Kamala Harris 2024: A Vision for Unity and Progress at the Democratic Convention
Welcome to the AI review room.
Well, Joanne, we are finally
here at the DNC 2024.
And, uh, what are you expecting
here for the next four days?
I'm expecting fireworks, you know, I'm
expecting to be highly entertained,
you know, but, but at the same time in
a, from a different perspective than
what I expected from Trump, I expected
Trump to, to be the fireworks himself.
I'm expecting this to be more of
a, uh, A show, you know Right.
That it's going to be star studded.
Yes.
And as always, everybody can
place their comments in there.
Also, Juwan is going to be
monitoring the chat tonight, asking
questions, and trying to respond.
To as many people as possible, as always,
sometimes the chat gets really busy, but
we will try to respond to everybody as
much as we can and interesting comments.
We'll try to post up
1 to the actual video.
So everybody can
participate in everything.
So we will be doing this
every night through Thursday,
starting at 8 PM and ending.
I.
I assume around 11, I'm not exactly
sure when this is going to be ending
every night, uh, and I'm hoping that
it runs on time versus the Republican
one didn't run on time too much.
So, and during the time also, if
there's some sort of dead time and
things like that, we'll run some, uh,
current Trump Vance, um, videos to
sort of, um, spice things up a little.
Any final thoughts before we
join the live feed of the DNC?
Lights, cameras, action.
Let the show begin.
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So we'll be jumping in and out and also
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Yale and Silicon Valley,
cozying up with billionaires
while trashing our communities.
J.
D.
has been our senator for 18 months.
And what has he done for
hard working Americans?
Nothing.
He's been busy writing the foreword to
the book from the Project 2025 Guide,
while J.
D.
and Donald Trump have been sharing
conspiracy theories from the
darkest corners of our internet.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have been
busy expanding access to the internet.
While the other guys have been
criticizing women without children.
Joe and Kamala have been
expanding the child tax credit.
And let me just tell you, cutting
the poverty rate for our children.
Right.
Kamala and Joe Biden have been,
also, at the same time, reducing the
price of healthcare for our seniors.
And yes, securing a cap of 35 on insulin.
And as J.
D.
and Trump, they want to
take us back to the past.
Kamala and Joe have been bringing the
jobs of the future to America today.
With the chips Act, a $280
billion investment, and
that's not just a big number.
It means new semiconductor plants
and thousands of good paying jobs.
You see, I worked with Kamala to pass it
and I saw her leadership style up close.
A rare combination of brilliance,
legal expertise, and patience.
You see, it's simple.
J.
D.
and Trump like to talk about states
like Ohio, but Kamala and Joe
actually get stuff done for us.
And so does our next vice president,
and my good friend, Governor Tim Walz.
America!
Are you ready to build on our progress?
Are you ready to turn out for leaders who
know that action speaks louder than words?
Hell yeah!
Are you ready to vote for Kamala Harris?
Hell yeah!
Are you ready to put people
over politics once and for all?
Hell yeah!
The air of joy and freedom is up on us.
And now it is on us to go seize it.
Oh,
I think Trump is going to be
mentioned a couple of words tonight.
We definitely won't do a
drinking game tonight with Trump.
Please welcome absentee president.
Yeah.
Pete Saunders, SEIU
president, April Barrett.
I'm pretty sure Republicans
are watching this as well.
Yeah.
So who is that?
Is that Monique?
CWA President Claude Cummings
and AFL CIO President Liz Shuler.
Union.
Yes.
Now do you think old
Trump is watching tonight?
Oh definitely, definitely.
He's in Mar a Lago.
She kicked back, watching.
You know.
Getting some ammunition so he
can start, start flying off.
You know, you know he's coming.
Yeah.
You know it's coming.
Yeah, we'll, we'll monitor
through social and X night.
Union, yes!
Union, yes!
Union, yes!
Union, yes!
I'm Lee Saunders, president
of AFSCME, a union of 1.
4 million public service workers
in healthcare, corrections,
sanitation, and more.
You know, four years ago, We faced
a pandemic and a recession with a
president who didn't care one bit what
working people were going through.
Enter Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Within weeks, they passed the American
Rescue Plan, pulling the economy back from
the brink and putting us back to work.
They've guided, they're
guided by a basic principle.
More freedom for working people,
including the freedom to join a union.
Well, I appreciate Kayleigh watching.
This November, we're moving forward
with Kamala Harris as our president.
Rupert, he's
been all in for us
on the picket line and she walked today
in the shoes of a home care worker.
She shares our vision for a modern day
labor movement, a movement that meets the
needs of workers in the 21st century and
an economy that is ready for the future.
It is going to be together that we
write new rules to make it easier
for all workers to join a union.
And we, y'all, we are going to build.
A younger, darker, hipper, fresher,
sneaker wearing, labor moving, a
movement that is gonna be more inclusive
and built for the middle class.
And we are going to end poverty,
wage, work for once and for all.
So let's do the work.
Let's elect Kamala Harris.
Well, let's talk about what Nick said.
Trump is, ain't even
sweating this election.
Oh, I disagree with that.
I disagree with that as well.
I think he better not be sweating it.
This isn't going to be a
walk in the park any longer.
I'm Brent Booker.
And I'm proud to represent LiUNA.
I am the Laborers International
Union of North America.
We're construction workers, public
employees, and postal mail handlers.
For decades, we've fought for more
investment in our infrastructure.
While Trump made empty promises, the
Biden Harris administration delivered.
Now we're rebuilding highways,
bridges, and tunnels.
and powering a clean energy
and manufacturing boom.
Thanks to them, our members can
buy a home, put their kids through
school, retire with dignity.
As president, Kamala Harris
will keep fighting for workers
who are building America.
Hello, hello, I'm Kenny
Cooper representing 840, 000
IBW members, the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
The IBW powers America from fire
alarms to solar farms, nuclear
plants to battery plants, storm
restoration to power lines, and we've
been doing it for over 130 years.
Today we're building a new
energy future while providing
great paying jobs and a stable
retirement for all working families.
Every step of the way.
Kamala Harris has been there for us.
She's bringing back American
manufacturing to forgotten
places throughout our country.
She cast the deciding vote
to save our pension plan.
She's lifted our apprentices
up all over the nation.
And guess what?
She's not afraid to use the word union.
She has came through for all of us, and
it's our turn to come through for her.
Thank you.
Hi, I'm Claude Cummings Jr., president of
CWA, the Communication Workers of America.
We all saw the digital
divide during the pandemic.
Millions of American families didn't have
access to high speed internet at home.
Too many kids were forced to go online
class in McDonald's parking lots.
But as vice president, Kamala
Harris helped pass the largest
investment in broadband ever!
Emma!
She gave CWA members a seat at the
table so we could work to connect
every household to the internet
while creating good union jobs!
Hell yeah!
Listen,
we don't play at CWA and we're fired up!
Are you fired up tonight?
Are you fired up?
Hell yeah!
Are you fired up?
Hell yeah!
We're fired up to work with our
next president, Kamala Harris!
I'm Liz
Schuler, president of the AFL CIO!
Team American Workers.
This election is about
two economic visions.
One where families live
paycheck to paycheck.
Where people have no
right to join a union.
A CEO's dream, but a worker's nightmare.
Or an opportunity economy.
Team American Workers.
