
♪
♪ FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT ♪
♪ NO MATTER HOW LONG ♪
♪ LONG ♪
♪ OR HOW DARK THE NIGHT ♪
♪ 
>> WE WILL CREATE THE BELOVED 
COMMUNITY.
WE WILL REDEEM THE SOUL OF 
AMERICA.
AS A NATION AND AS A PEOPLE, WE 
WILL GET THERE.
♪ CLIMB TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND 
ONE DAY WE'LL WIN TOGETHER ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ONE DAY WHEN THE GLORY COMES 
IT WILL BE OURS, IT WILL BE 
OURS ♪
♪ OH, OH, ONE DAY ♪
♪ WHEN THE WAR IS WON ♪
♪ WE WILL SOAR ♪
♪ SOAR ♪
♪ GLORY, GLORY ♪
♪ OH, ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ 
>> NO MAN, NO WEAPON FORMED 
AGAINST, YES, GLORIOUS DESTINED 
EVERY DAHMEN AND WOMEN BECOME 
LEGENDS.
SINCE THE GO AGAINST OUR SKIN 
BECOME BLESSINGS.
THE MOVEMENT IS RHYTHM TO US.
FREEDOM IS LIKE RELIGION TO US.
JUSTICE IS JUXTAPOSITION TO US.
JUST SPECIFIC ENOUGH.
ONE SON DIED, RESISTANCE IS US.
THAT'S WHY ROSA SAT BUS.
THAT'S WHY WE WALK THROUGH 
AMERICA WITH OUR HANDS UP.
EVERY WOMAN AND MAN UP.
THEY STAY DOWN AND WE STAND UP.
SHOTS WE ON THE GROUND, THE 
CAMERA PANNED UP.
KING POINTED TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP
AND WE RAN UP.
♪ ONE DAY WHEN THE GLORY COMES, 
IT WILL BE OURS ♪
♪ IT WILL BE OURS ♪
♪ OH, OH, ♪
♪ ONE DAY WHEN THE WAR IS WON ♪
♪ WE WILL SOAR, WE WILL SOAR ♪
♪ OH, GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ OH, OH, ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ NOW THE WAR IS NOT OVER, 
VICTORY ISN'T WON ♪
♪ BUT WE'LL FIGHT ON TO THE 
FINISH ♪
♪ AND WHEN IT'S ALL DONE WE'LL 
CRY GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ OH, GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ OH, ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ WE'LL CRY GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ OH, GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪ 
>> TIME IS NOW FOR EVERY PANEL, 
WOMAN AND CHILD.
EVEN JESUS GOT HIS CROWN IN 
FRONT OF A CROWD.
THEY MARCHED WITH THE TORCH, 
WE'RE GOING TO RUN WITH IT NOW.
NEVER LOOK BACK.
WE DONE GONE HUNDREDS OF MILES.
FROM DARK ROADS, HEROES TO 
BECOME A HERO FACING THE LEAGUE 
OF JUSTICE, ENEMY, KING 
BECAME -- FACE THE JIM CROW 
UNDER A BALD EAGLE.
THE BIGGEST -- OUR MUSIC IS THE 
CUTS THAT WE BLEED TO.
SOMEWHERE IN THE DREAM WE HAD AN
EE 5:00 ANY.
NOW WE RIGHT THE WRONGS OF 
HISTORY.
NO ONE CAN WIN A WAR.
IT TAKES AMIDST THE ELDERS, 
YOUNG PEOPLE'S ENERGY.
WELCOME TO THE STORY WE CALL 
VICTORY.
THE COMING OF THE LORD, MY EYES 
HAVE SEEN THE GLORY.
♪ ONE DAY WHEN THE GLORY COMES 
IT WILL BE OURS ♪
♪ IT WILL BE OURS ♪
♪ OH, OH, OH, ONE DAY ♪
♪ WHEN THE WAR IS WON ♪
♪ WE WILL BE SO ♪
♪ WE WILL SOAR ♪
♪ OH, GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ GOD BE THE -- ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ OH, YEAH, YEAH ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ OH, GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ OH, OH, ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ WHEN THE WAR IS WON ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ WE'LL CRY GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ OH, GLORY ♪
♪ OH, ♪
♪ 
>> WOW, THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, 
JOHN AND COMMON.
WOW.
JOE BIDEN SHARES JOHN LEWIS'S 
BELIEF THAT EVERY VOTE MATTERS.
PERSONALLY, I PLAN TO FOLLOW THE
EXAMPLE OF SIX CURRENT CABINET 
MEMBERS, VICE-PRESIDENT POONCE 
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF AND 
VOTE BY MAIL.
TO FIND OUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED 
TO KNOW ABOUT MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 
YOUR POLLING PLACE OR EVEN JUST 
AM I REGISTERED, TEXT "VOTE" TO 
30330.
30330.
THAT WOULD BE THE PRESIDENT'S 
GOLF SCORE IF HE DIDN'T CHEAT.
>>> OKAY, LOOK, I'LL ADMIT THAT 
WAS A LITTLE NASTY, BUT WE ALL 
KNOW HE'S A CHEATER.
AND I'M PROUD TO BE A NASTY, 
NASTY WOMAN.
>>> YOU KNOW, WHEN DONALD TRUMP 
SPOKE AT HIS INAUGURATION ABOUT 
AMERICAN CARNAGE, I ASSUMED THAT
WAS SOMETHING HE WAS AGAINST, 
NOT A CAMPAIGN PROMISE.
WHAT WE NEED NOW IS GREAT 
LEADERSHIP, SOMEONE EXPERIENCED 
IN HARD WORKING AND INTELLIGENT.
SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE SOUL
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> I'M HISTORIAN JON MEACHAM.
IN HIS FINAL SUNDAY SERMON DAYS 
BEFORE HIS DEATH, MARTIN LUTHER 
KING, JR., SAID, WE ARE TIED 
TOGETHER IN THE SINGLE GARMENT 
OF DESTINY.
THIS IS THE WAY GOD'S UNIVERSE 
IS MADE.
THIS IS THE WAY IT IS 
STRUCTURED.
A SINGLE GARMENT OF DESTINY.
WE, THE PEOPLE, CANNOT ESCAPE 
THAT REALITY.
NOR AS LINCOLN TAUGHT US, CAN 
YOU AND I ESCAPE HISTORY.
AND WE SHOULDN'T WANT TO.
FOR MANY OF US HAVE BEEN GIVEN 
MUCH, LIBERTY, OPPORTUNITY, A 
SENSE OF POSSIBILITY.
THE TASK OF OUR TIME IS TO MAKE 
SURE THOSE GIFTS ARE AVAILABLE, 
NOT JUST TO FOLKS WHO LOOK LIKE 
ME, BUT TO ALL OF US.
THIS IS A GRAVE MOMENT IN 
AMERICA, A DEADLY VIRUS IS 
RAFRRA
RAVAGING US.
OUR FAITH AND THINGS THAT BIND 
US TOGETHER IS FRAYING.
OUR DEMOCRACY IS UPPED ASSAULT 
IN AN INCUMBENT MORE INTERESTED 
IN HIMSELF THAN HE IS THE REST 
OF US.
EXTREMISM, NATIVISM, 
ISOLATIONISM AND A LACK OF 
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKING
PEOPLE ARE ALL PREVENTING US 
FROM REALIZING OUR NATION'S 
PROMISE.
AND SO WE MUST DECIDE WHETHER WE
WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRISONERS OF
THE DARKEST OF AMERICAN FORCES 
OR WILL WE FREE OURSELVES TO 
WRITE A BRIGHTER, BETTER, NOBLER
STORY.
THAT'S THE ISSUE OF THIS 
ELECTION, A CHOICE THAT GOES 
STRAIGHT TO THE NATURE OF THE 
SOUL OF AMERICA.
HUMAN KIND HAS LONG VIEWED THE 
SOUL AS THE VITAL CENTER, THE 
CORE, THE ESSENCE OF EXISTENCE.
THE SOUL IS WHAT MAKES US, US.
IN ITS FINEST HOURS, AMERICA'S 
SOUL HAS BEEN ANIMATED BY THE 
PROPOSITION THAT WE ARE ALL 
CREATED EQUAL, AND BY THE 
IMPERATIVE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE
TREATED EQUALLY.
YET AMERICA IS A MIX OF LIGHT 
AND SHADOW, SENECA FALLS AND 
SELMA AND STONE WALL DWELL IN 
THE AMERICAN SOUL.
BUT SO DO THE IMPULSES THAT HAVE
GIVEN US SLAVERY, SEGREGATION 
AND SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION.
OFTEN WE PREFER TO HEAR THE 
TRUMPETS RATHER THAN FACE THE 
TRAGEDIES.
BUT AN HONEST ACCOUNTING OF WHO 
WE'VE BEEN CAN ENABLE US TO SEE 
WHO WE SHOULD BE, A COUNTRY 
DRIVEN BY THE BEST PARTS OF OUR 
SOUL, NOT BY THE WORST.
A COUNTRY INFORMED BY REASON AND
CANDOR, NOT BY EGO AND LIES.
A COUNTRY THAT'S BIG HEARTED, 
NOT NARROW-MINDED.
THE STRUGGLE TO BE WHO WE OUGHT 
TO BE IS DIFFICULT, DEMANDING, 
AND ONGOING.
JUSTICE CAN BE ELUSIVE AND 
CHANGE IN AMERICA HAS BEEN 
PAINFUL AND PROVISIONAL.
THE CIVIL WAR LED TO 
SEGREGATION.
THE NEW DEAL TO RIGHT WING 
REACTION.
CIVIL RIGHTS TO WHITE BACKLASH.
YET HISTORY, WHICH WILL SURELY 
BE OUR JUDGE, CAN ALSO BE OUR 
GUIDE.
FROM HARRIET TUBMAN TO ALICE 
PAUL TO JOHN LEWIS, FROM THE 
BEACHES OF NORMANDY TO THE 
RENDING OF THE IRON CURTAIN.
OUR STORY HAS SOARED WHEN WE'VE 
BUILT BRIDGES, NOT WALLS.
WHEN WE'VE LENT A HAND, NOT WHEN
WE'VE POINTED FINGERS.
WHEN WE'VE HOPED, NOT FEARED.
IF WE LIVE IN HOPE, WE OPEN OUR 
SOULS TO THE POWER OF LOVE.
WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT TO LOVE OUR 
NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES.
AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A NATION, 
HOWEVER, WE FAIL AT FOLLOWING 
THAT COMMANDMENT MORE OFTEN THAN
WE SUCCEED.
BUT WHEN WE FAIL, WE MUST TRY 
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, FOR 
ONLY IN TRIAL IS PROGRESS 
POSSIBLE.
FROM JAMES TOWN FORWARD, OUR 
STORY HAS BECOME FULLER AND 
FAIRER BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO 
SHARE A CONVICTION THAT DR. KING
ARTICULATED ON THAT SUNDAY HALF 
A CENTURY AGO.
THE ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE IS
LONG, BUT IT BENDS TOWARD 
JUSTICE.
BENDING THAT ARC REQUIRES ALL OF
US.
IT REQUIRES WE THE PEOPLE, AND 
IT REQUIRES A PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES WITH EMPATHY, 
GRACE, A BIG HEART, AND AN OPEN 
MIND.
JOE BIDEN WILL BE SUCH A 
PRESIDENT.
WITH OUR VOICES AND OUR VOTES, 
LET US NOW WRITE THE NEXT 
CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN STORY, 
ONE OF HOPE, OF LOVE, OF 
JUSTICE.
IF WE DO SO, WE MIGHT JUST SAVE 
OUR COUNTRY AND OUR SOULS.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M CONGRESSWOMAN DEB HOLLAND.
I'M GRATEFUL TO BE WITH YOU HERE
ON INDIGENOUS LAND.
THE PROMISE OF THIS COUNTRY IS 
OLDER THAN OUR CONSTITUTION.
OVER 500 YEARS AGO, THOUSANDS OF
INDIAN TRIBES WERE VIBRANT 
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES WITH RICH 
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS AND 
COMMUNITIES THAT HAD SUSTAINED 
THEM FOR MILLENNIA ON LANDS THEY
LOVED AND RESPECTED.
MY PEOPLE, THE PUEBLO INDIANS, 
MIGRATED RIO GRANDE 
VALLEY TO ESCAPE DROUGHT.
WE WERE LED TO THE GREAT RIVER 
AND ITS TRIBUTARIES WHERE WE 
ESTABLISHED AN AGRICULTURAL 
TRADITION THAT CONTINUES TO THIS
DAY.
MY PEOPLE SURVIVED CENTURIES OF 
SLAVERY, GENOCIDE, AND BRUTAL 
ASSIMILATION POLICIES, BUT 
THROUGHOUT OUR PAST, TRIBAL 
NATIONS HAVE FOUGHT FOR AND 
HELPED BUILD THIS COUNTRY.
THERE WERE THOSE LIKE MILAY LAG 
GRANDPARENTS WHO WORKED ON THE 
COUNTRY'S RAILROAD, AND THOSE 
LIKE MY MOTHER, A NAVY VETERAN 
WHO SERVED THIS COUNTRY WITH 
HONOR.
I STAND HERE TODAY, A PROUD 35th
GENERATION NEW MEXICAN AND ONE 
OF THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN 
WOMEN EVER ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
ON
I'M A SYMBOL OF OUR RESILIENCE, 
OF AMERICA'S PROGRESS AS A 
NATION.
I KNOW WE CAN'T TAKE OUR 
DEMOCRACY FOR GRANTED, 
ESPECIALLY NOW AS PEOPLE ARE 
DYING, AS OUR LAND IS ABUSED, AS
OUR CONSTITUTION IS UNDER 
ATTACK.
WE MUST WORK FOR IT.
BY GETTING INVOLVED, BY 
REGISTERING VOTERS, BY VOTING.
VOTING IS SACRED.
MY PEOPLE KNOW THAT.
WE WEREN'T UNIVERSALLY GRANTED 
THE RIGHT TO VOTE UNTIL 1962, 
AND THAT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IS 
MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
WHETHER YOUR AN SISTERS HAVE 
BEEN HERE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS 
OR YOU'RE A NEW CITIZEN, KNOW 
THIS.
WHETHER WE VOTE AND HOW WE VOTE 
WILL DETERMINE IF OUR NATION'S 
PROMISE OF SOCIAL, RACIAL AND 
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WILL 
OUTLAST US.
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS 
RESPECT OUR PAST AND UNDERSTAND 
OUR PRESENT.
THEY WILL SEE US THROUGH THIS 
CRISIS OF LEADERSHIP THAT IS 
PLAGUING OUR COUNTRY, AND THEY 
WILL HELP US TO BUILD A BETTER 
FUTURE.
THANK YOU.
♪ RISE UP, COME ON, RISE UP ♪
♪ 
>> THE FIRST YEAR THAT I VOTED 
WAS 1974.
>> 1967.
>> I HAVE NOT MISSED A GENERAL 
OR A PRIMARY ELECTION IN MY 
51-YEAR VOTING HISTORY.
>> I DON'T GO TO THE POLLS ANY 
MORE.
THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE DOES IT 
FOR ME.
>> AND NOW WE'RE SEEING OUR 
CURRENT PRESIDENT SABOTAGE OUR 
RIGHT TO VOTE, SABOTAGING 
DEMOCRACY BY TRYING TO YOU THINK
DO THE POSTAL SYSTEM.