Where we lower the costs of
groceries, prescriptions, and housing.
Where we go after big pharma,
corporate landlords, and price gougers.
Where there's no such thing as a
man's job or a woman's job, or like
Donald Trump would say, a black job.
Just a good union job.
That's the future our President
Joe Biden has fought for.
And that's the future Kamala Harris
and Tim Walz will keep fighting for.
Let's build it together.
Please welcome Los
Angeles Mayor, Karen Bass.
Are
you as excited as I am?
Hell yeah.
Kamala Harris for almost 20 years.
Our bond was forged years ago by
a shared commitment to children.
A belief that it is everyone's
responsibility to care for every
child, no matter where they come from
and no matter who their parents are.
Kamala knows that each generation
has an obligation to the next.
That's why When I was Speaker of the
State Assembly, and she was a prosecutor,
we fought to address youth homelessness
and reform the child welfare system.
We fought to make sure that California's
foster youth aren't cut off and left
on their own the day they turn 18.
As Attorney General, Kamala created our
state's Bureau of Children's Justice and
worked to give children in the juvenile
justice system the support they needed.
And when I asked her to swear me
in, the first woman vice president.
Swearing in the first
woman mayor of Los Angeles.
We knew we were sending a message to young
girls everywhere that they too can lead.
Now I know Kamala,
and she feels the importance
of this work in her bones.
When Kamala meets a young
person, you can feel her passion.
You can feel her heart, and
you can feel her fearlessness.
That is what defines a
commitment to children.
Being willing to fight
fiercely for every child.
And trust me, Kamala has
done that her entire life.
So this November, we're gonna fight
to elect Kamala Harris as the next
president of these United States!
Please welcome, Grammy nominated
country music star, Mickey Guyton.
The
interstate, the dust on the back road
We're a Friday night football game.
The lighters at a rock show.
We're the night shift, smoke
break, high school heartbreak.
Driving with the windows down.
Where the dance floors, church views, suit
and ties, tattoos, one big small town.
Ain't we all?
Ain't we all?
Ain't we all American?
Ain't we all?
Ain't we all American?
We're the stars in the Texas sky.
Sounds good.
And a hotel by
hand me down Taylor Lane, Daisy Dukes,
Dukie Bridge, James Brown, James Dean.
We're cold beer, champagne, millionaires,
fast and changing everything in between.
Inglewood!
Inglewood!
We are all American, ain't we
all, ain't we all, all American.
We've got the same start, the same
stripes, just want to live that good life.
Ain't we all, ain't we all.
We are all Americans.
Are y'all proud of being American?
Wooo!
A million ways, at the end of the day,
oh We're different in a million ways,
but at the end of the day Of the day,
if we are, if we are all American,
if we are, if we are all American.
The same start, the same strides,
just wanna live that good life.
If we are, if we are all American.
Makes me want Trump more.
That was nice.
That was a good, no.
No complaints.
No complaints.
Probably won't hear Beyonce
until Thursday, huh?
Yeah.
They, they, they saving all of.
The mega stars for Thursday.
Yeah.
It's a nice, nice, nice
little crowd there though.
Nice crowd.
Yeah.
You see.
Man, that's an interesting outfit there.
It's like you see, you
see on the TV screen.
The TV screen.
As we look ahead into our collective
future, it's important to reflect
on all the incredible progress that
we've made in the last four years.
The Biden Harris administration
laid the groundwork for a
stronger, more resilient nation.
They invested in critical infrastructure,
delivered relief when disaster struck,
and made health care more affordable.
Kamala Harris cares.
And unlike Donald Trump, she has a plan,
not just for the next four or eight
years, but for generations to come.
Now, let's hear from some of my fellow
state executives about how Kamala
Harris and Tim Walz are investing in
the long term future for our nation.
Okay, go, go.
Uh, somebody's, they haven't heard
about, um, White President's plan yet.
I'm Pennsylvania's Lieutenant
Governor Austin Davis.
I'm the proud son of a Union
bus driver from Pittsburgh.
Every day my dad would come home
and tell me about how our roads
and bridges were in disrepair.
President Trump promised us
Infrastructure Week over and over again.
He really didn't care though,
and it never happened.
But President Biden and Vice
President Harris are on our side.
They brought together Democrats
and Republicans to get it done.
We're on it.
We got I 95 in Philly fixed
in less than two weeks.
That was a big deal there.
We repaired the Fern Hollow Bridge
in Pittsburgh in record time.
Right now, we're repairing roads and
bridges across Pennsylvania, including
in Pittsburgh, the city of bridges.
And Vice President Harris
is looking forward.
She's committed to keeping our
infrastructure safe and modern.
When I think about the future, I
think about my daughter Harper,
and all of America's children.
Investing in them means
investing in our infrastructure.
It means replacing millions of lead pipes.
It means providing clean air, clean
water, safe roads and bridges, not just
for us, but for generations to come.
For That's the legacy that President
Biden is leaving our children.
Let's keep building bridges to the
future with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
Let's work.
In Wisconsin, we also
need leaders by our side.
I'm Wisconsin's Lieutenant
Governor, Sarah Rodriguez.
But long before I took office,
I was a registered nurse.
I served in the Peace Corps
at the height of HIV AIDS and
in Baltimore emergency room.
During the COVID pandemic,
Trump and Wisconsin Republicans
failed to protect our health.
That's why I ran for office and
flipped a red district blue.
Wow.
Because once a nurse, always a nurse.
Wow.
Now Trump is promising to
terminate the Affordable Care Act.
Meddling in personal decisions
between a woman and her doctor
and threatening to slash Medicare.
Vice President Harris
fights for our health.
She'll defend women's reproductive
freedom and protect Medicare and Medicaid.
Thanks to the Biden Harris administration.
Insulin is capped at
35 a month for seniors.
And they negotiated down the prices of
10 more life saving drugs like Eliquis
and Jardiance for Americans on Medicare.
Kamala will continue to take on
Big Pharma and lower the cost
of prescriptions for everyone.
Of course, healthcare isn't
just about drugs and treatment.
It's about freedom.
For The freedom to make your own choices.
And the freedom to get the care you
need without worrying about the cost.
Kamala Harris is fighting
for that healthy future.
Let me tell y'all about Texas leadership.
I'm County Executive Lena
Hidalgo and I serve the 5 million
residents of Harris County.
Harris County includes Houston.
For Texas governor Ann Richards said, I've
been tested by fire and the fire lost.
Hell yeah.
In the years I've been in office,
we've dealt with chemical fires.
We've dealt with 10 floods,
7 hurricanes, a deadly winter
freeze, and of course the pandemic.
When that last disaster struck,
Donald Trump abandoned us.
He spread misinformation.
That cost lives.
Wow.
Compare that to 2021, when the
Texas power grid went dark.
Kamala Harris didn't just put out a tweet.
She called me to make sure
we had what we needed.
Over the years, I've learned
that Kamala Harris always calls.
And not only does she call, she delivers.
The very week she launched her
campaign, she was down in Texas.
With vital FEMA assistance
right after Hurricane Beryl.
Kamala Harris cares.
She will never risk lives for
the sake of politics, and she's
leading the charge to protect our
communities from extreme weather.
The Biden Harris administration
have announced at least a billion
dollars to help us with just
that, and Houston is thriving.
We deserve leaders who
acknowledge the threats, heck,
the existence of climate change.
We deserve tough leaders
who have our backs.
We deserve compassionate
leaders ready to help.
That's Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
I can personally attest that Kamala
is a leader who has our backs.
I'm California's Lieutenant
Governor Eleni Kounalakis.
But I hold another title
just as dear to me.
I hold another title just as dear to me.
Kamala Harris friend.
I met her when we were both young women
trying to navigate the halls of power.
I worked in housing.
She had just been elected
district attorney.
We got frequent lunches together
and she was funny and fun.
She was also a great mentor.
Once, I told her about a
professional experience.
of being minimized because I was a woman.
She put her fork down and said, Eleni,
never let anybody make you feel small.
I saw her put that creed into action.
When Wall Street foreclosed on millions
of homes, Washington wisdom was that
4 billion was the best you could do.
That's Other attorneys general
agreed, but because Kamala Harris
grew up in a middle class home, she
knew that wasn't enough for all the
working families who got screwed over.
So she put her foot down and
refused to settle for less.
Kamala Harris won 20 billion dollars from
the big banks for California homeowners.
Wow.
That's because She cares.
She cares so much that if you're
lucky enough to be her friend,
she calls you on her birthday
and sometimes she sings to you.
She called me on mine right when I had
decided to run for lieutenant governor.
She asked tough questions.
I promised I'd follow her
lead and invest in the future.
Together, we shattered that glass ceiling,
California, and got, and got to work.
I am so glad the country is getting to see
the Kamala that I've known for decades.
For Californians, and Pennsylvanians,
for Texans, and Wisconsinites, for states
red and blue, everything in between.
President Biden and Vice President
Harris have been investing in
our future and are on our side.
And we are not going back!
Yes!
Say no more.
Say no more.
Ha ha ha.
Yeah, that, that was, uh I was learned
by Prime's vision for America's future.
It will ban abortion nationwide.
Raise taxes on middle class families.
Gut Medicaid.
That's money that funds a
lot of medical treatment.
Strip rights from LGBTQ plus people.
Wait a minute.
I'm not finished.
Cut overtime pay.
It is going to affect workers lives.
Give him unchecked power.
And I will wield that
power very aggressively.
And it begins his first
day back in office.
In an explosive.
Undercover video, a co author of
Project 2025 saying that Donald Trump,
quote, blessed the work he's doing now.
He's been at our organization.
He's raised money for our organization.
He's blessed it.
So he's very supportive of what we do.
He doesn't want free.
Oh, he only wants control These are
the stakes project 2025 wants to take
our country backward this is a fight
We are not going back
All right Please welcome Michigan
State Senator, Mallory McMorrow.
Hello!
Man, look how big that book is.
I'm Michigan State
Senator, Mallory McMorrow.
And this,
this is Project 2025.
Now, over the next four nights,
you are going to hear a lot about
what is in this 900 page document.
Why?
Because this is the Republican
blueprint for a second Trump term.
That's right.
They went ahead and wrote down all
the extreme things that Donald Trump
wants to do in the next four years.
And then they just tweeted
it out, putting it out on the
internet for everybody to read.
So, we read it.
And whatever you think it
might be, it is so much worse.
Tonight, I want to tell you about
just one aspect of Project 2025.
It's planned to turn Donald
Trump into a dictator.
Right here, on page 535, it says,
quote, Reissue Trump's Schedule F
executive order to permit discharge
of non performing employees.
Now that doesn't sound that scary, right?
But here's what it actually
means in plain English.
If Donald Trump gets back into the White
House, he's going to fire civil servants
like intelligence officers, engineers,
and even federal prosecutors if he decides
that they don't serve his personal agenda.
They're talking about replacing
the entire federal government.
With an army of loyalists who
answer only to Donald Trump.
All right then.
Okay, page 8 73.
It says, conservatives have long
believed in either ending law enforcement
activities of independent agencies
or ending their independent status.
Again, that sounds pretty boring, but
what it means is that under Project 2025.
Donald Trump would be able to
weaponize the Department of Justice
to go after his political opponents.
He could even turn the FBI into
his own personal police force.
That is not how it works in America.
That's how it works in dictatorships.
And that's exactly what Donald Trump
and his MAGA minions have in mind.
An expansion of presidential
powers like no president has
ever had or should ever have.
Now, by the way, if you're asking
if any of this is even legal,
well, remember, thanks to Donald
Trump's hand picked Supreme Court,
he's now completely immune from
prosecution, even if he breaks the law.
Scary.
But that's not who we are.
Because we believe in a government of the
people, by the people, and for the people.
Not the government of Donald Trump,
by Donald Trump, and for Donald Trump.
We believe in the separation
of powers and the rule of law.
We believe in a system
built up to serve everyone.
None.
None.
Breaking a system to serve
one petty, selfish man.
The truth is, there's
only one way to stop him.
And to stop Project 2025.
How do we do it?
We elect Kamala Harris this November!
Hell yeah!
We'll be back tomorrow night.
To tell you what Project 2025
means for your pocketbook.
So they, she said that Trump is going to
have the FBI become the new police force.
What do you think Trump would call them?
He wouldn't call 'em the FBI anymore.
What do you think, Senator?
The new name?
He might a butler.
He might take the um,
what hog hug called him?
Was it Trumpites Trump?
Trumpites Trumpsters.
You know, Trumpsters ? It could be the
Trumpsters . The Trumpsters Police Force.
Okay.
Well, you know, Trump's got to name him,
so he's got to have some name to him, so.
He's the Teflon Don,
and we are the Trumpets.
It's great to see so many familiar faces.
Trump icans.
And I, I can't forget the state
that I was born and raised in.
Mississippi Democrats,
let everybody hear you!
Democrats, before I joined the Senate,
I was a leader in the labor movement.
So, I know a champion for
the people when I see one.
I met Kamala Harris when
she was district attorney.
And I was president of a
large care workers union.
We hit it off right away.
What really impressed me was how
well she got to know my family.
My wife, Naniki, but
especially our daughter, Nyla.
And as soon as Nyla heard that Ms.
Kamala was running for president, she
asked if she could be vice president.
So, no disrespect to Governor Walz,
but Nyla put her name in first.
Vice President Harris and
I share a lot in common.
We both graduated from
historically black colleges.
Hell yeah!
Me, from Jackson State University.
Hell yeah!
The Vice President from Howard University.
Hell yeah.
We were both raised by mothers who
worked fiercely to provide for us.
And we both believe that every single
one of us has the power to change the
world when we choose to do it together.
You see, Kamala Harris has
always understood the assignment.
No matter if she were the underdog,
no matter the bullying or the
name calling, she never doubted.
She knew that our best was still ahead.
She knew a better future, a better future
was possible if we stood side by side
with our neighbors and we fought for it.
No matter what language they spoke, no
matter what country they came from, no
matter the size of their bank account.
And that's what she did.
As a prosecutor, together
with law enforcement.
She prioritized holding criminals
accountable and protecting public safety.
As State Attorney General,
together with students, she put
a scam college out of business.
After the mortgage crisis, together
with families who lost their homes,
she took on the biggest banks in
the world and won a settlement five
times what was initially offered.
Every time she walked into a
courtroom, she would simply say
Kamala Harris for the people.
For her, it wasn't just
a professional oath.
It was a battle cry.