>> MY FATHER WORKED FOR THE 
POSTAL SERVICE OF 30 YEARS.
>> MY MOTHER WORKED FOR THAT 
LOCAL POST OFFICE FOR TEN YEARS.
THAT JOB ENABLED HER TO FEED HER
FAMILY.
>> I AM APPALLED AT WHAT THE 
REPUBLICANS AND THE PRESIDENT 
ARE TRYING TO DO TO SUBVERT THE 
VOTE.
>> NOTHING OR NO ONE WILL STOP 
ME FROM VOTING THIS ELECTION.
>> WE NEED TO KEEP OUR MAIL 
SYSTEM.
WE NEED JOE BIDEN.
♪ 
♪ 
>> WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
WHERE ARE THESE BALLOTS GOING?
WHO IS GETTING THEM?
WHO IS NOT GETTING THEM?
THE SECTION THAT'S REPUBLICAN.
WILL THEY BE STOLEN FROM 
MAILBOXES AS THEY GET PUT IN BY 
THE MAILMAN?
WILL THEY BE TAKEN FROM THE MAIL
MEN AND THE MAIL WOMEN?
WILL THEY BE FORGED?
WHO IS SIGNING THEM?
WHO IS SIGNING THEM?
WHAT ARE THEY, SIGNED AT A 
KITCHEN TABLE AND SENT IN?
WILL THEY BE COUNTERFEITED BY 
GROUPS INSIDE OUR NATION?
WILL THEY BE COUNTERFEITED, 
MAYBE BY THE MILLIONS BY FOREIGN
POWERS?
>> LET ME PUT THIS IN MY OWN 
WORDS.
I'VE HEARD DONALD TRUMP SAY SOME
PRETTY UNHINGED THINGS.
I'VE HEARD THEM OVER AND OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN.
BUT NOTHING IS MORE DANGEROUS TO
OUR DEMOCRACY THAN HIS ATTACKS 
ON MAIL-IN VOTING DURING A 
PANDEMIC, OKAY.
HERE'S THE TRUTH.
DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T WANT ANY OF
US TO VOTE BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE 
CAPTA
CAN'T WIN FAIR AND SQUARE.
SO WHETHER YOU PLAN TO VOTE BY 
MAIL OR IN PERSON, WEARING YOUR 
MASK, IT IS YOUR VOTE AND IT'S 
YOUR RIGHT.
DON'T LET DONALD TRUMP TAKE THAT
AWAY FROM YOU.
FOR ACCURATE, UP TO DATE VOTING 
INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN TRUST, 
TEXT "VOTE" TO 30330.
ONE MORE TIME, TEXT "VOTE" TO 
30330.
>> I'M ALEX PADILLA, CALIFORNIA 
SECRETARY OF STATE.
>> AND I'M JOCELYN BENSON, THE 
SECRETARY OF STATE OF MICHIGAN.
>> VOTING IS THE OXYGEN OF OUR 
DEMOCRACY.
IT DECIDES ELECTIONS AND 
ELECTIONS CHANGE LIVES.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE SEEN SO MANY 
ATTACKS ON OUR RIGHT TO VOTE, 
INCLUDING MANY THAT SPECIFICALLY
TARGET WORKING FAMILIES, YOUNG 
PEOPLE, AND COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR.
>> SECRETARIES OF STATE ARE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING FAIR, 
ACCESSIBLE, SECURE ELECTIONS 
WHERE EVERY VOTE IS COUNTED AND 
EVERY VOICE IS HEARD.
WE SERVE ON THE FRONT LINES 
DEFENDING OUR DEMOCRACY AGAINST 
ANY AND ALL ATTACKS, FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC.
>> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS 
ELECTION.
DESPITE WHAT HE SAYS, DONALD 
TRUMP CAN'T CANCEL IT.
BUT HE AND REPUBLICANS ARE 
MAKING IT TOO HARD FOR SO MANY 
TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS.
AND NOW HE'S ATTACKING VOTE BY 
MAIL TO DISTRACT AND CONFUSE 
VOTERS.
>> AND LET'S BE CLEAR.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY ZERO 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VOTING BY 
MAIL AND VOTING ABSENTEE.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN 
VOTING ABSENTEE FOR DECADES.
DONALD TRUMP, HIS FAMILY, HIS 
STAFF, THEY ALL VOTE BY MAIL.
IN FACT, IN STATES LIKE 
COLORADO, UTAH AND OREGON, 
VOTERS HAVE BEEN VOTING BY MAIL 
FOR YEARS.
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AGREE,
IT IS SAFE.
>> BUT NOW TRUMP HAS ADMITTED 
HE'S TRYING TO SABOTAGE THE POST
OFFICE TO UNDERMINE VOTING BY 
MAIL.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET HIM 
DO THAT.
OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
CAN VOTE SAFELY, WHETHER IN 
PERSON OR BY MAIL.
AND YOUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE YOU
VOTE.
>> AND THERE'S MORE.
ONCE YOU'VE DONE THAT, TALK TO 
YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.
SPREAD THE WORD.
TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO TEXT 
"VOTE" TO 30330 FOR MORE VOTING 
OPTIONS.
IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO VOTE FROM 
HOME, REQUEST AND RETURN YOUR 
BALLOT EARLY, AND REMIND 
EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO MAKE A PLAN
TO VOTE.
>> DON'T LET ANYONE KEEP YOU 
FROM EXERCISING YOUR MOST SACRED
RIGHT.
MAKE YOUR PLAN TO VOTE.
GRAB YOUR MASK AND HEAD TO THE 
POLLS THE FIRST DAY THEY'RE 
OPEN.
OR REQUEST YOUR BALLOT AND SEND 
IT IN RIGHT AWAY.
AND KNOW THIS.
ELECTION RESULTS MAY TAKE A 
LITTLE LONGER THIS YEAR, BUT 
DEMOCRATS WILL FIGHT TO MAKE 
SURE YOUR BALLOT IS COUNTED.
>> BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE 
DAY, THE BIGGEST ROLE IN 
PRESERVING OUR DEMOCRACY ISN'T 
OURS.
IT'S YOURS.
♪ RISE UP ♪
♪ COME ON, RISE UP ♪
>> OUR FAMILY HAS A HISTORY WITH
AMERICA.
IT ALL STARTS WITH IT BEING A 
BEACON FOR IMMIGRANTS.
IT'S REALLY COOL BEING LIKE PART
POLISH AND PART PUERTO RICAN AND
PART BLACK BECAUSE I GET TO, YOU
KNOW, FOR ME PERSONALLY, I GET 
TO BE LIKE THIS MELTING POT OF 
AMERICA.
>> IF YOU'RE AN IMMIGRANT THAT 
COMES FROM AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY, 
THE DEMOCRATS BROUGHT YOU IN.
WE ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING THE 
MEANING OF THIS COUNTRY.
>> EVERY GENERATION BEFORE US 
HAS HAD TO FIGHT FOR WHAT THEY 
BELIEVE IN.
IT'S JUST OUR TURN NOW.
>> I WAS SO PROUD WHEN I SAW THE
DEMONSTRATIONS THAT WERE GOING 
ON ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> THIS YEAR'S ELECTION MEANS A 
LOT TO ME BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE 
OUR GENERATION IS SO MOTIVATED 
RIGHT NOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES THAT WE
HAVE TO MAKE, AND I'M COUNTING 
ON JOE BIDEN AND I BELIEVE IN 
HIM.
♪ RISE ♪
♪ UP ♪
>> I'M HERE BECAUSE A UNION JOB 
LIFTED MY FAMILY OUT OF POVERTY 
AND INTO THE MIDDLE CLASS.
MY GRANDFATHER LEFT THE JIM CROW
SOUTH FOR DETROIT, JOINED THE 
UAW, AND GOT A JOB ON THE 
ASSEMBLY LINES DURING WORLD WAR 
II.
THAT UNION JOB ENABLED HIM TO 
SUPPORT HIS FAMILY, RAISE MY 
MOM, AND SEND HER TO FISK 
UNIVERSITY.
THAT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM.
TOGETHER WE WORK.
TOGETHER WE RISE.
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS KNOW
THE DIGNITY OF ALL WORKING 
AMERICANS.
THEY KNOW THE URGENCY AND THE 
DEMAND OF OUR DREAM.
BUT WORKING PEOPLE ARE UNDER 
ATTACK.
THE WEALTH GAP GROWS.
OUR MIDDLE CLASS SHRINKS.
AND POVERTY PERSISTS.
LAST WEEK DONALD TRUMP SAID, AND
I QUOTE, OUR ECONOMY IS DOING 
GOOD.
WHILE 40 MILLION AMERICANS ARE 
AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOMES, 
30 MILLION AREN'T GETTING ENOUGH
TO EAT, AND 5.4 MILLION PEOPLE 
HAVE LOST THEIR HEALTH CARE 
BECAUSE OF THIS CRISIS.
HE HAS FAILED US, BUT STILL, I 
BELIEVE IN THE DREAM OF OUR 
ANCESTORS.
TOGETHER WITH JOE AND KAMALA IN 
THE WHITE HOUSE, WE'LL RAISE THE
MINIMUM WAGE, SO NO ONE WHO 
WORKS A FULL-TIME JOB IN AMERICA
LIVES IN POVERTY.
TOGETHER WE'LL FIGHT FOR THOSE 
WHO KEEP US HEALTHY, WHO KEEP US
SAFE, WHO TEACH OUR CHILDREN.
WILL STAND FOR THOSE WHO COOK 
AND SERVE AND CLEAN.
WHO PLANT AND HARVEST, WHO PACK 
AND ALWAYS THOSE WHO DELIVER.
WHOSE HANDS ARE THICK WITH 
CALLOUSES, LIKE MY GRAND DAD'S 
WERE.
WHO LIFTED ME HIGH, WHO HELD 
MINE WHEN I WAS A BOY.
IF HE WAS ALIVE, JOE AND KAMALA,
HE WOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOU.
AND HE'D TELL US, TAKE ANOTHER 
BY THE HAND, AND ANOTHER, AND 
LET'S GET TO WORK.
THIS DREAM AIN'T FREE.
YOU GOT TO WORK FOR IT.
SO, LIKE HIS GENERATION, UP AND 
OUT OF THE DEPRESSION, LET'S NOW
WORK TOGETHER AND STAND 
TOGETHER.
AND, AMERICA, TOGETHER WE WILL 
RISE.
>> THIS IS MY TEAM.
YOU GUYS ARE FROM AMERICA, NOT 
WALL STREET.
>> AMERICANS WANT TO LIVE MEEKLY
COMFORTABLE.
I HAVE A WIFE THAT WORKS AS 
WELL.
WE HAVE A 17 AND 7-YEAR-OLD AT 
HOME, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING 
THANKS TO OUR INTERNATIONAL 
EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR GETTING WITH
GENERAL MOTORS AND MAKING SURE 
IT'S SAFE FOR US TO RETURN BACK 
TO WORK AFTER EIGHT WEEKS OF 
BEING LAID OFF.
I MEAN, IT'S A HOAX AT ONE 
POINT, NOW HERE WE ARE 
FULL-BLOWN.
>> YEP.
WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT.
THE FUTURE OF AUTOWORKERS OF 
AMERICA, AND I REALLY BELIEVE 
THIS, CAN BE AS BRIGHT AS IT WAS
BACK IN THE LATE '40s AND '50s.
>> YES.
>> SIMPLE REASON, IT'S AN ICONIC
INDUSTRY.
IT'S AN AMERICAN INDUSTRY.
WE MADE IT.
WE MADE IT.
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
>> IT'S BEEN A VERY INTERESTING 
2020.
I'VE BEEN IN THE FIRE SERVICE 16
YEARS AND NEVER EXPERIENCED 
ANYTHING LIKE COVID.
WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR FULL 
TACTICS, THE WAY WE DID OUR DAY 
TO DAY.
AND NOW THE HURRICANE THAT CAME 
IN TWO WEEKS AGO, WE WERE ALMOST
RIGHT IN THE EYE.
WE WERE DOING THINGS WE NEVER 
THOUGHT WE'D BE DOING.
WATER RESCUES, WITH MASKS ON.
HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT COVID IS 
INTERESTING.
>> HOW IS YOUR FAMILY DOING?
>> I'M A SINGLE DAD.
I HAVE AN ALMOST 5-YEAR-OLD WHO 
IS MY WORLD.
I'M LUCKY THAT MY PARENTS ARE 
RETIRED, MY MOM ACTUALLY RETIRED
RIGHT AFTER MY DAUGHTER WAS 
BORN, TO HELP US WITH HER.
SHE WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO 
PRE-K, GOING TO SCHOOL, AS SHE 
SAID, AND UNFORTUNATELY COVID 
CAME IN AND NOW IT'S ALL GOING 
TO BE ONLINE SCHOOLING, WHICH 
I'M FORTUNE IATE I HAVE MY PARE.
THERE ARE GUYS DOUBLING INCOME 
FAMILIES.
THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT WITH 
THEIR KIDS, WHAT ARRANGEMENTS 
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE 
SINCE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO 
SCHOOL.
IT'S GOING TO BE ONLINE.
>> IT'S TWO PEOPLE IN THE 
HOUSEHOLD.
I HAVE A FAMILY OF TWO, AND WE 
HAVE ONE NO LONGER IN THE 
HOUSEHOLD.
BUT IT TAKES TWO PEOPLE TO 
BUILD.
WE HAVE AN ONGOING GOAL, A FIVE 
YEAR GOAL OF BUYING A HOUSE IN 
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, SO 
HOPEFULLY WE'LL SAVE, SAVE, 
SAVE.
>> LOOK, EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT 
THE MIDDLE CLASS.
THE FACT IS THAT THE WAY MIDDLE 
CLASS GENERATE WEALTH 
OVERWHELMINGLY IS BUILDING UP 
EQUITY IN THEIR HOME.
THAT'S WHAT GETS PASSED ON FROM 
ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT, THE 
EQUITY IN THE HOME.
>> YOU KNOW, MIDDLE CLASS IS 
TAKING HITS.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE ON 
THIS CALL IS WE REALIZE HOW 
IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE YOU IN 
THE WHITE HOUSE.
WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY 
POLICY FOR RENEWABLE RESOURCES, 
WHICH I KNOW YOU HAVE ONE.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THE 
MIDDLE CLASS, IT'S ABOUT THE 
JOBS.
>> THE FUTURE REALLY RESTS ON 
INVESTMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE INVESTING $2 
TRILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE, 
PORTS, BRIDGES, HIGHWAYS, MAKING
SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO DO 
THINGS THAT REALLY MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE, LIKE WHAT YOU'RE 
DOING THAT SOLAR FACILITY 
OUTSIDE OF HARRISBURG.
YOU KNOW I'M A SCRANTON BOY.
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA IS OKAY, 
BUT NORTHEAST -- 
[ LAUGHTER ]
SO KEEP THE FAITH, GUYS.
OKAY?
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I KNOW IT'S NOT TYPICAL FOR A
FORMER SURGEON GENERAL TO SPEAK 
AT A CONVENTION.
SURGEONS GENERAL ARE APPOINTED 
BY PRESIDENTS.
BUT OUR WORK ISN'T ABOUT 
POLITICS.
OUR HIGHEST DUTY IS TO THE 
PUBLIC.
OUR TRUE GUIDE IS SCIENCE.
AND OUR JOB IS TO SPEAK THE 
TRUTH ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH.