And let's be clear, to her opponents,
this way of seeing the world, the
idea of fighting for someone other
than yourself is unthinkable.
But let me tell you, Democrats,
what's really unthinkable.
Conning young people who simply want
a good education is unthinkable.
Stiffing hard working laborers like Donald
Trump did in Atlantic City is unthinkable.
Bragging about having ripped away a
woman's freedom to choose what she
does with her own body is unthinkable.
And Democrats, Americans,
we deserve better.
We deserve better.
We deserve a president who is
tough, not just tough talking.
One who shatters the boundaries
of what's possible, not the
boundaries of what's legal.
And one who wipes the floor with
cheats and fraudsters because,
well, Democrats, she knows the type.
Hell yeah.
Democrats, that president, the
president that we deserve, that
president is my friend Kamala Harris.
Thank you all so much.
Ow.
Hi
everyone, I'm Deja Fox and I'm so
excited to be here today from Arizona!
That's right, that's where I was
born and raised by a single mom.
I was a free lunch kid
raised in public school.
Housing, and I got my health
care at Planned Parenthood.
Because of policies that lift
people up, I walked through the
gates of my dream school as a
first generation college student.
People my age are making big
decisions about our lives, and we
deserve a president who has our back.
Not some power hungry millionaire
reality TV personality who
only cares about himself.
We need Kamala Harris.
She'll deliver a future where we can
decide if and when to start a family.
A future where we can
afford rent and groceries.
A future.
Where we're not crushed
under student debt.
A future where any free lunch kid can walk
through the gates of their dream college.
Hell yeah.
For young people, this is
a fight for our future.
We have a responsibility to do this.
And we have a responsibility
to do it right.
And that's why we're gonna show
up for Kamala Harris and Tim Wolf.
Hell yeah.
And here now with a musical
performance is Jason Isabel.
Thank you.
I'll call up.
When I get home from work, I'll
wrestle off my clothes and leave
them right inside the front door.
Nobody's home to know.
You see that hammer finds the name,
and the freight train is arrayed.
I guess I'm doing what I'm promised to do.
I don't think I'll ever hear her say.
Let's jump to a good old Trump today.
I want to thank you, President
Gary Butler and the members of the
wonderful Butler family, members
of Congress, Scott Perry and G.
T.
Thompson.
You're here someplace at this very
big factory, wherever you may be.
There you are.
The great people, great
warriors, I will tell you.
My trade representative, Ambassador Robert
Lighthizer, who's fantastic at this.
a thing called trade.
We did very well at trade
and you were fantastic.
And I want to thank you, Bob, very much.
And chair of the York County
commissioners, Julie Wheeler.
Thank you, Julie, very much.
Thank you.
And a very special congratulations.
All of the people of York County today are
celebrating the 275th anniversary of York.
County's founding.
That's pretty good, huh?
Beats most of them out there.
But most of all, let me thank the
exceptionally skilled and talented
workers with us in this room.
I know you well, I know him.
From all over the country they come and
they are the most talented people and the
most Brilliant people in so many respects.
So thank you all very much for being here.
We appreciate it.
Thank you
For generations the handiwork of precision
custom components has strengthened the
spine of America your products have gone
into the Hoover Dam and atomic energy
plants nuclear submarines and They
currently are doing a lot of work I'm
here today to deliver a simple message.
When I'm back in the White House,
America's future will be built right
here in Pennsylvania and it will be
built by American workers like you.
It'll be all over the country we'll
be building, but Pennsylvania is
always a big factor and we've had
great success as you know, politically
and otherwise in Pennsylvania
and we expect to have it again.
We're doing very well here.
Thank you very much.
very much.
With your vote.
We will unleash explosive economic
growth and vast new prosperity
for all of our citizens.
We will put more money into
your pockets and create millions
and millions of new jobs.
We're going to do it like nobody
else has ever been able to do it.
Our plan will massively cut taxes,
unlock American energy, slash
regulations, big factor, crack down on
trade cheaters and stop outsourcing.
Rebuild our industrial base and bring
back those beautiful words made in the USA
Don't sound a little tired.
We were doing that four years ago
and starting to do really well and
then We had to stop for things.
You said seeing you in a known
reason Together we will reclaim our
nation's destiny as the number one
manufacturing superpower in the world.
We will do it You And
China won't even be close.
Nobody will be.
We had that going at a level that
nobody's seen before and we're gonna
have it going again even better.
And, uh, this firm and this
people standing behind me and in
front of me will be a big factor.
Every policy in Kamala Harris's
radical liberal playbook.
Sends jobs and wealth to other countries.
The jobs go to other countries and
the wealth goes to other countries.
Every policy and the Trump agenda
is designed to bring the jobs and
wealth back home to America where
it belongs and where it's going.
It's a great honor for me
to be here this evening.
You know, long before I was
the governor of Rhode Island.
I was a little girl growing up
there in a middle class family.
My dad found his American dream
in a watch factory in Providence.
And that job, that job gave him a way
to provide for our family, a community
for him to belong to, and so much pride.
But like so many Americans in the
80s, after 25 years of his hard
work, his job and the job of all of
his friends was shipped overseas.
So years later, my dad said
to me, Gina, this happened
because our leaders let us down.
And my father was right.
The Republicans in power who
pushed failed economic strategy.
Let's just cut taxes for the wealthy
and leave everybody else behind.
Well not only did my father lose his job,
but frankly manufacturing left my state.
Manufacturing withered in Rhode
Island and all across this nation.
In communities all across America.
Factories shuttered, communities got
hollowed out, and people were left without
their job, without hope, without the
dignity that comes with a decent job.
And you know, Republican economic
policy failed Rhode Island.
How do I know that?
Because when I took office
Yes, first Democrat, elected
governor in a couple of decades.
I inherited one of the worst economies
in the country, it was a mess.
But we got to work and
we turned it around.
We turned it around with a pro
business, pro worker agenda.
Kamala Harris has that same agenda.
We need an economy where the costs
are low and opportunities abound.
An economy where people can show up
to their jobs with dignity and pride.
She has a new economic vision for America.
You know how she knows that?
She knows it because just like me, Kamala
Harris grew up in a middle class home.
Her mom worked to cure
breast cancer by day.
And
as an adult, Kamala worked to
lock up sex offenders and violent
criminals by day, and she took
care of her sick mother at night.
Kamala Harris gets it.
She gets that so, so many
Americans work so hard every day,
and they're barely getting by.
And that is not right.
It is a fundamental economic principle.
Hard work ought to pay off.
Hell yeah.
We believe in that.
And that's why the Vice President
is committed to building
the opportunity economy.
An economy that rewards ambition.
Hell yeah.
An economy that rewards hard work.
She believes in an America where everyone
Regardless of who you are, what you
have, where you started, you got a
chance to get ahead in this country.
They print that now she
cured breast cancer.
Wow.
Kamala Harris will give more than
100 middle class Americans a tax cut.
She'll build 3 million new
homes for the middle class.
Wow.
She's gonna forge an economy with fair
competition, free from monopolies.
Monopolies that crush workers and
small businesses and startups.
Kamala Harris will make
building up the middle class a
defining goal of her presidency.
Meanwhile, meanwhile, Donald Trump Uh oh.
He's going to double down on his
worst economic ideas, the same
ideas that ship my dad's job
overseas ideas that don't work.
We know they don't work
because they never have.