EVEN WHEN IT'S CONTROVERSIAL OR 
PERCEIVED AS POLITICAL.
SO HERE'S THE TRUTH.
OUR NATION ABSOLUTELY HAS WHAT 
IT TAKES TO OVERCOME THE 
COVID-19 PANDEMIC THAT'S CLAIMED
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OUR LOVED 
ONES.
WE HAVE THE TALENT, RESOURCES 
AND TECHNOLOGY.
WHAT WE'RE MISSING IS 
LEADERSHIP.
WE NEED A LEADER WHO WORKS WITH 
STATES, TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE 
WHO NEEDS A TEST GETS ONE, AND 
GETS RESULTS QUICKLY.
A LEADER WHO SECURES A SAFE 
EFFECTIVE VACCINE AND 
DISTRIBUTES IT QUICKLY AND 
FAIRLY.
A LEADER WHO INSPIRES US TO 
PRACTICE DISTANCING AND WEAR 
MASKS.
NOT AS A POLITICAL STATEMENT, 
BUT AS A PATRIOTIC DUTY, A 
COMMITMENT WE MAKE TO ONE 
ANOTHER.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT, NOT
BECAUSE OF POLITICS OR FOR 
PARTY, BUT BECAUSE I KNOW JOE 
BIDEN CAN BE THAT LEADER.
I'VE WORKED WITH JOE BIDEN.
I'VE SEEN WHO HE IS WITH NO 
CAMERAS AROUND.
HOW HE SITS WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR
PAIN, AND HOLDS THEM IN HIS 
HEART.
HOW HE POURS OVER COVID 
BRIEFINGS, ASKING SMART 
QUESTIONS, LETTING SCIENCE GUIDE
HIS WAY, JUST AS HE DID WHEN 
MANAGING THE EBOLA CRISIS.
AND SIX YEARS AGO, WHEN JOE 
BIDEN MET MY FAMILY, MANY OF 
THEM IMMIGRANTS HONORED TO BE IN
THE NATION'S CAPITOL, I SAW HOW 
HE KNEELED BESIDE MY 
GRANDMOTHER'S WHEELCHAIR, TOOK 
HER HANDS IN HIS, AND SAID, 
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING US, THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS THE
PLACE TO TRUST WITH YOUR FAMILY.
TONIGHT, AS A FATHER, SON AND 
GRANDSON, AS A DOCTOR WHO SWORE 
AN OATH AND AS AN AMERICAN WHO 
LOVES MY COUNTRY, I CAN TELL YOU
THAT JOE BIDEN IS THE MAN I 
TRUST TO LOOK OUT FOR MY FAMILY 
AND THE LEADER I KNOW WILL HEAL 
THIS NATION.
>> HI.
I'M SENATOR TAMMY BALDWIN.
WHEN I WAS 9 YEARS OLD, I GOT 
SICK, REALLY SICK.
I WAS HOSPITALIZED.
BUT SINCE MY GRANDPARENTS WERE 
THE ONES RAISING ME AND OUR 
FAMILY'S HEALTH PLAN DIDN'T 
COVER GRAND KIDS, THEY WERE 
FORCED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR 
MY THREE-MONTH HOSPITAL STAY.
I GOT BETTER, BUT THE INSURANCE 
COMPANIES DIDN'T.
THEY REFUSED TO COVER ME AT ANY 
COST BECAUSE I WAS MARKED CHILD 
WITH A PREEXISTING CONDITION.
WE ALL HAVE STORIES LIKE THIS.
STORIES ABOUT A TIME WHEN THE 
SYSTEM WAS RIGGED AGAINST US.
WHEN WE WERE COUNTED OUT, LEFT 
OUT, PUSHED OUT.
JUST THINK OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD 
THESE PAST FOUR DAYS.
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WHO 
DON'T HAVE THE PROTECTIVE GEAR 
THEY NEED.
YOUNG PEOPLE WHOSE ASTHMA WILL 
GET WORSE AS OUR AIR QUALITY 
DOES.
WORKERS WHO ARE AFRAID OF LOSING
THEIR JOBS.
EACH STORY BEGS THE SIMPLE, 
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION, A QUESTION
THAT GETS TO THE HEART OF THE 
CHOICE IN THIS ELECTION.
WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY DO WE WANT 
TO BE?
DO WE WANT TO BE A COUNTRY WHERE
MILLIONAIRES GET TO DODGE TAXES?
OR ONE WHERE WORKING FAMILIES 
GET A BREAK?
DO WE WANT TO BE A COUNTRY WHERE
MEDICAL BILLS BURY PEOPLE IN 
DEBT?
OR ONE WHERE HEALTH CARE IS 
AFFORDABLE FOR ALL?
OR WHERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE DIE FROM A VIRUS?
OR WHERE THE AMERICAN DREAM 
LIVES?
I THINK WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO 
THAT FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION, 
BECAUSE MOST OF US WANT THE SAME
THINGS.
GOOD SCHOOLS IN OUR 
NEIGHBORHOODS.
RACIAL JUSTICE.
THE FREEDOM TO LOVE WHO WE WANT.
DIGNITY IN OUR WORK.
AND AN ECONOMY WHERE SMALL 
BUSINESSES AND WORKING FAMILIES 
THRIVE.
AND OVER THE PAST MONTHS, WE'VE 
ADDED ANOTHER TO THAT LIST, A 
NATION FREE FROM COVID.
THAT'S WHY JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS ARE THE ONLY ANSWER IN 
THIS ELECTION.
TRUST ME, THEY ARE.
YOU SEE, THERE'S ANOTHER PART OF
MY STORY, THE PART WHERE I RAN 
FOR OFFICE.
THE PART WHERE I SERVED IN 
CONGRESS.
THE PART WHERE I WORKED WITH JOE
BIDEN AND BARACK OBAMA TO MAKE 
SURE KIDS AND GRAND KIDS, IF 
THEY'RE DEPENDENTS, CAN STAY ON 
THEIR PARENTS' HEALTH INSURANCE 
UNTIL THEY'RE 26.
WE GOT THAT DONE, AND, YES, IT 
WAS A BIG F-ING DEAL.
THAT'S THE MURKY KNOW.
THAT'S THE MUAMERICA I LOVE.
AND THAT'S THE AMERICA WE WILL 
BE WITH JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
A NATION THAT PLANS.
A NATION THAT BUILDS.
A NATION THAT BUILDS BACK.
SAY IT WITH ME THERE AT HOME.
A NATION THAT BUILDS BACK 
BETTER.
HERE IN WISCONSIN, OUR STATE 
MOTTO IS JUST ONE WORD, 
"FORWARD."
THIS NOVEMBER, LET'S MOVE 
FORWARD AND NEVER LOOK BACK.
THANK YOU.
I'M 95 YEARS OLD.
I'M A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II 
AND OF KOREA.
WHEN I WEAR A UNIFORM, I WEAR 
ONLY TWO BADGES, MY PARACHUTE 
WINGS AND THE COMBAT INFANTRY 
BADGE.
I DID MAKE ONE COMBAT JUMP OVER 
THE RHINE IN GERMANY AND I'M 
PROUD OF THAT.
I HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN SINCE 
THE 1960s.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE NRA AND I 
VOTED FOR TRUMP.
I THINK TRUMP HAS BEEN THE WORST
PRESIDENT WE'VE EVER HAD, SO 
I'LL BE GLAD TO SEE HIM GO.
I THINK JOE BIDEN WILL BE A 
GREAT LEADER FOR THE UNITED 
STATES.
LIKE ME, ON THE DAY OF MY JUMP 
INTO GERMANY, I THINK JOE BIDEN 
CARES ABOUT DOING HIS PROPER 
DUTY FOR THE UNITED STATES AND 
IF HE'S ELECTED, THAT'S WHAT HE 
WILL DO.
♪
♪ RISE UP, COME ON RISE UP ♪
>>> THIS YEAR'S ELECTION IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
IT WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT 
ELECTION WE'VE HAD IN YEARS.
I RECOMMEND STRONGLY BASED ON 
THE DIVISION IN THIS COUNTRY 
CREATED BY OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP WE NEED TO PUT 
SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
THAT'S GOING TO BRING US 
TOGETHER.
NOW, LET ME JUST EXPLAIN 
SOMETHING.
I'VE BEEN A LONGSTANDING 
REPUBLICAN FOR A LONG TIME AND 
I'M TELLING YOU YOU'VE GOT TO 
VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN.
YOU HAVE TO.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN DEAL WITH 
THE TYPE OF PERSON WE HAVE IN 
THE WHITE HOUSE ANY LONGER.
SO IT'S UP TO YOU, AMERICA, AND 
ME BECAUSE IN THIS ELECTION I'M 
VOTING FOR JOE.
I'M SURE, I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE 
HE'S GOING TO HELP US BRING THIS
COUNTRY TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN.
♪ RISE UP ♪
>>> MY NAME IS LEKISHA COLE.
I MET MY HUSBAND 20 YEARS AGO.
WE STARTED DATING WHILE I WAS IN
COLLEGE.
ONCE I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, 
WE ELOPED.
TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT, HE 
DEPLOYED.
>> THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
YOU KNOW, YOU LOVE THIS COUNTRY,
ARE YOU WILLING TO DO THE HARD 
WORK IT TAKES TO MAINTAIN IT?
♪
>> WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A 
6-MONTH DEPLOYMENT TURNED INTO 
11 MONTHS.
THERE WAS NOTHING REALLY TO 
PREPARE ME AS A NEW MILITARY 
SPOUSE ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE 
STRESS. 
>> WHEN PEOPLE GET MARRIED, THEY
EXPECT TO GROW OLD WITH EACH 
OTHER.
WITH MULTIPLE COMBAT TOURS, 
THERE'S NO GUARANTEE OF ANY OF 
THOSE THINGS.
>> THERE IS A LONG LAUNDRY LIST 
OF UNCERTAINTIES THAT WE HAVE TO
JUGGLE. 
>> YOU KNOW, JOE HAS ALWAYS 
CARED ABOUT MILITARY FAMILIES.
THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH.
WHEN I WENT TO IRAQ, ONE OF THE 
GENERALS SAID, YOU KNOW, I WANT 
TO SHARE THIS STORY WITH YOU.
IN HIS DAUGHTER'S CLASS, IT WAS 
A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AND THEY 
WERE PLAYING THE AVA MARIA AND 
ONE OF THE LITTLE GIRLS BURST 
INTO TEARS.
THE TEACHER RAN OVER AND SAID 
WHAT'S THE MATTER, WHAT'S THE 
MATTER.
SHE SAID THAT'S THE SONG THEY 
PLAYED AT MY DADDY'S FUNERAL.
HE DIED IN THE WAR.
THE TEACHER HAD NO IDEA THAT 
THAT LITTLE GIRL'S FATHER HAD 
FOUGHT IN THE WAR AND HAD DIED.
THAT NIGHT I SAID TO MY STAFF, 
I'M A TEACHER, WE CAN DO BETTER.
WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER TO HELP 
OUR MILITARY KIDS. 
>> THE BIDENS HAVE A TRACK 
RECORD OF HELPING MILITARY 
FAMILIES.
WE'VE SEEN IT WITH THEIR WORK 
THEY'VE DONE WITH JOINING FORCES
AND HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO RALLY 
A COUNTRY BEHIND US.
>> THAT'S WHY WE DEFEND OUR 
NATION, CARE FOR THEM AND THEIR 
FAMILIES WHILE THEY'RE GONE AND 
CARE FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES
WHEN THEY COME HOME.
>> IT WAS THE VERY FIRST TIME 
THAT I AS A MILITARY SPOUSE FELT
LIKE SOMEONE WAS LISTENING TO US
AND SOMEONE CARED.
IT'S NOT JUST THE SERVICE MEMBER
WHO SERVES.
THE ENTIRE FAMILY SERVES AS 
WELL.
>> JOE SAID, WE HAVE ONE SACRED 
OBLIGATION, TO TAKE CARE OF OUR 
MILITARY MEMBERS.
DURING THIS PANDEMIC FOR SURE, 
SO MANY VETERANS HAVE LOST THEIR
JOBS.
SO MANY MILITARY SPOUSES HAVE 
LOST THEIR JOBS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 
WILL BE A PRIORITY IN A BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT ALL 
AMERICANS HAVE HEALTH CARE, 
EMPLOYMENT, THE THINGS THAT 
FAMILIES NEED TO THRIVE.
>> WHEN PEOPLE SHOW YOU WHO THEY
ARE, BELIEVE THEM THE FIRST 
TIME.
WE KNOW EXACT WHETHER OR NOT I 
J 
WHO JOE IS.
HE IS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR 
AMERICA, NOT JUST FOR OUR 
FAMILIES, BUT FOR ALL FAMILIES.
>>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M TAMMY DUCKWORTH.
WHEN I FIRST ENLISTED IN THE 
ARMY, I WAS EAGER TO SERVE MY 
COUNTRY AND ANXIOUS WHETHER I'D 
BE ABLE TO EARN MY WAY INTO THE 
RANKS.
BUT I EARNED MY WINGS AND LATER 
COMMANDED MY OWN AIR ASSAULT 
UNIT.
TO BE A COMMANDER, YOU MUST 
ALWAYS PUT YOUR TROOPS FIRST 
BECAUSE ONE DAY YOU MAY ORDER 
THEM TO SACRIFICE EVERYTHING FOR
OUR GREAT NATION.
TO DO THAT, LEADERS MUST COMMAND
THEIR TROOPS' RESPECT AND BE 
WORTHY OF THEIR PLEDGE TO 
PROTECT AND DEFEND OUR 
CONSTITUTION NO MATTER THE COST.
BUT MILITARY SERVICE DOESN'T 
JUST TAKE SACRIFICE FROM THOSE 
IN UNIFORM.
IT'S REQUIRED FROM THEIR 
FAMILIES TOO.
MY HUSBAND BRIAN WAS THE ONE WHO
RUSHED TO WALTER REED AFTER I 
WAS WOUNDED IN IRAQ.
HE WAS THE ONE HOLDING MY HAND 
WAITING FOR ME TO WAKE UP.
WHEN I FINALLY DID, HE WAS MY 
ROCK GETTING ME THROUGH THOSE 
HOURS, WEEKS, MONTHS OF 
UNSPEAKABLE PAIN AND UNENDING 
SRGERIES.
HE WAS MY ANCHOR AS I RELEARNED 
TO WALK HELPING ME THROUGH EVERY
STEP AND EVERY STUMBLE.
OUR MILITARY SPOUSES HOLD THEIR 
FAMILIES TOGETHER, PRAYING FOR 
THEIR LOVED ONE'S SAFETY WHERE 
THEY'RE DEPLOYED AND SERVING AS 
CAREGIVERS TO OUR DISABLED 
SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEN PICKING
UP THE PIECES AND STARTING AGAIN
WHENEVER THE NEXT TOUR OR THE 
NEXT WAR ARISES.
JOE BIDEN UNDERSTANDS THESE 
SACRIFICES BECAUSE HE'S MADE 
THEM HIMSELF.
WHEN HIS SON BEAU DEPLOYED TO 
IRAQ, HIS BURDEN WAS ALSO 
SHOULDERED BY HIS FAMILY.
JOE KNOWS THE FEAR MILITARY 
FAMILIES LIVE BECAUSE HE'S FELT 
THAT DREAD OF NEVER KNOWING IF 
YOUR DEPLOYED LOVED ONE IS SAFE.
HE UNDERSTANDS THEIR BRAVERY 
BECAUSE HE HAS HAD TO MUSTER 
THAT SAME STRENGTH EVERY HOUR OF
EVERY DAY BEAU WAS OVERSEAS.
THAT'S THE KIND OF LEADER OUR 
SERVICE MEMBERS DESERVE, ONE WHO
UNDERSTANDS THE RISKS THEY FACE 
AND WHO WOULD ACTUALLY PROTECT 
THEM BY DOING HIS JOB AS 
COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
INSTEAD, THEY HAVE A COWARD IN 
CHIEF WHO WON'T STAND UP TO 
VLADIMIR PUTIN, READ HIS DAILY 
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS OR EVEN 
PUBLICLY ADMONISH ADVERSARIES 
FOR REPORTEDLY PUTTING BOUNTIES 
ON OUR TROOPS' HEADS.
AS PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN WOULD 
NEVER LET TYRANTS MANIPULATE HIM
LIKE A PUPPET.
HE WOULD NEVER PERVERT OUR 
MILITARY TO STROKE HIS EGO.
HE WOULD NEVER TURN HIS BACK ON 
OUR TROOPS OR THREATEN AMERICANS
PEACEFULLY EXERCISING THEIR 
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
JOE BIDEN WOULD STAND TALL FOR 
OUR TROOPS AND STAND STRONG 
AGAINST OUR ENEMIES.
UNLIKE TRUMP, JOE BIDEN HAS 
COMMON DECENCY.
HE HAS COMMON SENSE.
HE CAN COMMAND BOTH FROM 
EXPERIENCE AND FROM STRENGTH.
DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T DESERVE TO 
CALL HIMSELF ANOTHER COMMANDER 
IN CHIEF FOR ANOTHER FOUR 
MINUTES LET ALONE ANOTHER FOUR 
YEARS.
OUR TROOPS DESERVE BETTER.
OUR COUNTRY DESERVES BETTER.
IF YOU AGREE TEXT "MORE" TO 
30330 TO HELP JOE BIDEN, A 
LEADER WHO ACTUALLY CARES ENOUGH
ABOUT AMERICA TO LEAD.
>>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M BEAU BIDEN AND JOE BIDEN IS 
MY DAD.
>> SOME VOICES ARE NEVER 
SILENCED.
SOME WORK NEVER CEASES TO CHANGE
LIVES.
SOME PEOPLE NEVER STOP INSPIRING
EVEN AFTER THEY'RE GONE.
BEAU BIDEN WAS A HUSBAND, 
FATHER, BROTHER, SON, SOLDIER, 
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
HE WAS GIVEN JUST 46 YEARS ON 
THIS EARTH.
>> HE DID IN 46 YEARS WHAT MOST 
OF US COULDN'T DO IN 146.
THINK ABOUT THE DAY THAT DAWNS 
FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE SAFER 
BECAUSE OF BEAU, WHOSE LIVES ARE
FULLER BECAUSE OF HIM.
THINK ABOUT THE DAY THAT DAWNS 
FOR PARENT WHO IS REST EASIER 
AND FAMILIES WHO ARE FREER 
BECAUSE OF HIM.
SOME FOLKS MAY NEVER KNOW THAT 
THEIR LIVES ARE BETTER BECAUSE 
OF BEAU BIDEN, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
CERTAINLY FOR BEAU, ACCLAIM WAS 
NEVER THE POINT OF PUBLIC 
SERVICE. 
>> IF YOU KNEW BEAU, YOU KNOW HE
LIVED BY THE STRICTEST CODE OF 
HONOR, DUTY, SERVICE, COUNTRY.
YOU NEVER HAD TO ASK IF HE WOULD
DO SOMETHING THE RIGHT WAY.
HE DIDN'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY. 
>> BEAU DIDN'T CUT CORNERS.
HE TURNED DOWN AN APPOINTMENT TO
BE DELAWARE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL 
SO HE COULD RUN IT FAIR AND 
SQUARE.
WHEN THE FIELD WAS CLEARED FOR 
HIM TO RUN FOR THE SENATE, HE 
CHOSE TO FINISH HIS JOB AS AG 
INSTEAD.
AFTER 9/11 HE JOINED THE 
NATIONAL GUARD.
HE FELT IT WAS HIS OBLIGATION.
HE DID HIS DUTY TO HIS COUNTRY 
AND DEPLOYED TO IRAQ.
>> BEAU BIDEN SERVED HIS COUNTRY
IN BATTLE.
HE PROSECUTED ONE OF THE WORST 
CHILD PREDATORS IN AMERICAN 
HISTORY AND EVEN THOUGH HE IS NO
LONGER WITH US, EVERY DAY HE 
STILL INSPIRES THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> IT WON'T BE POSSIBLE FOR ME 
TO BE HERE THIS FALL, SO I HAVE 
SOMETHING TO ASK OF YOU.
BE THERE FOR MY DAD LIKE HE WAS 
FOR ME.
>> A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I WAS 
DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND I WAS 
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.
ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO 
CALLED ME WAS JOE.
HIS REAL WARMTH AND KINDNESS ON 
THAT CALL, MAN, I GOT TO SAY IT 
MADE ME CRY.
OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS MADE 
ME CRY TOO, BUT IT'S NEVER HAD 
ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS WARMTH 
OR KINDNESS.
JOE BIDEN'S EMPATHY IS GENUINE.
YOU CAN FEEL IT.
THAT'S WHY PRESIDENT OBAMA ASKED
JOE TO HEAD UP THE CANCER 
MOONSHOT.
PRESIDENT OBAMA KNOWS WHAT WE 
ALL KNOW.
JOE BIDEN UNDERSTANDS SUFFERING 
AND LOSS AND SACRIFICE.
MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG ALSO KNOWS 
SOMETHING ABOUT SACRIFICE.
HE VOLUNTEERED AND WAS DEPLOYED 
TO AFGHANISTAN, THEN RETURNED 
HOME TO INDIANA TO BECOME A 
HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SERVANT.
SAY HI TO MAYOR PETE.
>>> GOOD EVENING.
JOE BIDEN LIVED A LIFE OF 
SERVICE IN OFFICE AND IN 
UNIFORM.
WHEN YOU PUT YOUR LIFE ON THE 
LINE FOR THIS COUNTRY, YOU DO IT
NOT BECAUSE IT'S THE COUNTRY YOU
LIVE IN, BUT BECAUSE IT'S A 
COUNTRY YOU BELIEVE IN.
I BELIEVE IN THIS COUNTRY 
BECAUSE AMERICA UNIQUELY HOLDS 
THE PROMISE OF A PLACE WHERE 
EVERYONE CAN BELONG.
WE KNOW THAT FOR TOO MANY AND 
FOR TOO LONG THAT PROMISE HAS 
BEEN DENIED.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW AMERICA IS AT 
ITS BEST WHEN WE MAKE THAT 
CIRCLE OF BELONGING WIDER.
JUST OVER TEN YEARS AGO, I 
JOINED A MILITARY WHERE FIRING 
ME BECAUSE OF WHO I AM WASN'T 
JUST POSSIBLE, IT WAS POLICY.
NOW, IN 2020, IT IS UNLAWFUL IN 
AMERICA TO FIRE SOMEONE BECAUSE 
OF WHO THEY ARE OR WHO THEY 
LOVE.
THE VERY RING ON MY FINGER, A 
WEDDING WE CELEBRATED HERE WHERE
I'M STANDING, REFLECTS HOW THIS 
COUNTRY CAN CHANGE.
LOVE MAKES MY MARRIAGE REAL, BUT
POLITICAL COURAGE MADE IT 
POSSIBLE, INCLUDING THAT OF JOE 
BIDEN, WHO STEPPED OUT AHEAD 
EVEN OF THIS PARTY WHEN HE SAID 
THAT MARRIAGE EQUALITY OUGHT TO 
BE THE LAW OF THE LAND.
THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO.
BUT IF THIS MUCH CAN CHANGE 
BETWEEN 2010 AND 2020, IMAGINE 
WHAT COULD CHANGE BETWEEN NOW 
AND 2030.
IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD ACHIEVE, 
THIS COALITION WE ARE BUILDING 
THIS VERY SEASON, GATHERING 
PROGRESSIVES AND MODERATES, 
INDEPENDENTS AND EVEN WHAT I 
LIKE TO CALL FUTURE FORMER 
REPUBLICANS STANDING FOR AN 
AMERICA WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS.
JOE BIDEN IS RIGHT.
THIS IS A CONTEST FOR THE SOUL 
OF THE NATION.
TO ME, THAT CONTEST IS NOT 
BETWEEN GOOD AMERICANS AND EVIL 
AMERICANS.
IT'S THE STRUGGLE TO CALL OUT 
WHAT IS GOOD IN EVERY AMERICAN.
IT'S UP TO US.
WILL AMERICA BE A PLACE WHERE 
FAITH IS ABOUT HEALING AND NOT 
EXCLUSION?
CAN WE BECOME A COUNTRY THAT 
LIVES UP TO THE TRUTH THAT BLACK
LIVES MATTER?
WILL WE HANDLE QUESTIONS OF 
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE BY TURNING 
TO SCIENTISTS AND DOCTORS?
WILL WE SEE TO IT THAT NO ONE 
WHO WORKS FULL-TIME CAN LIVE IN 
POVERTY?
I TRUST JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS TO GUIDE US TOWARD THAT 
BETTER FUTURE, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN
UP CLOSE THEIR EMPATHY AND THEIR
CAPACITY, JUST AS I'VE SEEN MY 
FELLOW AMERICANS' CAPACITY TO 
SUPPORT AND INCLUDE ONE ANOTHER 
IN NEW WAYS AND DO BETTER BY THE
PROMISE OF AMERICA.
THE DAY I WAS BORN, THE IDEA OF 
AN OUT CANDIDATE SEEKING ANY 
FEDERAL OFFICE AT ALL WAS 
LAUGHABLE.
YET EARLIER THIS YEAR I 
CAMPAIGNED FOR THE PRESIDENCY 
OFTEN WITH MY HUSBAND AT MY SIDE
WINNING DELEGATES TO THIS VERY 
CONVENTION.
NOW I COME TO THIS CONVENTION 
PROUDLY SUPPORTING JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS, JOINING FELLOW 
DEMOCRATS WHO WERE SQUARING OFF 
IN COMPETITION JUST A FEW MONTHS
AGO.
A NUMBER OF US RECENTLY GOT 
TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE JOE 
WE KNOW.
>> I'M CORY BOOKER.
WELCOME TO EVERYONE AT HOME.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT TO 
YOU A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO RAN IN
THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY 
AGAINST JOE BIDEN.
YOU COULD THINK OF THIS SORT OF 
LIKE SURVIVOR OF THE INTERVIEWS 
OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GOT VOTED
OFF THE ISLAND.
BERNIE, DON'T YOU LAUGH BECAUSE 
I GOT QUESTIONS FOR YOU LIKE WHY
DOES MY GIRLFRIEND LIKE YOU MORE
THAN SHE LEIKES ME?
I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE SENATOR 
SANDERS AND SENATOR KLOBUCHAR 
YOU ACTUALLY SERVED WITH JOE 
BIDEN IN THE SENATE.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY 
MEMORIES OF WHAT HE WAS LIKE AS 
A COLLEAGUE IN THE SENATE. 
>> I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT WHEN I 
WAS GIVING ONE OF THOSE FLOOR 
SPEECHES.
COREY, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS 
LIKE.
NO ONE WAS THERE, NO ONE WAS 
WATCHING.
I WAS ALL ALONE AND I GAVE MY 
SPEECH WITH MUCH VIGOR TO A 
COMPLETELY EMPTY CHAMBER.
I WALKED OUT OF THERE AND I 
THOUGHT I WONDER IF MY MOM WAS 
EVEN WATCHING THIS ON C-SPAN.
AT THAT MOMENT THE CELL PHONE 
RINGS AND I ACTUALLY THOUGHT 
MAYBE MY MOM WAS WATCHING IT ON 
C-SPAN.
YOU KNOW WHO IT WAS?
IT WAS JOE BIDEN.
THAT KIND OF GOES TO NOT ONLY 
HIS KINDNESS FOR CALLING ME AND 
BEING A MENTOR, BUT IT ALSO GOES
TO HOW MUCH HE CARES ABOUT OUR 
GOVERNMENT AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE 
SAYING AND THAT EVEN WHEN HE'S 
AT HOME AT NIGHT, HE'S WATCHING 
AND HE CARES. 
>> WE ALL WANT TO KNOW DID YOUR 
MOTHER WATCH THE SPEECH?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YOU REMEMBER THE STEAK FRY 
WHEN WE WERE WAITING TO GO ON?
IT WORKED OUT TO WHERE I WAS 
THERE THE SAME TIME HE WAS.
HE PULLED ME ASIDE AT ONE POINT 
AND POINTED TO SOMEBODY WHO WE 
BOTH KNEW WHO WAS WORKING ON MY 
CAMPAIGN, BUT HE'D KNOWN FROM 
BEFORE.
HE LET ME KNOW THAT THAT WAS 
SOMEBODY WHO HAD GONE THROUGH A 
FAMILY TRAGEDY THAT JOE SOMEHOW 
KNEW ABOUT AND JUST THOUGHT IT 
WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO KNOW 
THAT ABOUT SOMEONE WHO WAS 
WORKING WITH ME.
OVER TIME I REALIZED THAT WAS 
JUST BASIC TO WHO HE IS BUT THAT
ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME. 
>> ELIZABETH, DO YOU HAVE ANY 
REMEMBRANCES AS WELL?
>> I THINK THE DAY I SAW JOE THE
CLEAREST WAS ON THE ONE-YEAR 
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOSTON 
MARATHON BOMBING.
EVERYONE, OF COURSE, WAS 
ENORMOUSLY HONORED TO HAVE THE 
VICE PRESIDENT HERE.
AT SOME POINT IN THAT SPEECH HE 
SHIFTED TO THE PARENT WHO HAD 
LOST A CHILD, TO THE MAN WHO HAD
LOST A WIFE, TO SOMEONE WHO HAD 
EXPERIENCED LOSS VERY PERSONALLY
AND HE SPOKE EACH OF THE 
FAMILIES FROM THE HEART. 
>> THAT'S PHENOMENAL.
I WANT TO ASK WHAT GETS YOU 
EXCITED ABOUT THIS IDEA OF THE 
INCLUSION OF BIG IDEAS FROM ALL 
OVER THE PARTY INTO THE FUTURE 
INTO THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION?
>> THE MAGIC OF JOE BIDEN IS 
THAT EVERYTHING HE DOES BECOMES 
THE NEW REASONABLE.
PLAN TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, 
ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYONE IS 
GOING TO FOLLOW HIS LEAD.
YOU CAN SEE IT WITH HIM CHOOSING
KAMALA TOO.
HE WANTS TO BUILD THE BEST TEAM.
LET'S DO IT TOGETHER.
THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO 
REBUILD THIS COUNTRY. 
>> I'M STILL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 
OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW DESPITE 
SOME VERY DARK DAYS FOR A LOT OF
OUR FELLOW AMERICANS, IN LARGE 
PART BECAUSE OF WHAT YOUNG 
PEOPLE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
AFTER THE MURDER OF AMAD ARBERY 
AND BREONNA TAYLOR AND GEORGE 
FLOYD, YOUNG PEOPLE BY AND LARGE
LED THESE PROTESTS AND THEY DID 
SO IN THE ABSOLUTE BEST 
TRADITIONS OF THIS COUNTRY, IN 
THE TRADITION OF JOHN LEWIS.