He wants another huge
tax cut for the wealthy.
He wants to put his corrupt buddies in
charge of the economy and he wants a sales
tax that's going to supercharge inflation.
We cannot afford Donald
Trump's failed economic ideas.
Hell yeah.
But here's the thing,
the most important thing.
Kamala Harris works for the people.
Kamala Harris works for you.
And Donald Trump is in it for himself.
As our president, Kamala Harris
will build an economy where
everyone, and she means everyone
So let's put her in the Oval Office.
Thank you.
Are
we talking about the tax cuts?
I am a lifelong Republican,
a former Trump voter about.
And I was talking about the tax cuts
they said, um, the impact of the
tax cuts for the wealthy can vary
depending on the broader economic
context and how the cuts are structured.
There is significant evidence that
such policies can negatively affect the
middle class by increasing inequality,
reducing access to public services,
and potentially shifting the tax
burden onto the lower income groups.
For those who claim to be his babes.
He's only interested in bidding
fitting himself personally.
Everything he said he
would do, he did not do.
I do not trust that he can
do the right thing anymore.
We've seen what done.
There's some facts that are interesting.
The year before I took office,
the United States lost over
10, 000 manufacturing jobs.
Everybody said you'd never bring it back.
But under my leadership, we created
more than a half a million manufacturing
jobs in less than three years.
After decades of wage stagnation
and income surged, we had a surge
like nobody's ever seen before.
But it surged for everybody
during the Trump administration.
Every group, everybody, men, women.
And we had every household
was at a level that they've.
Never really experienced before
the typical American household.
Kamala Harris, the first
president of the United States.
Yes, you are.
Yes, you are.
Friends,
like so many of us, my grandparents
came from Ireland as teenagers
with nothing but hope in their
hearts and fire in their bellies.
They built their lives in the
promised land of Buffalo, New York!
Hell yeah!
A union card meant good
work at the steel plant.
The steel plant that lifted
my parents from living in a
trailer to the middle class.
Like other families in my blue
collar community, they believed.
They're with hard work.
They could build a better future.
Not just for themselves, but for those
with less hope and less opportunity.
I'm proud of my roots
and the values I learned.
Grit, determination, compassion.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz
grew up with those same values.
And those values.
have always defined
the people of my state.
Well, most of us anyway.
Donald Trump was born a New
Yorker, but ended up a fraud,
a philanderer, and a felon.
Hell yeah!
He wasn't raised with the
New York values that I know.
He never had to worry about
childcare costs or groceries or rent.
He never had to worry about
anything or anyone but himself.
Trust me America, if you
think you're tired of Donald
Trump, talk to a New Yorker.
Hell yeah!
We've had to deal with
him for 78 long years.
The fraud, the tax dodging, the sham
university, the shady charities.
Hmm.
We've seen him stiff
contractors rip off workers.
He abuses women, brags about it,
and then takes away their rights.
Hmm.
And New Yorkers are sick of it.
Wow.
There's no wonder he had
a fleet of Mar-a-Lago.
Sorry about that, Florida.
Sorry about that.
Trump hasn't spent much
time in New York lately.
Except that is to get
convicted of 34 felonies.
Because New York's motto
is Excelsior ever upward.
And Trump takes us ever downward because
here's what Trump never understood.
America isn't a luxury good to be
bought and sold by the privileged
and powerful of you, America.
We just can't afford
another four years of that.
We have kids to feed, roads to build,
jobs to create, real problems to solve.
And we need leaders who can get it done.
Trump talked big about bringing
back manufacturing jobs.
But you know who actually did it?
President Biden and Vice
President Kamala Harris.
Thank you, Joe.
Thank you, Kamala.
Hell yeah!
And look no further than the city
of Syracuse, where a company called
Micron is building a 100 billion
microchip factory with union labor.
It's
the largest private investment in
American history, and it's going
to create 50, 000 good paying jobs.
The Biden Harris administration.
has made the most significant investments
in our economy in generations.
Hell yeah!
Mr.
President, Kamala Harris will continue
to build an opportunity economy for all.
My friends, history's watching us.
Together, we must protect abortion rights.
Together, we must
protect the middle class.
Together, we must protect
the American dream.
And together, we must We must elect Kamala
Harris president of the United States.
Ooh, the governor of New York,
um, didn't care for Trump.
She said Florida y'all can keep him.
Yeah.
Ooh.
I wonder if she's taking
the taxes that he pays.
I wonder if he can get out of that.
Oh, we see their commercial here.
What kind of America do we want?
One where we're divided?
Angry?
Depressed?
Come on!
We're Americans!
Fascism?
We conquered it.
The moon?
Landed on it.
The future?
Building it.
Freedom?
Nobody loves it more.
And we fight for it.
Freedom
from control.
Freedom from extremism and fear.
Extremists want to take us back.
But we are not going back We go
forward that's American and we can
show us some stuff for the people
Protecting people from predators
and big drug cartels holding Wall
Street banks accountable A crime
perpetrated against our middle class.
Standing up to dictators
and fighting for all of us.
I say we fight.
That's our choice.
Say we fight.
Prosecutor or a felon.
Are you ready to make your voices heard?
That good
commercial do we believe
in the promise of america
So, so Trump, Trump has
his nickname, Teflon Dawn.
What's going to be Kamala's nickname?
I have.
That's the community.
What's going to be Kamala's nickname?
We have the Teflon Dawn and
Trump and he has his Trumpsters.
It's Kamala's nickname.
Oh, is she out there live?
Oh, okay.
Whoa, whoa.
Surprising.
Ah, everybody's excited.
So good to be with everyone
this evening, in this hall, and
everyone at home.
This is going to be a great week.
And
I want to kick us off by celebrating
our incredible President Joe Biden, Joe,
thank you for your historic leadership for
your lifetime of service to our nation.
And for all you will continue to do.
We are forever grateful to you.
Hell yeah.
Thank you, Joe.
And looking out, looking out
at everyone tonight, I see the
beauty of our great nation.
People from every corner of our
country and every walk of life are
here united by our shared vision
for the future of our country.
And this November we will come
together and declare with one voice
as one people, we are moving forward.
Strong.
Hell yeah.
With optimism, hope and faith.
So, guided by our love of country, knowing
we all have so much more in common than
what separates us, let us fight for
the ideals we hold dear, and let us
always remember When we fight we win.
God bless you.
God bless the United States of America.
Good night everyone.
You know that was a nice little twist.
It was a nice little
twist with her coming out.
Oh yeah, that was good.
That was good.
Gotta give their dues on that one.
Yeah.
I mean Trump, Trump made his cameos.
But he at a certain point where
the cameras panned in on him as
he walked in she actually came
out and spoke to him Little twist.
Yep
Please welcome actor and
director tony goldwyn
I've seen him on tv but and hello to
everyone tuning in from all across
america welcome to the first night of
the Democratic National Convention.
Now, how is that for an opening act?
Hell yeah!
I'm just saying.
Now, as our Vice President just said,
over the next four days we will be
bringing folks together from all around
the country, people from every walk of
life, to talk about this nation we love,
and about a candidate Who has devoted
her life to public service, who never
shies away from a righteous fight, and
who always stands up for the people.
We are going to talk about the choice
America faces in this election.
It's a choice not just between
two very different candidates, but
between two very different futures.