MY OPTIMISM AND MY FAITH IN THIS
COUNTRY IS REFLECTED IN THOSE 
YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE WAY THAT 
JOE AND KAMALA ARE LISTENING TO 
THEM AND INCORPORATING THEIR 
IDEAS AND THEIR URGENCY IN THE 
CAMPAIGN THEY'RE RUNNING AND THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY'RE 
GOING TO LEAVE. 
>> TO THINK SOME PEOPLE WHO SAY 
THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING
TO VOTE ARE NOT ARE SAYING THAT 
FROM A PLACE OF PRIVILEGE THAT A
LOT OF FOLKS DON'T HAVE.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS FOR 
PEOPLE WHO LIVE LIFE ON THE 
MARGINS THAT THIS ELECTION IS 
GOING TO DECIDE.
MAYBE IT'S NOT A LIFE OR DEATH 
ISSUE FOR YOU, BUT YOU ARE ALL 
IN THIS TOGETHER. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
>> COREY, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS 
THIS IS CLEARLY THE MOST 
IMPORTANT ELECTION IN MODERN 
HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
IN JOE BIDEN YOU HAVE A HUMAN 
BEING WHO IS EMPATHETIC, WHO IS 
HONEST, WHO IS DECENT.
AND AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IN
AMERICAN HISTORY, MY GOD, THAT 
IS SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNTRY 
ABSOLUTELY NEEDS.
AND ALL OF US, WHETHER YOU'RE 
PROGRESSIVES, WHETHER YOU'RE 
MODERATES OR CONSERVATIVES, HAVE
GOT TO COME TOGETHER TO DEFEAT 
THIS PRESIDENT.
>> THANKS FOR THAT, BERNIE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR 
JOINING US FOR THIS SEGMENT.
I MEAN THIS SINCERELY.
IT WAS AN HONOR TO RUN AGAINST 
YOU.
AND IT IS EVEN A GREATER HONOR 
TO STAND WITH YOU IN SUPPORT OF 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'VE NEVER BEEN MUCH FOR 
PARTISAN POLITICS.
I'VE SUPPORTED DEMOCRATS, 
REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS.
HELL, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN A 
DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN AND 
INDEPENDENT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE.
AND THE TWO PEOPLE RUNNING FOR 
PRESIDENT COULDN'T BE MORE 
DIFFERENT.
ONE BELIEVES IN FACTS, ONE DOES 
NOT.
ONE LISTENS TO EXPERTS, THE 
OTHER THINKS HE KNOWS 
EVERYTHING.
ONE LOOKS FORWARD AND SEES 
STRENGTH IN AMERICA'S DIVERSITY.
THE OTHER LOOKS BACKWARDS AND 
SEES IMMIGRANTS AS ENEMIES AND 
WHITE SUPREMACISTS AS ALLIES.
ONE HAS PROVEN HE KNOWS HOW TO 
HANDLE A CRISIS BY HELPING TO 
LEAD THE ECONOMIC TURNAROUND 
AFTER THE 2018 RE08 RECESSION,  
THE OTHER HAS NOT ONLY FAILED TO
LEAD, HE HAS MADE THE CURRENT 
CRISIS MUCH WORSE.
WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THE BIGGEST
CALAMITY ANY PRESIDENT HAS FACED
IN THE MODERN ERA, DONALD TRUMP 
SPENT THE YEAR DOWN PLAYING THE 
THREAT, IGNORING SCIENCE AND 
RECOMMENDING QUACK CURES WHICH 
LED COVID-19 SPREAD MUCH FASTER 
THAN IT SHOULD HAVE, LEAVING 
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS NEEDLESSLY
SICK OR DEAD.
HE HAS FAILED THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE CATASTROPHICALLY.
FOUR ♪YEARS AGO I CAME BEFORE 
THIS VERY CONVENTION AND SAID 
NEW YORKERS KNOW A CON WHEN WE 
SEE ONE.
BUT TONIGHT I'M NOT ASKING YOU 
TO VOTE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP 
BECAUSE HE'S A BAD GUY.
I'M URGING YOU TO VOTE AGAINST 
HIM BECAUSE HE'S DONE A BAD JOB.
TODAY UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT 
HISTORIC HIGHS AND SMALL 
BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING JUST 
TO SURVIVE.
IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.
BEFORE I RAN FOR MAYOR, I SPENT 
20 YEARS RUNNING A BUSINESS I 
STARTED FROM SCRATCH.
SO I WANT TO ASK SMALL BUSINESS 
OWNERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES ONE 
QUESTION.
IT'S A QUESTION FOR EVERYONE.
WOULD YOU REHIRE OR WORK FOR 
SOMEONE WHO RAN YOUR BUSINESS 
INTO THE GROUND AND WHO ALWAYS 
DOES WHAT'S BEST FOR HIM OR HER 
EVEN WHEN IT HURTS THE COMPANY 
AND WHOSE RECKLESS DECISIONS PUT
YOU IN DANGER AND WHO SPENDS 
MORE TIME TWEETING THAN WORKING?
IF THE ANSWER IS NO, WHY THE 
HELL WOULD WE EVER REHIRE DONALD
TRUMP FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS?
TRUMP SAYS WE SHOULD VOTE FOR 
HIM BECAUSE HE'S A GREAT 
BUSINESSMAN.
REALLY?
HE DROVE HIS COMPANIES INTO 
BANKRUPTCY SIX TIMES, ALWAYS 
LEAVING BEHIND CUSTOMERS AND 
CONTRACTORS WHO WERE CHEATED AND
SWINDLED AND STOPPED DOING 
BUSINESS WITH HIM.
WELL, THIS TIME ALL OF US ARE 
PAYING THE PRICE AND WE CAN'T 
LET HIM GET AWAY WITH IT AGAIN.
DONALD SAYS WE SHOULD VOTE FOR 
HIM BECAUSE THE ECONOMY WAS 
GREAT BEFORE THE VIRUS.
HUH?
BIDEN AND OBAMA CREATED MORE 
JOBS OVER THEIR LAST THREE YEARS
THAN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 
DID OVER THEIR FIRST THREE.
ECONOMIC GROWTH WAS HIGHER UNDER
BIDEN AND OBAMA THAN UNDER 
TRUMP.
IN FACT, WHILE BIDEN HELPED SAVE
1 MILLION AUTO INDUSTRY JOBS, 
TRUMP HAS LOST 250,000 
MANUFACTURING JOBS.
SO WHEN TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS TO 
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, HE'S 
MAKING A PRETTY GOOD CASE FOR 
JOE BIDEN.
LOOK, OUR GOAL SHOULDN'T BE TO 
BRING BACK THE PANDEMIC ECONOMY.
IT SHOULD BE, AS JOSE SAYS, TO 
BUILD IT BACK BETTER.
JOE WILL REBUILD OUR CRUMBLING 
ROADS AND BRIDGES, SOMETHING 
TRUMP HAS TALKED ABOUT BUT IN 
THE LAST THREE YEARS HE HASN'T 
DONE ANYTHING.
WHAT A JOKE.
DONALD TRUMP'S ECONOMIC PLAN WAS
TO GIVE A HUGE TAX CUT TO GUYS 
LIKE ME WHO DIDN'T NEED IT AND 
THEN LIE ABOUT IT TO EVERYONE 
ELSE.
WELL, JOE WILL ROLL BACK THAT 
TAX CUT THAT I GOT SO WE CAN 
FUND THINGS OUR WHOLE COUNTRY 
NEED LIKE TRAINING FOR ADULTS 
WHO HAVE LOST JOBS AND MAKING 
COLLEGE MORE AFFORDABLE AND 
INVESTING IN AMERICAN RESEARCH 
AND DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THE 
PRODUCTS OF TOMORROW ARE MADE 
TODAY BY AMERICAN WORKERS.
YOU KNOW, GROWING UP I WAS 
TAUGHT TO BELIEVE THAT AMERICA 
IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE 
WORLD, NOT BECAUSE WE WON THE 
SECOND WORLD WAR, BUT BECAUSE OF
WHY WE FOUGHT IT, FOR FREEDOM, 
DEMOCRACY AND EQUALITY.
MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD BOOK WAS 
CALLED JOHNNY TRYMAINE ABOUT A 
BOSTON BOY WHO JOINS THE SONS OF
LIBERTY AT THE DAWN OF THE 
AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
AT THE END OF THE BOOK, JOHNNY 
STANDS ON LEXINGTON COMMONS AND 
SEES A NATION THAT IS, QUOTE, 
GREEN WITH SPRING, DREAMING OF 
THE FUTURE.
THAT'S THE AMERICA I KNOW AND 
LOVE AND THAT'S THE AMERICA WE 
ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING UNDER 
THIS PRESIDENT.
SO LET'S PUT AN END TO THIS 
WHOLE SORRY CHAPTER IN AMERICAN 
HISTORY AND ELECT LEADERS WHO 
WILL BRING INTEGRITY AND 
STABILITY, SANITY AND COMPETENCE
BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
JOE AND KAMALA, GO GET EM FOR 
ALL OF US.
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ANYONE CAN COULD DO IT.
I WANT TO SPINTRODUCE YOU TO A 
YOUNG MAN VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN 
MET IN NEW HAMPSHIRE EARLIER IN 
YEAR AND HELPED TO FIND HIS 
VOICE.
SAY HELLO TO BRADEN HARRINGTON. 
>> MY NAME IS BRADEN HARRINGTON 
AND I AM 13 YEARS OLD.
WITHOUT JOE BIDEN I WOULDN'T BE 
TALKING TO YOU TODAY.
ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO I MET HIM
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
HE TOLD ME WE WERE MEMBERS OF 
THE SAME CLUB.
IT WAS REALLY AMAZING TO HEAR 
THAT SOMEONE LIKE ME BECAME VICE
PRESIDENT.
HE TOLD ME ABOUT A BOOK OF POEMS
BY YATES.
HE SHOWED ME HOW HE MARKS HIS 
ADDRESSES TO MAKE THEM EASIER TO
SAY ALOUD.
SO I DID THE SAME THING TODAY.
AND NOW I'M HERE TALKING TO YOU 
TO
TODAY.
ABOUT OUR FUTURE.
MY FAMILY OFTEN SAYS WHEN THE 
WORLD FEELS BETTER BEFORE 
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING NORMAL 
LIKE GOING TO THE MOVIES.
WE ALL WANT THE WORLD TO FEEL 
BETTER.
WE NEED THE WORLD TO FEEL 
BETTER.
I'M JUST A REGULAR KID.
AND IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME 
JOE BIDEN CARED.
IMAGINE WHAT HE COULD DO FOR ALL
OF US.
KIDS LIKE ME ARE COUNTING ON YOU
TO ELECT SOMEONE WE CAN ALL LOOK
UP TO, SOMEONE WHO CARES, 
SOMEONE WHO WILL MAKE OUR 
COUNTRY AND THE WORLD FEEL 
BETTER.
WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU TO ELECT 
JOE BIDEN.
♪ RISE UP, COME ON RISE UP ♪
>>> THE FIRST TIME I MET JOE, IT
WAS AT MY SYNAGOGUE.
I HAD TO DO A FUNERAL SERVICE.
TOWARD THE END OF THE SERVICE 
THE DOOR OPENS UP AND THIS 
PERSON WHO WAS MUCH YOUNGER THAN
THESE OCTOBER OTHER PEOPLE WHO  
THERE, IT WAS JOE BIDEN.
AT THE END I SAID SENATOR BIDEN,
LIKE WHY ARE YOU HERE?
WHAT HE SAID WAS SO LOVELY.
HE SAID THIS DEAR LADY GAVE $18 
TO MY CAMPAIGN FROM THE VERY 
FIRST TIME I STARTED IN 1972.
HE WANTED TO SHOW HIS RESPECTS 
BY SAYING THANK YOU.
THAT JUST BLEW ME AWAY.
♪ RISE UP ♪
[ LAUGHTER ]
>>> TAKE ONE.
>> NO, NO.
THIS IS GOOD. 
>> WHAT DID I KNOW ABOUT YOUR 
GRANDFATHER?
>> HE'S ALWAYS EATING ICE CREAM.
USUALLY IT'S LIKE VANILLA. 
>> WITH CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES.
>> VANILLA ON A REGULAR NIGHT.
>> CHOCOLATE. 
>> THE BREYER'S WITH HALF 
CHOCOLATE, HALF VANILLA.
>> HE LIKE HIDES IT. 
>> HUNOW OFTEN DOES HE CALL YOU?
>> LIKE EVERY DAY.
>> LIKE IF WE DON'T TALK TO HIM 
FOR A DAY -- 
>> HE'LL ASK WHAT'S WRONG.
>> HE ALWAYS CALLS WITH THE SAME
ENERGY EVEN AFTER HE'S JUST DONE
15 INTERVIEWS IN A ROW.
HI, POP.
I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU.
>> I DON'T NECESSARILY PICK UP 
EVERY DAY BUT I HAVE A LOT OF 
VOICEMAILS. 
>> HE WILL PICK UP OUR CALLS NO 
MATTER WHERE HE IS.
HE COULD BE ON STAGE GIVING A 
SPEECH AND WE CALL HIM, WHAT'S 
WRONG?
>> WHAT DOES THE WORD FAMILY 
MEAN TO YOU?
>> IT'S A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER.
WE'VE GROWN UP TOGETHER.
HE'S MADE SURE THAT EVERY 
TRADITION, EVERY HOLIDAY WE'RE 
ALL TOGETHER.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN ANY 
DECISION NO MATTER HOW BIG OR 
SMALL THAT WE HAVEN'T DECIDED AS
A FAMILY.
>> POP TOLD US THAT THIS I 
ELECTION WOULD BE TOTALLY 
DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER 
ELECTION EVER.
>> HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT HOW IT 
WOULD AFFECT HIS KIDS. 
>> WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED TO 
GO THROUGH ANOTHER CAMPAIGN AND 
BE SCRUTINIZED BY THE PRESS. 
>> THERE WERE TALKS OF A BIG 
MEETING. 
>> THIS TIME IT WAS CALLED BY 
ME.
HE THOUGHT WE WERE CALLING A 
MEETING SORT OF TO LIKE DISCUSS 
WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED HIM TO,
BUT REALLY WE WERE CALLING HIM 
TO BE LIKE, GET IN THAT RACE.
>> WE JUST KNEW THAT HE HAD TO 
RUN AND WE WEREN'T GOING TO TAKE
NO AS AN ANSWER.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, I 
THINK WE'RE ALL VERY HAPPY WE 
HAD THAT MEETING. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, WHEN YOU GET BACK THERE, 
GIVE ME A CALL AND TELL ME HOW 
THE WHOLE THING WENT, OKAY?
>> OKAY.
I WILL. 
>> I LOVE YOU, BABY. 
>> I LOVE YOU TOO. 
>> WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR 
KIDS LIVE IN A NATION THAT IS 
SAFE, HAPPY, HEALTHY AND FAIR.
SO THIS ELECTION. 
>> WE'RE VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN. 
>> LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION 
WITH THESE KIDS. 
>> LET'S DO IT.
>> LET'S JUMP RIGHT IN, SHALL 
WE?
>> WHAT DOES JUMP IN MEAN?
>> OH BOY.
>> MOMMY, I CAN'T BE QUIET. 
>> WHY?
>> I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE QUIET.
YOU DESERVE TO SPEAK AND SAY 
WHATEVER IT IS THAT COMES TO 
YOUR MIND IN THIS MOMENT RIGHT 
NOW.
>> EVERY ELECTION IS IMPORTANT.
THIS UPCOMING ELECTION IS 
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT, ONE, 
BECAUSE THE SOCIAL INJUSTICES 
RIGHT NOW, RACIAL INEQUALITY BUT
ALSO BECAUSE WE HAVE CHILDREN. 
>> EXCUSE ME, MOMMY?
>> YES?
>> I NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.
>> OKAY.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE 
PRESIDENT LIVES?
>> IN THE WHITE HOUSE, 
WASHINGTON, D.C.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT'S JOB IS?
>> TO TELL WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 
WORLD.
>> THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S A GOOD ONE. 
>> KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT SAFE. 
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
AS WE SAY, THAT IS -- 
>> CORRECT!
>> IF YOU COULD CREATE THE IDEAL
PERSON TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY, 
WHAT CHARACTERISTICS WOULD THAT 
PERSON HAVE?
>> A VERY KIND PERSONALITY. 
>> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE 
TAKEN CARE OF?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM 
TAKING CARE OF THE EARTH AND THE
PEOPLE.
>> SO, GIRLS, IT IS 2020 AND THE
ELECTION IS COMING UP IN 
NOVEMBER.
DO YOU KNOW WHO IS RUNNING FOR 
PRESIDENT?
>> JOE BIDEN.
>> YEAH.
>> AND -- 
>> EXACTLY. 
>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF YOU 
KNEW THAT JOE BIDEN WAS GOING TO
HAVE A WOMAN AS HIS VICE 
PRESIDENT?
>> SURPRISED AND LIKE HAPPY.
>> WHY?
>> THERE'S LIKE NOT A LOT OF 
WOMAN LIKE BEING PRESIDENT AND 
HELPING ALONGSIDE THE PRESIDENT.
>> MM-HM.
HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK YOUR 
FAITH IS IN THE WAY THAT YOU 
LIVE YOUR LIFE?
>> VERY BIG.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE THINGS 
I HAVE AND THAT I LOVE MY 
FAMILY. 
>> WITH THAT SAID, EVERYONE, WE 
REALLY THANK YOU, ONE, FOR 
LISTENING TO THIS VERY CANDID 
CONVERSATION WITH OUR DAUGHTERS.
WE JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
TRULY DO YOUR RESEARCH AND THINK
ABOUT YOUR OWN HOMES AND WHAT 
YOU'D LIKE TO SEE PROJECTED OUT 
INTO THE WORLD IN THE RIGHT 
DIRECTION, IS MAKING SURE YOU 
VOTE THIS ELECTION FOR BIDEN.
>> WHATEVER YOU DO, PLEASE VOTE.
EVERY VOTE COUNTS.
JUST REMEMBER THAT.
>> CUT.
>>> HERE'S THE BIG QUESTION.
HOW MUCH OF YOUR TIME AND ENERGY
ARE YOU WILLING TO DEVOTE TO 
ELECT JOE BIDEN?
HERE'S MY ANSWER.
I'M GOING ALL IN.
LOOK, ELECTIONS CAN BREAK YOUR 
HEART, BUT SOMETIMES THEY CAN 
MAKE YOU SING FROM THE 
MOUNTAINTOPS.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO SING.
THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO ELECT A
PRESIDENT WHO'S HONEST, 
EXPERIENCED AND INTELLIGENT, A 
PRESIDENT WHO ACTUALLY BELIEVES 
IN THE RULE OF LAW, WHO WILL 
RESTORE DIGNITY AND NORMALCY TO 
THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE SOUL OF 
THIS NATION.
AND, BOY, WON'T THAT BE 
SOMETHING?
ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS JOE 
BIDEN SAYS IS THAT YOU CAN 
SUCCEED IN LIFE WITHOUT 
SACRIFICING YOUR IDEALS OR YOUR 
COMMITMENT TO FAMILY.
SO WHO BETTER TO INTRODUCE OUR 
NOMINEE, JOE BIDEN, THAN HIS 
CHILDREN.
>> I'M HUNTER BIDEN.
>> I'M ASHLEY BIDEN. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS OUR DAD. 
>> BEAU IS OUR BROTHER. 
>> WE WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT KIND
OF PRESIDENT OUR DAD WILL BE. 
>> HE WILL BE TOUGH. 
>> AND HONEST.
>> CARING AND PRINCIPLED. 
>> HE'LL LISTEN.
HE'LL BE THERE WHEN YOU NEED 
HIM. 
>> HE'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH EVEN
WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT. 
>> HE'LL NEVER LET YOU DOWN. 
>> HE'LL BE ROCK STEADY. 
>> THE STRONGEST SHOULDER YOU 
CAN EVER LEAN ON. 
>> HE'LL BEAM WITH PRIDE EVERY 
TIME YOU SUCCEED.
>> HE'LL MAKE YOUR GRANDKIDS 
FEEL THAT WHAT THEY'VE GOT TO 
SAY MATTERS. 
>> HE'LL TREAT EVERYONE WITH 
RESPECT, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE. 
>> HE'LL GET UP NO MATTER HOW 
MANY TIMES HE'S BEEN KNOCKED 
DOWN. 
>> HE'LL BE THE BEST FRIEND 
YOU'VE EVER HAD. 
>> HE'LL LOVE YOU WITH ALL OF 
HIS HEART. 
>> AND IF YOU GIVE HIM YOUR CELL
PHONE NUMBER -- 
>> HE'S GOING TO CALL IT. 
>> HOW DO WE KNOW?
>> BECAUSE HE'S BEEN THAT WAY 
OUR WHOLE LIVES. 
>> HE'S BEEN A GREAT FATHER.
>> AND WE THINK HE'LL BE A GREAT
PRESIDENT. 
>> BEAU ISN'T WITH US ANY 
LONGER. 
>> BUT HE'S STILL VERY MUCH 
ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS AND WE CAN 
STILL HEAR HIS STRONG VOICE. 
>> JUST LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. 
>> JUST LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
>> IN 2008 AND 2012 HE 
INTRODUCED OUR DAD AT THOSE 
CONVENTIONS. 
>> IF HE WAS HERE, WE'RE PRETTY 
SURE WE KNOW WHAT HE'D SAY.
>> SO BEFORE WE SHOW YOU A FILM 
ABOUT OUR DAD'S JOURNEY, WE 
WANTED TO GIVE BEAU THE LAST 
WORD.
BEAU. 
>> BEAU, TAKE IT AWAY. 
>> IN MOMENTS BOTH PUBLIC AND 
PRIVATE, HE'S THE FATHER I'VE 
ALWAYS KNOWN, MY FATHER, MY 
HERO, JOE BIDEN.
♪
♪
>> OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN TURNED 
UPSIDE DOWN, SHATTERED AND 
SHAKEN.
BUT THE AMERICAN STORY HAS HAD 
MOMENTS LIKE THIS BEFORE.
AND HE WAS THERE ANSWERING THE 
CALL.
>> WHEN WE CAME INTO OFFICE IN 
2009, WE WERE GOING THROUGH WHAT
WAS THEN THE WORST FINANCIAL AND
ECONOMIC CRISIS SINCE THE GREAT 
DEPRESSION.
>> THE ECONOMY WAS HEMORRHAGING 
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS A 
WEEK.
PEOPLE WERE LOSING THEIR HOMES 
TO FORECLOSURE.
THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM WAS IN 
TATTERS.
AUTO SALES HAD DROPPED TO NEAR 
ZERO LEVELS.
>> THE AUTO COMPANIES FACED 
BANKRUPTCY.
JOE REMEMBERED HIS FATHER AND 
WHAT IT MEANT TO LOSE A JOB.
THE FINNEGANS AND BIDENS WERE 
IRISH CATHOLIC.
JOE WAS THEIR FIRST.
AND THEN HIS SISTER VALERIE.
>> FROM THE MOMENT I OPENED MY 
EYES, MY BIG BROTHER WAS THERE.
THE THING THAT WAS MOST 
IMPORTANT WAS FAMILY AND FAMILY 
AND FAMILY.
AS THE POST WAR BOOM FADED, 
JOE'S FATHER STRUGGLED TO FIND 
WORK IN SCRANTON, BUT 140 MILES 
SOUTH THERE WAS A JOB CLEANING 
BOILERS IN WILMINGTON. 
>> THERE WAS A LONG STAIRWAY UP 
TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
DAD WENT UP TO JOEY IN OUR 
BEDROOM AND SAYING JOEY YOU'VE 
GOT TO BE A BIG BOY. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME, JOE SAW 
THE HEAVY BURDEN ON A FATHER AND
IT WAS A LESSON HE WOULD NEVER 
FORGET.
>> THE JOB IS A LOT MORE THAN 
PAYCHECK.
IT'S ABOUT DIGNITY.
>> THE COUNTRY WAS LOSING TENS 
OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS A DAY.
AND THEY NEEDED THREE VOTES TO 
PASS THE ECONOMIC RESCUE 
PACKAGE.
>> JOE BIDEN WAS HANDED THE TASK
OF GOING TO GET THOSE THREE 
REPUBLICAN VOTES.
>> JOE RETURNED TO THE PLACE 
WHERE HE HAD BEEN SO EFFECTIVE.
>> PASSIONATE ARGUMENT, A 
SYMPATHETIC LISTENING, A 
WILLINGNESS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS 
AND ACCOMMODATIONS TO BRING 
PEOPLE ON BOARD. 
>> WHEN THE LAW FINALLY PASSED, 
THE PRESIDENT TAPPED HIS PARTNER
TO RUN THE PROGRAM.
JOE TRACKED EVERY DOLLAR, 
CALLING MAYORS AND GOVERNORS.
>> TALKING TO THEM ON THE PHONE 
ONE ON ONE.
HE GAVE ALL OF THEM HIS CELL 
PHONE. 
>> AND I WATCHED HIM BRING HIS 
HEART TO THAT JOB.
IT MATTERS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR
MIND THE FAMILY THAT YOU'RE 
TRYING TO REACH, THE 
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU'RE TRYING 
TO REACH, THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES
ARE AFFECTED BY WHAT YOU DO. 
>> THE SKILLS THAT HAD MADE HIM 
SO EFFECTIVE HAD NOT COME EASY.
WHEN HE ENTERED SCHOOL, THERE 
WAS A PROBLEM.
JOE HAD A STUTTER.
>> AND IT'S MORTIFYING.
IT ALLOWS THAT CHILD TO BECOME 
AN OBJECT OF RIDICULE. 
>> WHEN HIS TEACHER MIMICKED HIM
AND JOE RAN HOME FROM SCHOOL, 
HIS MOTHER DROVE HIM BACK. 
>> DID YOU SAY TO MY SON, MR. 
B-B-B BIDEN.
MY MOTHER STOOD UP.
IF YOU EVER MAKE FUN OF MY SON 
AGAIN, I'LL COME BACK TO RIP 
THAT DAMN BONNET OFF YOUR HEAD.
YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
JOE, GO BACK TO CLASS. 
>> SOME LETTERS ARE HARDER THAN 
OTHERS.
I USED TO GET UP AT NIGHT AND GO
STAND IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR 
WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND PRACTICE.
SHE'D MAKE ME LOOK HER IN THE 
EYE, LOOK AT ME.
REMEMBER, JOEY, YOU'RE THE 
SMARTEST BOY IN THAT CLASS, 
NOBODY'S BETTER THAN YOU, JOEY.
FROM HAVING TO DEAL WITH 
STUTTERING, IT GAVE ME INSIGHT 
INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S PAIN, OTHER 
PEOPLE'S SUFFERING. 
>> AT 19 JOE SOUGHT OUT A SUMMER
JOB THAT FEW OF HIS PEERS 
CONSIDERED TAKING. 
>> HE WAS A LIFEGUARD ALONG WITH
THE BLACK LIFEGUARDS.
THAT'S WHEN I FIRST SEEN JOE AND
WE BECAME FRIENDS. 
>> IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS
I'VE EVER DONE BECAUSE IT GAVE 
ME A SENSE THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T
KNOW ONE ANOTHER. 
>> AFTER MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
WAS ASSASSINATED, RIOTS BROKE 
OUT IN WILMINGTON AND THE 
NATIONAL GUARD STAYED FOR ALMOST
A YEAR.
>> I QUIT THE LAW FIRM AND ASKED
FOR A JOB TO BECOME A PUBLIC 
DEFENDER.
THAT'S WHAT SORT OF GOT ME 
INVOLVED IN POLITICS.
>> JAY BOGS WAS A POPULAR WAR 
HERO IN A REPUBLICAN STATE.
FEW TOOK JOE'S CAMPAIGN 
SERIOUSLY. 
>> IN DELAWARE THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY WAS NONFUNCTIONAL.
WHEN IT GOT TIME TO PUT UP A 
CANDIDATE, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO 
TOUCH IT.
THIS YOUNG UPSTART, JOE BIDEN 
WHO HAD A LOT OF IDEAS AND NO 
MONEY, NO INFLUENCE, THE PARTY 
SAID, OKAY, WELL THEN GO AHEAD, 
BIDEN, GIVE IT A WHIRL.
>> WE'D HAVE A COFFEE AND WE'D 
COME OUT OF THAT AND HAVE FIVE 
MORE COFFEES.
HE WAS VERY ARTICULATE ON THE 
ISSUES.
HE BROUGHT PEOPLE TO SAY NOT 
JUST I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE 
DOING, BUT WHAT CAN I DO TO 
HELP?
>> BOGS BEING CHALLENGED BY 
JOSEPH BIDEN.
BIDEN IS A DEMOCRAT WHO'S 29 
YEARS OF AGE.
♪
>> BUT EXHILARATION SOON TURNED 
TO TRAGEDY.
>> IT WAS CLEAR HE HAD DECIDED 
THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE A 
SENATOR BUT THE BOYS NEED TO TOO
MUCH.
>> I WAS PREPARED TO WALK AWAY 
IN 1973.
MEN LIKE TED KENNEDY AND MIKE 
MANSFIELD AND HUBERT HUMPHREY, 
FRITZ HOLLINGS, THEY CONVINCED 
ME TO STAY.
JUST STAY SIX MONTHS, JOE.
REMEMBER?
>> HE COULDN'T ALLOW THE 
SUFFERING TO DEBILITATE HIM, 
JUST LIKE HE COULDN'T ALLOW THE 
STUTTERING TO DEFINE HIM.
THAT'S THE BACKBONE.
THERE'S SOMETHING BIGGER THAN 
JOE'S SUFFERING.
>> THE SENATE TURNED OUT TO BE A
WONDERFUL PLACE FOR HIM.
HE HAD A REAL GIFT FOR BRINGING 
PEOPLE TOGETHER.
>> THE THREE OF THEM HAD A BOND 
THAT WAS FORGED IN SORROW AND 
EXPANDED INTO JOY WHEN JILL 
ENTERED.
>> THEY HAD BUILT THIS BEAUTIFUL
FAMILY, THIS CIRCLE OF TRUST.
>> AND THEN THE EXTRA GIFT OF 
ASHLEY.
>> GROWING UP IT WAS FULL OF 
ADVENTURE, LAUGHTER. 