We will hear from everyday Americans.
about what is truly at
stake in this campaign.
The future of our middle class, the
future of reproductive rights, the
future of our climate, our security,
our schools, the future of our freedom,
the future of our very democracy.
We will see the vision of our nominee.
It is a vision of stability, security,
and opportunity for everyday Americans.
Where we continue to grow this
economy by growing the middle class.
And where the safety of our children,
our families, and our communities
are a fundamental civil right.
It is a future where, instead of
scoffing at allies and fawning over
dictators, our president stands up for
our friends, faces down our adversaries,
and American democracy remains a beacon
of hope And inspires the world to take
on our biggest challenges together.
We'll learn the story of a leader
who has dedicated her life to
making, doing the work of making
good on the promise of America.
A leader who understands the middle class
because she grew up in the middle class.
A leader who has taken on powerful
interests at every step of her
career and fought for the rights
and freedoms of all of us.
And then, of course, we will hear again
from the Democratic nominee herself,
the next President of the United
States of America, Kamala Harris,
because she has a message for us.
It is a message that's
joyful, not mean spirited.
A message of public
service, not self service.
A message of optimism and
opportunity, not chaos and division.
That has woken us up to who we are,
to who we've always been, because
Americans are not a cynical people.
We are not small minded.
And whether we realize it right now or
not, we are currently already writing
a new chapter of the American story.
And we can dream as big as we want.
So I just want to ask
you, are you excited?
Yeah?
Well good.
Are you ready?
Okay.
Well then I challenge you to
make this the moment you get off
the sidelines and into the game.
So I want you to text JOIN
to 30330 and get involved.
Because when we fight, what happens?
We win!
And we are going to win
this thing together.
And while we're doing it, we are
going to have a whole lot of fun.
So let's get started.
Please welcome nine time NBA champion
and coach of the 2024 Olympic gold
winning men's basketball team.
Wow.
Steve Kerr.
Thank you so much.
It is so fun to be back
here in the United Center.
And as you guys know, a lot of good
stuff has happened in this building.
Especially in the 90s.
You know people, Google Michael Jordan
and you can read all about it, okay?
So there was an amazing vibe in
this building back in those days.
And I feel that same
winning spirit here tonight.
So the last time I was in a packed
basketball arena was in Paris, France.
Nine days ago, some of the best players
on earth, twelve incredible American
men, came together to win Olympic gold.
And the next night, I was back in
that same building watching twelve
more of the best players on earth.
Our incredible American
women do the same thing.
And I cannot think of a better
metaphor for what this country is
all about than the way Team USA
came together at the Olympics.
We had players from across our
wonderful country, players who have
trained and fought relentlessly,
shed tears trying to beat one another
throughout their careers, joining
forces to wear the red, white, and blue.
And when we won, The American flag
raised to the rafters, the national
anthem playing, gold medals draped
around the necks of our players, whose
hands were held over their hearts.
It was the proudest moment of my life.
Now, I, I could never have imagined
that a few days later I would
receive an invitation to step
into a different kind of arena.
And so here I am.
I know, I know very well.
That speaking out about politics
these days comes with risks.
I can see the shut up and whistle
tweets being fired off as we speak.
But I also knew as soon as I was
asked that it was too important as
an American citizen not to speak up
in an election of this magnitude.
The
reason I said yes to speaking here
tonight is that as a coach and former
player, as a husband, a son, a father,
even a grandfather, And as an American, I
believe in a certain kind of leadership.
I believe that leaders
must display dignity.
I believe that leaders
must tell the truth.
I believe that leaders should
be able to laugh at themselves.
I believe leaders must care for and
love the people they are leading.
I believe leaders must possess
knowledge and expertise,
but with the full awareness.
That none of us has all the answers.
And in fact, some of the best answers
often come from members of the team.
And if you look for those qualities
in your friends, or your boss, or an
employee, or your child's teacher, or
your mayor, then shouldn't you want
those same qualities in your president?
And when you think about it
that way, this is no contest.
With Kamala Harris and Tim
Walz, I see all those qualities.
They have devoted their lives
to serving other people.
Whether Vice President Harris was
defending her community in the courtroom,
or Governor Walz was inspiring the
next generation in the classroom,
or on the field, for that matter.
By the way, coach to
coach, that guy's awesome.
Although, I have to say, Coach
Walz, way too much reliance on the
Blitz in 99 against Mankato East.
You had a strong defensive line.
I would have played more press
coverage with your corners and then
dropped the safeties into a Tampa 2.
That's just me.
Sorry.
All right.
I wanted you to know how I feel
every day of the NBA season.
But listen, the joy, the compassion,
the commitment to our country that
we saw at the Olympics, that is what
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have.
And it is what our country needs.
Leadership.
Real leadership.
Not the kind that seeks to divide
us, but the kind that recognizes
and celebrates our common purpose.
Think about what our team achieved
with 12 Americans in Paris.
putting aside rivalries
to represent our country.
Now imagine what we could do with all 330
million of us playing on the same team.
Not as, not as Democrats,
not as Republicans, not as
Libertarians, but as Americans.
Who know the greatness of this
nation doesn't come from any one of
us, but from each of us doing our
part to build a more perfect union.
That vision is what this
campaign is all about.
It's why I'm here tonight.
And it's why I'll be getting out every
day to help people get out and vote on
November 5th and elect Kamala Harris
and Tim Walz as the next President and
Vice President of the United States.
And, and, after the results are tallied
that night, we can, in the words of
the great Tim Walz, Steph Curry, we
can tell Donald Trump night night.
Hell yeah.
Let
me tell you folks in Ohio under
this area, don't sell your house.
Do not sell it.
We're going to get those jobs
coming back and we're going
to fill up those factories.
What's going to happen.
But Trump lied and abandoned Lordstown.
This is about a community.
It's going to be a big
change to go somewhere else.
The GM factory in Lordstown did
close, putting thousands of people
out of work because Donald Trump
doesn't care about our communities.
All those jobs went
away, and he did nothing.
He did not do one thing
for those workers there.
He didn't come and make promises.
He came and made false promises.
I kind of lost hope in everything.
I don't really want to leave.
But then something changed.
Instead of lies and broken
promises, Joe Biden and Kamala
Harris got to work and brought U.
S.
manufacturing jobs back.
Including to Lordstown.
Kamala will continue to have
workers backs and get the job done.
American workers deserve a fighter, and
that's exactly what Kamala Harris is.
Do we believe in opportunity?
Are we ready to fight for it?
Please welcome United Auto
Workers President, Sean Fain.
Oh, he's a fiery speaker.
I take it you've seen him speak before.
I'm in D.
C., man.
You know I've seen all these guys.
So what he has on his head,
he's gonna do something.
Look at his shirt, look at his shirt.
He
probably says dump Trump or something.
Trump is a fire.
Good evening America, and good
evening to the people that make
this world move, the working class.
On behalf of one million active and
retired members of the UAW, I am
honored to support Kamala Harris.
And Tim Walz to be our next
president and vice president.
Hell yeah!
And I want to say thank you to Joe
Biden for making history by walking
the picket line with the UAW.
Hell yeah!
For the UAW and for working class
people everywhere, this election
comes down to one question.
Which side are you on?
On one side.
We have Kamala Harris and Tim
Walz who have stood shoulder to
shoulder with the working class.
On the other side, we
have Trump and Vance.
Ooh.
They're not nice to him.
They're lap dogs for the billionaire
class who only serve themselves.
Woo!
So for us in the labor
movement, it's real simple.
Kamala Harris is one of us.
She's a fighter for the working class.
And Donald Trump.
Donald Trump is a scab.
Ooh.
A scab.
Ooh.
Gloved off.
Hmm.
I
wonder what people in the chat think
about this conversation, this talk here.
They're yelling Trump's a scab.
A scab.
Oh, no.
That's not.
That's not.
That's not
just my opinion.
That's what he has on his shirt.
That's a fact.
That's what he has on his shirt.
All we have to do is
look at the track record.
When Donald Trump was president.
Corporate America ran wild.
Donald Trump did not bring
back the auto industry.
When Donald Trump was
president, auto plants closed.
Trump did nothing.
Trump told workers in Lordstown,
Ohio that he would be bringing
all the auto jobs back.
And Trump did nothing.
In 2019, General Motors workers
went on strike for 40 days for
good jobs and a better life.
And Trump did nothing.
Gee,
but in 2019, you know who was on
the picket line standing shoulder
to shoulder with auto workers?
I'll give you a clue.
Her initials are Kamala Harris.
In 2023.
Who helped bring jobs
back to Lordstown, Ohio?
Kamala Harris.
And in 2024, who will stand with the
working class in our fight for justice?
Kamala Harris.
Yes.
And that's the difference.
Donald Trump is all talk.
And Kamala Harris walks the walk.
Yes!
Woo!
In the words of the great American
poet, Nelly, it's getting hot in here.
Whoa!
Yes!
Oh.
He called him a scab.
You know what?
I call a scab the new guy.
That's
new good.
It's hot in here.
It's hot in here.
It's hot in here because you're fired
up and you're fed up and the American
working class is fired up and fed up.
The American working class
is in a fight for our lives.
And if you don't believe me, just last
night, blue collar workers, the U A.
W.
Members at Cornell University had to
walk out on strike for a better life
because they're fighting corporate greed.
And our only hope is to attack
corporate greed head on.
Corporate greed turns.
Blue collar blood, sweat and
tears into Wall Street stock
buybacks and CEO jackpots.
It causes inflation.
It hurts workers.
It hurts consumers and it hurts
America and corporate greed is
alive and well in the auto industry.
You know, last fall we achieved
life changing gains in our
strike at the big three.
We even won a commitment to reopen a
closed plant not too far from here.
We were able to do that thanks to
the support of Kamala Harris and
Joe Biden and the thousands of
auto workers that went on strike.
Yes!
But a year later, one company wants to go
back on their commitments in our contract.
And let me be clear, Stellantis
must keep the promises they made
to America In our union contract.
Yes!
And the UAW will take whatever
action necessary at Stellantis or
any other corporation to stand up and
hold corporate America accountable.
And when the UAW stands up, we know who
stands with us and who stands against us.
Donald Trump.
Trump laughs about firing
workers who go on strike.
This guy says Trump is chilling.
He knows he's winning.
I like it.
We'll catch him.
You want to check that?
And that's the difference between
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump the scab.
Trump is pushing divide and
conquer tactics of the rich.
It's the oldest trick in the book.
They want to blame the frustrations
of working class people.
They want to take those frustrations.
They want to blame it on race.
They want to blame it on
the LGBTQ plus people.
They want to blame it on some destitute
and desperate person at the border.
They do that because they want
working class people to be divided
and to focus and keep the focus off
the one true enemy, corporate greed.
The rich think we're stupid, but working
class Americans see this for what it is.
This is our generation's defining moment.
So I have a question for you.
Are you ready to stand up, speak up,
and show up, and put Kamala Harris
and Tim Walz in the White House?
We, we need a defender of the
working class in the White House.
Someone who is one of us, and
someone who knows how to fight.
And that fighter is the next president
of the United States, Kamala Harris!
Please welcome New York Representative
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.
Ooh, okay!
Alright, AOC!
Chicago energy and Timbervision!
Chicago for your energy!
Thank you, Kamala Harris and
Tim Walz for your vision.
Hell yeah!
Thank you, Joe Biden, for your leadership.
Hell yeah!
You
know, six years ago, I was taking omelet
orders as a waitress in New York City.
I didn't have health insurance.
My family was fighting off foreclosure.
And we were struggling with bills after my
dad passed away unexpectedly from cancer.
Like millions of Americans, we were
just looking for an honest shake.
And we were tired of a cynical
politics that seemed blind to
the realities of working people.
It was then, only through the
miracles of democracy and community.
I believe that the good people of
the Bronx and Queens chose someone
like me to elect them in Congress.
And
America, in my heart, I know, from that
same cloth of hope and aspiration, we
will also elect Kamala Harris and Tim
Walz as Presidents and Vice Presidents
of the United States of America.
Hell yeah!
I am here tonight.
Because America has before us a
rare and precious opportunity.
In Kamala Harris, we have a
chance to elect a president who
is for the middle class because
she is from the middle class.
She understands the urgency of rent
checks and groceries and prescriptions.
She is as committed to our
reproductive and civil rights as
she is to taking on corporate greed.
Hell yeah!
And she is working tirelessly
to secure a ceasefire in Gaza
and bringing hostages home.
In Kamala
Harris, I see a leader who understands.
I see a leader with a real commitment
to a better future for working families.
And Chicago, we have to help her win.
Because we know that Donald Trump would
sell this country for a dollar if it
meant lining his own pockets and greasing
the palms of his Wall Street friends.
And I am tired of hearing about how
a two bit union buster thinks of
himself as more of a patriot than the
woman who fights to lift people out
of this country if you only fight for
the wealthy and big business.
Hell yeah.
To love this country is
to fight for its people.
All people, working people, everyday
Americans like bartenders, and factory
workers, and fast food cashiers, who punch
a clock and are on their feet all day
in some of the toughest jobs out there.
Hell yeah.
You know, Republicans have
attacked me by saying that I
should go back to bartending.
But let me tell you, I'm happy to,
any day of the week, because there is
nothing wrong with working for a living.
Hell yeah.
Imagine, imagine
having leaders in the White
House who understand that.
Leaders like Kamala and Tim.
But Chicago, just because
the choice is clear to us.
This does not mean that
the path will be easy.
Over the next 78 days, we
will have to pour every ounce,
every minute, every moment into
making history on November 5th.
But,
we cannot send Kamala and
Tim to the White House alone.
Together, we must also elect strong
Democratic majorities in the House and
in the Senate so that we can deliver
on an ambitious agenda for the people.
If you are a working parent trying
to afford rent child care, Kamala
is for you.
If you are a senior who had to go back
to work, Because your retirement didn't
stretch far enough, Kamala is for you.
If you're an immigrant family
just starting your American
story, Kamala is for you.
Hell yeah!
America, when we knock on our
neighbor's door, organize our
communities, and elect Kamala Harris
to the presidency on November 5th.
We will send a loud message that the
people of this nation will not go back.
We choose a new path and open the
door to a new day, one that is
for the people and by the people.
Thank you.
very much.
God bless.
God bless you all.
Say no more.
She brought the house down.
She was fiery.
So far the best speaker of the night.
Thank you.
She, she had a lot of energy.
Yeah.