>> WE DO EVERYTHING AS A FAMILY 
AND WE'VE ALWAYS DONE EVERYTHING
AS A FAMILY. 
>> HE WAS ALWAYS A GOOD, LOVING 
FATHER.
I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING MORE 
IMPORTANT TO JOE THAN HIS 
CHILDREN.
>> IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN HOW EVER
PRESENT HE WAS IN OUR LIVES.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO GUESS WHAT 
MY DAD BELIEVES.
A GREAT BENEFIT OF BEING MY 
FATHER IS THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE 
TO CONTORT HIMSELF INTO 
DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT 
TIMES. 
>> BEAU WAS GOING TO DO FINE 
THINGS.
HE HAD IT ALL AND THEN HE GOT 
SICK.
THE WHOLE WORLD TILTED AND IT 
FELT LIKE WE WERE ALL FALLING 
OFF.
>> ONCE AGAIN, JOE FACED THE 
UNIMAGINABLE.
>> MY MOTHER, SHE SAID, BRAVERY 
RESIDES IN EVERY HEART AND SOME 
DAY IT WILL BE SUMMONED.
>> THE WAY HE SURVIVED LOSING MY
MOM AND MY SISTER AND THEN 
LOSING MY BROTHER IS 
UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE TO 
HAVE PURPOSE.
>> EVERY DAY I GET UP, I ASK 
MYSELF I HOPE HE'S PROUD OF ME, 
BECAUSE THAT'S THE THING THAT 
MAKES ME MOVE ON.
>> FROM HIS TIME IN THE SENATE 
AND THEN THE WHITE HOUSE, JOE 
ALWAYS FOUND A WAY FORWARD, 
FORGING E IE ING UNLIKELY FRIEND
ALLIANCES, ALWAYS HOMEMADING IN 
HIS HEART THE STRUGGLES OF HIS 
FAMILY AND EVERY FAMILY, ALWAYS 
FIGHTING TO MAKE HIS COUNTRY 
WHOLE.
>> IT'S A VERY RARE QUALITY TO 
BRING YOUR EMPATHY SKILLS TO THE
PROCESS OF GOVERNING.
JOE BIDEN NEVER FORGETS THAT.
THAT'S THE POINT OF MOVING THE 
WHEELS OF GOVERNING. 
>> HE WILL KEEP HIS WORD.
HE WILL REACH OUT AND HEAR WHAT 
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY.
>> TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO BELIEVES
IN WHAT'S BEST IN US, SOMEBODY 
LIKE JOE BIDEN WHO ACTUALLY 
BELIEVES IN THE AMERICAN IDEA, 
THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON WHO I 
WANT IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
>>> GOOD EVENING.
ELLA BAKER, A GIANT OF THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT, LEFT US WITH 
THIS WISDOM.
GIVE PEOPLE LIGHT AND THEY WILL 
FIND THE WAY.
GIVE PEOPLE LIGHT.
THOSE ARE THE WORDS FOR OUR 
TIME.
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS 
CLOAKED AMERICA IN DARKNESS FOR 
MUCH TOO LONG.
TOO MUCH ANGER, TOO MUCH FEAR, 
TOO MUCH DIVISION.
HERE AND NOW, I GIVE YOU MY 
WORD.
IF YOU UNTERRORIST ME WITH THE 
PRESIDENCY, I WILL DRAW ON THE 
BEST OF US, NOT THE WORST.
I'LL BE AN ALLY OF THE LIGHT, 
NOT THE DARKNESS.
IT'S TIME FOR US, FOR WE THE 
PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, UNITED WE CAN 
AND WILL OVERCOME THIS SEASON OF
DARKNESS IN AMERICA.
WE'LL CHOOSE HOPE OVER FEAR, 
FACTS OVER FICTION, FAIRNESS 
OVER PRIVILEGE.
I'M A PROUD DEMOCRAT AND I'LL BE
PROUD TO CARRY THE BANNER OF OUR
PARTY INTO THE GENERAL ELECTION.
IT'S WITH GREAT HONOR AND 
HUMILITY I ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
BUT WHILE I'LL BE DEMOCRATIC 
CANDIDATE, I WILL BE AN AMERICAN
PRESIDENT.
I'LL WORK HARD FOR THOSE WHO 
DIDN'T SUPPORT ME, AS HARD FOR 
THEM AS I DID FOR THOSE WHO DID 
VOTE FOR ME.
THAT'S THE JOB OF A PRESIDENT, 
TO REPRESENT ALL OF US, NOT JUST
OUR BASE OR OUR PARTY.
THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN MOMENT.
THIS MUST BE AN AMERICAN MOMENT.
ALONG WITH THE CALLS FOR LIGHT 
AND HOPE AND LOVE, HOPE FOR OUR 
FUTURE, LIGHT TO SEE OUR WAY 
FORWARD AND LOVE FOR ONE 
ANOTHER.
AMERICA ISN'T JUST A COLLECTION 
OF CLASHING INTERESTS OF RED 
STATES OR BLUE STATES.
WE'RE SO MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT.
WE'RE SO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.
NEARLY A CENTURY AGO, FRANKLIN 
ROOSEVELT PLEDGED A NEW DEAL IN 
A TIME OF MASSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT, 
UNCERTAINTY AND FEAR.
STRICKEN BY A DISEASE, STRICKEN 
BY A VIRUS, FDR INSISTED THAT HE
WOULD RECOVER AND PREVAIL AND HE
BELIEVED AMERICA COULD AS WELL.
AND HE DID AND WE CAN AS WELL.
THIS CAMPAIGN ISN'T JUST ABOUT 
WINNING VOTES.
IT'S ABOUT WINNING THE HEART 
AND, YES, THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
WINNING IT FOR THE GENEROUS 
AMONG US, NOT THE SELFISH.
WINNING IT FOR WORK ERS WHO KEE 
THIS COUNTRY GOING, NOT JUST A 
PRIVILEGED FEW AT THE TOP.
WINNING FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES 
WHO HAVE KNOWN THE INJUSTICE OF 
A KNEE ON THE NECK.
FOR ALL OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE KNOWN ONLY AMERICA RISING 
IN EQUITY AND SHRINKING 
OPPORTUNITY, THEY DESERVE THE 
EXPERIENCE OF AMERICA'S PROMISE.
THEY DESERVE TO EXPERIENCE IT IN
FULL.
YOU KNOW, NO GENERATION EVER 
KNOWS WHAT HISTORY WILL ASK OF 
IT.
ALL WE CAN EVER KNOW IS WHETHER 
WE'RE READY WHEN THAT MOMENT 
ARRIVES.
AND NOW HISTORY HAS DELIVERED US
TO ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT 
MOMENTS AMERICA HAS EVER FACED.
FOUR HISTORIC CRISES ALL AT THE 
SAME TIME, A PERFECT STORM, THE 
WORST PANDEMIC IN OVER 100 
YEARS, THE WORST ECONOMIC CRISIS
SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION, THE 
MOST COMPELLING CALL FOR RACIAL 
JUSTICE SINCE THE '60s AND THE 
UNDENIABLE REALITIES AND THE 
ACCELERATING THREATS OF CLIMATE 
CHANGE.
SO THE QUESTION FOR US IS 
SIMPLE.
ARE WE READY?
I BELIEVE WE ARE.
WE MUST BE.
YOU KNOW, ALL ELECTIONS ARE 
IMPORTANT, BUT WE KNOW IN OUR 
BONES THIS ONE IS MORE 
CONSEQUENTIAL.
AS MANY HAVE SAID, AMERICA IS AT
AN INFLECTION POINT, A TIME OF 
REAL PERIL BUT ALSO 
EXTRAORDINARY POSSIBILITIES.
WE CAN CHOOSE A PATH TO BECOMING
ANGRIER, LESS HOPEFUL, MORE 
DIVIDED, A PATH OF SHADOW AND 
SUSPICION, OR WE CAN CHOOSE A 
DIFFERENT PATH AND TOGETHER TAKE
THIS CHANCE TO HEAL, TO REFORM, 
TO UNITE, A PATH OF HOPE AND 
LIGHT.
THIS IS A LIFE CHANGING 
ELECTION.
THIS WILL DETERMINE WHAT 
AMERICA'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR
A LONG, LONG TIME.
CHARACTER IS ON THE BALLOT, 
COMPASSION IS ON THE BALLOT, 
DECENCY, SCIENCE, DEMOCRACY.
THEY'RE ALL ON THE BALLOT.
WHO WE ARE AS A NATION, WHAT WE 
STAND FOR, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHO
WE WANT TO BE.
THAT'S ALL ON THE BALLOT.
THE CHOICE COULD NOT BE MORE 
CLEAR.
NO RHETORIC IS NEEDED.
JUST JUDGE THIS PRESIDENT ON THE
FACTS.
5 MILLION AMERICANS INFECTED BY 
COVID-19, MORE THAN 170,000 
AMERICANS HAVE DIED.
BY FAR THE WORST PERFORMANCE OF 
ANY NATION ON EARTH.
MORE THAN 50 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT THIS 
YEAR.
MORE THAN 10 MILLION PEOPLE ARE 
GOING TO LOSE THEIR HEALTH 
INSURANCE THIS YEAR.
NEARLY 1 IN 6 SMALL BUSINESSES 
HAVE CLOSED THIS YEAR AND THIS 
PRESIDENT, IF HE'S REELECTED, 
YOU KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
CASES AND DEATHS WILL REMAIN FAR
TOO HIGH.
MORE MOM AND POP BUSINESSES WILL
CLOSE THEIR DOORS AND THIS TIME 
FOR GOOD.
WORKING FAMILIES WILL STRUGGLE 
TO GET BY.
AND YET THE WEALTHIEST 1% WILL 
GET TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 
IN NEW TAX BREAKS.
AND THE ASSAULT ON THE 
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WILL 
CONTINUE UNTIL IT'S DESTROYED, 
TAKING INSURANCE AWAY FROM MORE 
THAN 20 MILLION PEOPLE INCLUDING
MORE THAN 15 MILLION PEOPLE ON 
MEDICAID.
AND GETTING RID OF THE 
PROTECTIONS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA
WORKED SO HARD TO GET PAST FOR 
PEOPLE THAT HAVE, 100 MILLION 
MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS.
SPEAKING OF PRESIDENT OBAMA, A 
MAN I WAS HONORED TO SERVE 
ALONGSIDE FOR EIGHT YEARS AS 
VICE PRESIDENT, LET ME TAKE THIS
MOMENT TO SAY SOMETHING WE DON'T
SAY NEARLY ENOUGH.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
YOU WERE A GREAT PRESIDENT, A 
PRESIDENT THAT OUR CHILDREN 
COULD AND DID LOOK UP TO.
NO ONE'S GOING TO SAY THAT ABOUT
THE CURRENT OCCUPANT OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS 
PRESIDENT IS THAT HE'S GIVEN 
FOUR MORE YEARS, HE'LL BE WHAT 
HE'S BEEN FOR THE LAST FOUR 
YEARS.
THE PRESIDENT TAKES NO 
RESPONSIBILITY, REFUSES TO LEAD,
BLAMES OTHERS, COZIES UP TO 
DICTATORS AND FANS THE FLAMES OF
HATE AND TUIDIVISION.
HE'LL WAKE UP EVERY DAY 
BELIEVING THE JOB IS ALL ABOUT 
HIM, NEVER ABOUT YOU.
IS THAT THE AMERICAN YOU WANT 
FOR YOU, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR 
CHILDREN?
I SEE A DIFFERENT AMERICA.
ONE THAT'S GENEROUS AND STRONG, 
SELFLESS AND HUMBLE.
IT'S AN AMERICA WE CAN REBUILD 
TOGETHER.
AS PRESIDENT, THE FIRST STEPLY 
TAKE WILL BE TO GET CONTROL OF 
THE VIRUS THAT HAS RUINED SO 
MANY LIVES BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND 
SOMETHING THIS PRESIDENT HASN'T 
FROM THE BEGINNING.
WE WILL NEVER GET OUR ECONOMY 
BACK ON TRACK, WE WILL NEVER GET
OUR KIDS SAFELY BACK IN SCHOOLS,
WE'LL NEVER HAVE OUR LIVES BACK 
UNTIL WE DEAL WITH THIS VIRUS.
THE TRAGEDY OF WHERE WE ARE 
TODAY IS IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE 
THIS BAD.
JUST LOOK AROUND.
IT'S NOT THIS BAD IN CANADA OR 
EUROPE OR JAPAN OR ALMOST 
ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.
THE PRESIDENT KEEPS TELLING US 
THE VIRUS IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR.
HE KEEPS WAITING FOR A MIRACLE.
WELL, I HAVE NEWS FOR HIM.
NO MIRACLE IS COMING.
WE LEAD THE WORLD IN CONFIRMED 
CASES.
WE LEAD THE WORLD IN DEATHS.
OUR ECONOMY IS IN TATTERS WITH 
BLACK, LATINO, ASIAN AMERICAN, 
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 
BEARING THE BRUNT OF IT.
AND AFTER ALL THIS TIME, THE 
PRESIDENT STILL DOES NOT HAVE A 
PLAN.
WELL, I DO.
IF I'M YOUR PRESIDENT, ON DAY 
ONE WE'LL IMPLEMENT THE NATIONAL
STRATEGY I'VE BEEN LAYING OUT 
SINCE MARCH.
WE'LL DEVELOP AND DEPLOY RAPID 
TESTS WITH RESULTS AVAILABLE 
IMMEDIATELY.
WE'LL MAKE THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES 
AND PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THAT 
OUR COUNTRY NEEDS.
WE'LL MAKE THEM HERE IN AMERICA 
SO WE WILL NEVER AGAIN BE AT THE
MERCY OF CHINA OR OTHER FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO PROTECT 
OUR OWN PEOPLE.
WE'LL MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOLS HAVE
THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE 
OPEN, SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.
WE'LL PUT POLITICS ASIDE.
WE'LL TAKE THE MUZZLE OFF OUR 
EXPERTS SO THE PUBLIC GETS THE 
INFORMATION THEY NEED AND 
DESERVE, HONEST, UNVARNISHED 
TRUTH.
THEY CAN HANDLE IT.
WE'LL HAVE A NATIONAL MANDATE TO
WEAR MASKS, NOT AS A BURDEN BUT 
AS A PATRIOTIC DUTY TO PROTECT 
ONE ANOTHER.
IN SHORT, WE'LL DO WHAT WE 
SHOULD HAVE DONE FROM THE VERY 
BEGINNING.
OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS FAILED
IN HIS MOST BASIC DUTY TO THE 
NATION.
HE'S FAILED TO PROTECT US.
HE'S FAILED TO PROTECT AMERICA.
MY FELLOW AMERICANS, THAT IS 
UNFORGIVABLE.
AS PRESIDENT I'LL MAKE YOU A 
PROMISE.
I'LL PROTECT AMERICA, I WILL 
DEFEND US FROM EVERY ATTACK, 
SEEN AND UNSEEN, ALWAYS WITHOUT 
EXCEPTION, EVERY TIME.
LOOK, I UNDERSTAND.
I UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS TO 
HAVE ANY HOPE RIGHT NOW.
ON THIS SUMMER NIGHT, LET ME 
TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK TO THOSE 
OF YOU WHO HAVE LOST THE MOST.
I HAVE SOME IDEA HOW IT FEELS TO
LOSE SOMEONE YOU LOVE.
I KNOW THAT DEEP BLACK HOLE THAT
OPENS UP IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR 
CHEST AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE 
BEING SUCKED INTO IT.
I KNOW HOW MEAN AND CRUEL AND 
UNFAIR LIFE CAN BE SOMETIMES.
BUT I'VE LEARNED TWO THINGS.
FIRST, YOUR LOVED ONE MAY HAVE 
LEFT THIS EARTH BUT THEY'LL 
NEVER LEAVE YOUR HEART.
THEY'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU.
YOU'LL ALWAYS HEAR THEM.
SECOND, I FOUND THE BEST WAY 
THROUGH PAIN AND LOSS AND GRIEF 
IS TO FIND PURPOSE.
AS GOD'S CHILDREN, EACH OF US 
HAVE A PURPOSE IN OUR LIVES.
WE HAVE A GREAT PURPOSE AS A 
NATION TO OPEN THE DOORS OF 
OPPORTUNITY TO ALL AMERICANS, TO
SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY, TO BE A 
LIGHT TO THE WORLD ONCE AGAIN 
AND FINALLY TO LIVE UP TO AND 
MAKE REAL THE WORDS WRITTEN IN 
THE SACRED DOCUMENTS THAT 
FOUNDED THIS NATION THAT ALL MEN
AD WOMEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, 
ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH 
CERTAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS, 
AMONG THEM LIFE, LIBERTY, THE 
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
YOU KNOW, MY DAD WAS AN 
HONORABLE, DECENT MAN.
HE GOT KNOCKED DOWN A FEW TIMES 
PRETTY HARD, BUT HE ALWAYS GOT 
BACK UP.
HE WORKED HARD AND HE BUILT A 
GREAT MIDDLE CLASS LIFE FOR OUR 
FAMILY.
HE USED TO SAY, JOEY, I DON'T 
EXPECT THE GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE 
MY PROBLEMS, I SURE DON'T EXPECT
THEM TO UNDERSTAND THEM.
HE'D SAY, JOEY, A JOB IS ABOUT 
LOT MORE THAN A PAYCHECK.
IT'S ABOUT YOUR DIGNITY.
IT'S ABOUT RESPECT.
IT'S ABOUT YOUR PLACE IN THE 
COMMUNITY.
IT'S ABOUT BEING ABLE TO LOOK 
YOUR KID IN THE EYE AND SAY, 
HONEY, IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY AND
MEAN IT.
I'VE NEVER FORGOTTEN THOSE 
LESSONS.
THAT'S WHY MY ECONOMIC PLAN IS 
ALL ABOUT JOGBS, DIGNITY, RESPET
IN COMMUNITY.
TOGETHER WE CAN AND WILL REBUILD
OUR ECONOMY.
WHEN WE DO WE'LL NOT ONLY BUILD 
BACK, WE'LL BUILD BACK BETTER 
WITH MODERN ROADS, BRIDGES, 
HIGHWAYS, BROADBAND, PORTS AND 
AIRPORTS AS A NEW FOUNDATION FOR
ECONOMIC GROWTH, WITH PIPES THAT
TRANSPORT CLEAN WATER TO EVERY 
COMMUNITY, WITH FIVE MILLION NEW
MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY 
JOBS SO THE FUTURE IS MADE IN 
AMERICA.
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THAT 
LOWERS PREMIUMS, DEDUCTIBLES, 
DRUG PRICES BY BUILDING ON THE 
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT HE'S TRYING 
TO RIP AWAY.
WITH AN EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT 
TRAINS OUR PEOPLE FOR THE BEST 
JOBS OF THE 21st CENTURY.
THERE'S NOT A SINGLE THING 
AMERICAN WORKERS CAN'T DO.
AND COST DOESN'T PREVENT YOUNG 
PEOPLE FROM GOING TO COLLEGE AND
STUDENT DEBT DOESN'T CRUSH THEM 
WHEN THEY GET OUT.
THE CHILD CARE AND ELDER CARE 
SYSTEM THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE 
FOR PARENTS TO GO TO WORK AND 
FOR THE ELDERLY TO STAY IN THEIR
HOMES WITH DIGNITY, WITH AN 
INTEGRATION SYSTEM THAT POWERS 
OUR ECONOMY AND REFLECTS OUR 
VALUES AND WITH NEWLY EMPOWERED 
LABOR UNIONS.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BUILT THE 
MIDDLE CLASS.
WITH EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN.
WITH RISING WAGES YOU CAN RAISE 
A CHILD ON, A FAMILY ON.
AND YES, WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE 
THAN PRAISE OUR ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS.
WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO PAY THEM.
PAY THEM.
WE CAN AND WE WILL DEAL WITH 
CLIMATE CHANGE.
IT'S NOT ONLY A CRISIS.
IT'S AN ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY, AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICA TO LEAD 
THE WORLD IN CLEAN ENERGY AND 
CREATE MILLIONS OF NEW GOOD 
PAYING JOBS IN THE PROCESS.
WE CAN PAY FOR THESE INVESTMENTS
BY ENDING UNNECESSARY LOOPHOLES 
AND THE TAX GIVE AWAY TO THE 
WEALTHIEST 1% AND THE BIGGEST 
CORPORATIONS, SOME OF WHICH DO 
NOT PAY ANY TAX AT ALL.
BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED A TAX CODE
THAT REWARDS WEALTH MORE THAN IT
REWARDS WORK.
I'M NOT LOOKING TO PUNISH 
ANYONE.
FAR FROM IT.
BUT IT'S LOST PASTIME THE 
WEALTHIEST PEOPLE AND THE 
BIGGEST CORPORATIONS IN THIS 
COUNTRY PAID THEIR FAIR SHARE.
AND FOR OUR SENIORS.
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT IS 
PROPOPROPOSE
ING ELIMINATING A TAX THAT PAID 
FOR MORE THAN HALF OF SOCIAL 
SECURITY.
GUNNED DOWN IN SCHOOL.
IT WILL BE A WORK OF THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT TO RESTORE THE PROMISE
OF AMERICA TO EVERYONE.
I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT 
ALONE BECAUSE I'LL HAVE A GREAT 
VICE PRESIDENT AT MY SIDE, 
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS.
SHE'S A POWER LFUL VOICE FOR TH 
NATION.
HER STORY IS THE AMERICAN STORY.
SHE KNOWS ABOUT ALL THE 
OBSTACLES THROWN IN THE WAY OF 
SO MANY OUR COUNTRY, WOMEN, 
BLACK WOMEN, BLACK AMERICANS, 
SOUTH ASIAN AMERICANS, 
IMMIGRANTS, THE LEFT OUT AND THE
LEFT BEHIND.
BUT SHE'S OVERCOME EVERY 
OBSTACLE SHE'S EVER FACED.
NO ONE'S BEEN TOUGHER ON THE BIG
BANKS AND ON THE GUN LOBBY.
NO ONE'S BEEN TOUGHER IN CALLING
OUT THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION 
FOR ITS EXTREMISM, ITS FAILURE 
TO FOLLOW THE LAW, ITS FAILURE 
TO SIMPLY TELL THE TRUTH.
KAMALA AND I BOTH DRAW FROM OUR 
FAMILIES.
THAT'S WHERE WE GET OUR 
STRENGTH.
FOR KAMALA, IT'S DOUG AND THEIR 
FAMILIES.
FOR ME IT'S JILL AND OURS.
I'VE SAID MANY TIMES NO MAN 
DESERVES ONE GREAT LOVE IN HIS 
LIFE, LET ALONE TWO, BUT I'VE 
KNOWN TWO.
AFTER LOSING MY FIRST WIFE IN 
THAT CAR ACCIDENT, JILL CAME 
INTO MY LIFE.
SHE PUT OUR FAMILY BACK 
TOGETHER.
SHE'S AN EDUCATOR, A MOM, A 
MILITARY MOM AND AN UNSTOPPABLE 
FORCE.
IF SHE PUTS HER MIND TO IT, JUST
GET OUT OF THE WAY.
SHE'S GOING TO GET IT DONE.
SHE WAS A GREAT SECOND LADY AND 
I KNOW SHE'LL MAKE A GREAT FIRST
LADY FOR THIS NATION.
SHE LOVE THS THIS COUNTRY SO MU.
AND I'LL ALWAYS HAVE THE 
STRENGTH THAT CAN ONLY COME FROM
FAMILY.
HUNTER, ASHLEY, ALL OUR 
GRANDCHILDREN, MY BROTHERS, MY 
SISTER, THEY GIVE ME COURAGE, 
THEY LIFT ME UP.
WHILE HE'S NO LONGER WITH US, 
BEAU INSPIRES ME EVERY DAY.
BEAU SERVED OUR NATION IN 
UNIFORM A YEAR IN IRAQ AND 
DECORATED IRAQI WAR VETERAN.
SO I TAKE VERY PERSONALLY THE 
PROFOUND RESPONSIBILITY OF 
SERVING AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
I'LL BE A PRESIDENT THAT WILL 
STAND WITH OUR ALLIES AND 
FRIENDS AND MAKE IT CLEAR TO OUR
ADVERSARIES THE DAYS OF COZYING 
UP TO DICTATORS IS OVER.
UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN, AMERICA 
WILL NOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO 
RUSSIAN BOUNTIES ON THE HEADS OF
AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
NO ONE WILL PUT UP WITH FOREIGN 
INTERFERENCE IN OUR MOST SACRED 
DEMOCRATIC EXERCISE, VOTING.
AND I'LL ALWAYS STAND FOR OUR 
VALUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND 
DIG
DIGNITY.
I'LL WORK IN COMMON PURPOSE FOR 
MORE SECURE, PEACEFUL AND 
PROSPEROUS WORLD.
HISTORY HAS THRUST ONE MORE 
URGENT TASK ON US.
WE WILL BE THE GENERATION THAT 
FINALLY WIPES OUT THE STAIN OF 
RACISM FROM OUR NATIONAL 
CHARACTER?
I BELIEVE WE'RE UP TO IT.
I BELIEVE WE'RE READY.
A WEEK AGO YESTERDAY WAS THE 
THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE EVENTS 
IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.
CLOSE YOUR EYES, REMEMBER WHAT 
YOU SAW ON TELEVISION.
REMEMBER SEEING THOSE NEO-NAZIS 
AND KLANSMEN SPEWING THE SAME 
BILE HEARD IN THE 1930s.
REMEMBER THE VIOLENT CLASH THAT 
ENSUED BETWEEN THOSE SPREADING 
HATE AND THOSE WITH THE COURAGE 
TO STAND AGAINST IT.
YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE PRESIDENT 
SAID WHEN ASKED?
HE SAID, QUOTE, THERE WERE VERY 
FINE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES.
IT WAS A WAKEUP CALL FOR US AS A
COUNTRY AND FOR ME A CALL TO 
ACTION.
AT THAT MOMENT I KNEW I'D HAVE 
TO RUN BECAUSE MY FATHER TAUGHT 
US THAT SILENCE WAS COMPLICITY 
AND I COULD INNEVER REMAIN SILE 
OR COMPLICIT.
AT THE TIME I SAID WE'RE IN A 
BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THIS 
NATION AND WE ARE.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST 
IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD
THIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN WAS WITH 
SOMEONE WHO WAS MUCH TOO YOUNG 
TO VOTE.
I MET WITH 6-YEAR-OLD GIANNA 
FLOYD THE DAY BEFORE HER DADDY 
GEORGE FLOYD WAS LAID TO REST.
SHE'S AN INCREDIBLY BRAVE LITTLE
GIRL.
I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.
WHEN I LEANED DOWN TO SPEAK TO 
HER, SHE LOOKED IN MY EYES AND 
SHE SAID, AND I QUOTE, DADDY 
CHANGED THE WORLD.
DADDY CHANGED THE WORLD.
HERBURROWED DEEP INTO MY 
HEART.
MAYBE GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER WAS 
A BREAKING POINT.
MAYBE JOHN LEWIS'S PASSING THE 
INSPIRATION.
HOWEVER IT'S COME TO BE, HOWEVER
IT'S HAPPENED, AMERICA IS READY 
IN JOHN'S WORD TO LAY DOWN THE 
HEAVY BURDEN OF STATE AT LAST 
AND THE HARD WORK NOW OF ROOTING
OUT OUR SYSTEMIC RACISM.
AMERICAN HISTORY TELLS US IT'S 
BEEN IN OUR DARKEST MOMENTS THAT
WE'VE MADE OUR GREATEST 
PROGRESS, THAT WE FOUND THE 
LIGHT.
AND THIS DARK MOMENT, I BELIEVE 
WE'RE POISED TO MAKE GREAT 
PROGRESS AGAIN, THAT WE CAN FIND
THE LIGHT ONCE MORE.
YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HEARD
ME SAY THIS, BUT I'VE ALWAYS 
BELIEVED YOU CAN DEFINE AMERICA 
IN ONE WORD, POSSIBILITIES.
THE DEFINING FEATURE OF AMERICA,
EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
THAT IN AMERICA, AND I MEAN 
EVERYONE SHOULD BE GIVEN AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO GO AS FAR AS 
THEIR DREAMS AND GOD 
GIVEN ABILITY WILL TAKE THEM.
WE CAN NEVER HLOSE THAT.
IN TIMES AS CHALLENGING AS 
THESE, I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY 
ONE WAY FORWARD, AS A UNITED 
AMERICA, A UNITED AMERICA, 
UNITED IN OUR PURSUIT OF A MORE 
PERFECT UNION, UNITED IN OUR 
DREAMS OF A BETTER FUTURE FOR US
AND FOR OUR CHILDREN, UNITED IN 
OUR DETERMINATION TO MAKE THE 
COMING YEARS BRIGHT.
ARE YOU READY?
I BELIEVE WE ARE.
THIS IS A GREAT NATION.
WE'RE A GOOD AND DECENT PEOPLE.
FOR LORD'S SAKE, THIS IS THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING 
WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO ACCOMPLISH 
WHEN WE'VE DONE IT TOGETHER.
THE IRISH POET SHEAMUS HENNY 
ONCE WROTE, HISTORY SAYS DON'T 
HOPE ON THIS SIDE OF THE GRAVE, 
BUT THEN ONCE IN A LIFETIME THE 
LONGED FOR TIDAL WAVE OF JUSTICE
CAN RISE UP AND HOPE AND HISTORY
RHYME.
THIS IS OUR MOMENT TO MAKE HOPE 
AND HISTORY RHYME WITH PASSION 
AND PURPOSE.
LET US BEGIN, YOU AND I 
TOGETHER, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, 
UNITED IN OUR LOVE FOR AMERICA, 
UNITED IN OUR LOVE FOR EACH 
OTHER.
FOR LOVE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN 
HATE.
HOPE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN FEAR 
AND LIGHT IS MORE POWERFUL THAN 
DARK.
THIS IS OUR MOMENT.
THIS IS OUR MISSION.
MAY HISTORY BE ABLE TO SAY THAT 
THE END OF THIS CHAPTER OF 
AMERICAN DARKNESS BEGAN HERE 
TONIGHT AS LOVE AND HOPE AND 
LIGHT JOIN IN THE BATTLE FOR THE
SOUL OF THE NATION AND THIS IS A
BATTLE WE WILL WIN AND WE'LL DO 
IT TOGETHER.
I PROMISE YOU.
THANK YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU 
AND MAY GOD PROTECT OUR TROOPS.
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