So, so, so who's going to be the
Amber Rose for the Democrats?
Oh, I don't know.
There'll probably be a
couple of them for sure.
So
Kamala Harris's story begins
in a middle class neighborhood
in the, in the East Bay.
Yeah.
Plus you grew up in Canada.
In a close-knit community where
people looked out for one another
with a mother who instilled in Kamala
Harris, the core principles that have
defined her life in public service.
These are the experiences that
made her the leader she is today.
The neighborhood we grew up in
was a very hardworking middle
class, tight-knit community.
Family's going to church on Sunday.
Kids playing in the front yard.
Mommy got us these bright blue
matching bikes with banana seeds, and
we were surrounded by caring adults.
This neighborhood on Bancroft Way,
we've spent so much time here.
Behind me is where it all began.
Her mom, Shyamala, rented the apartment
that was above the Shelton's nursery.
So in the beginning, Mrs.
Shelton used to babysit the girls.
Shyamala was a single mom.
Life was not easy for them.
But she loved her daughters fiercely.
Kamala herself says that her mom
told her that she may be the first
to do many things, but to make
sure that she's not the last.
She's always been that kind of person,
a true leader and very protective
of her friends and her family.
When Kamala was all of four years
old, her best friend in kindergarten,
Stacey Johnson, got into something
with another kid on the playground.
This one particular day, we had made some
clay art, and this one boy in our class
had taken mine for whatever reason and
threw it on the ground, and it shattered.
So Kamala, being very protective, just
jumped in front of me and stood up to him.
To me, that shows the kind of person that
she has always been, to stand up to the
bully and to stand up for the underdog
and to stand up for what is right.
Kamala carries the lessons of
our mother, the fighting spirit
of our mother, the compassion.
And I have seen it over and
over again in our growing up.
When we were in high school, my sister's
friend, Wanda, was being molested by a
family member and Kamala just jumped in.
She wanted her to come and stay with us.
And mommy said, of course.
That is Kamala.
She can't help herself from
standing up for people and standing
up for what she thinks is right.
She has been that way our whole lives.
Being a protector is what led
her to become a prosecutor.
Looking back now, I could
say it was her calling.
Please welcome Stacey Johnson
Baptiste and Doris Johnson.
Good evening, I'm Stacey Johnson Baptiste
and this is my mom, Doris Johnson.
We,
we are so excited and
honored to be here with you.
Kamala and I have known
each other for a long time.
We met at Berkwood Hedge School.
We hit it off immediately and became
each other's very first best friends.
Our moms also became fast friends.
And on weekends, we would pile into
my 1966 Mustang and, uh, Kamala's
mom, Kamala, would sit in the front
with me and Kamala Maya and Stacy
would sit in the back and off we
would go to a movie or some adventure.
My mom still has that Mustang.
I do.
Both get our grit from our mothers.
Kamala has always been a protector.
One day at school, we
made clay art projects.
During story time when they were outside
on tables, uh, to dry, for whatever
reason, a boy in our class took mine,
threw it on the ground, and it shattered.
Kamala jumped in between him and
me and said something that made
him so mad, he picked up a rock or
something and hit her on the head.
Blood came streaming down, the
school called Shamala to, uh, to
come take her to the hospital.
The stitches she got left a
scar over one of her eyes.
She still has it.
That's the kind of person Kamala has
always been from the very beginning.
Someone who doesn't hesitate to stand
up for what's right, to take up for the
underdog, and to stand up to bullies.
I
have seen it time and again, whether
the bully is an individual, A gang or a
corporation, she fights for all of us.
Before we go, I know my mom
has one more thing to say.
Kamala, your mom would be so proud of you.
Please welcome former secretary
of state Hillary Clinton.
Yeah.
So early in the game.
Yeah.
Uh, I know the cat's going
to be very happy to see her,
and I know I'll go hear this.
Lock her up.
What do you think?
so much.
Uh, uh.
Man, man, love.
I
can't get enough of them.
Wait until Obama goes out there.
They're going to fall out.
I can't wait for that.
I want to see that.
Yeah.
I wasn't expecting this.
Devils in the house tonight.
Oh my God.
Christian said 20, 24 Trump.
Oh boy.
Y'all are funny in the chat.
Wow.
Longstanding leaders.
Man, they, they, my goodness, who
would be that in a hair an hour?
Hillary on a Monday night.
Worst.
Wow.
I'm surprised by myself, Johnny.
I'm surprised myself.
There's a lot of energy in this room,
just like there is across the country.
Hell yeah.
Holy Pelosi.
Something.
Something is happening in America.
Hell yeah.
You can feel it.
Something we've worked for and
dreamed of for a long time.
First, though, let's
salute President Biden.
Hell yeah!
Say no more!
He has been democracy's
champion at home and abroad.
He brought dignity, decency and
confidence back to the White House.
Hell yeah!
We miss you.
And he showed what it
means to be a true patriot.
Thank you, Joe Biden, for your
lifetime of service and leadership.
Hell yeah.
She was on beat with it too.
And now, and now we are
writing a new chapter in
America's story.
You know, my mother Dorothy was
born right here in Chicago before
women had the right to vote.
That changed.
One hundred and four years ago, yesterday.
Think about it, Tennessee
became the final state
to ratify the 19th Amendment
to the Constitution.
The state legislature was deadlocked until
one lawmaker's mother, a widow who read
three newspapers a day, sent a letter.
A letter to her son.
No more delays, she wrote.
Give us the vote.
And since that day, every generation
has carried the torch forward.
In 1972, a fearless black
congresswoman named Shirley Chisholm
That's a name from the past, I heard.
She ran for president.
And her determination let me and
millions of others dream bigger.
Not just because of who she was,
but because of who she fought for.
Working parents.
Poor children, the last,
the least, and the lost.
In 1984, I brought my daughter to
see Geraldine Ferraro, the first
woman nominated for vice president.
Hell yeah!
If we can do this, Jerry
said, we can do anything.
And then There was 2016 when it was
the honor of my life to accept our
party's nomination for president.
Uh oh, what happened?
That's where it ended.
And nearly
66 million Americans voted for a future
where there are no ceilings on our dreams.
And afterwards, we refused
to give up on America.
Millions marched, many ran for office.
We kept our eyes on the future.
Well, my friends, the future is here!
Hell yeah!
Very good Nancy there.
I wish my mother and
Kamala's mother could see us.
They would say, keep going.
Shirley and Jerry would say, keep going.
Hell yeah.
Where we going?
For reproductive health
care are saying, keep going.
Hell yeah.
Families bitching
to afford child care.
Young people struggling.
To pay the rent.
They're all asking us to keep going!
Hell yeah!
So, with faith in each other and
joy in our hearts, let's send Kamala
Harris and Tim Walz to the White House!
Hell yeah!
You know,
the story of my life and the
history of our country is that.
Progress is possible but not guaranteed.
We have to fight for it
and never, ever give up.
There is always a choice.
Do we push forward or pull back?
Come together as we the people,
or split into us versus them?
That's the choice we
face in this election.
Kamala has the character, experience,
and vision to lead us forward.
Hell yeah!
I know her heart and her integrity.
We both got our start as young
lawyers helping children who
were abused and neglected.
That kind of work changes a person.
Those kids stay with you.
Kamala carries with her the hopes of
every child she protected, every family
she helped, every community she served.
So as president, she will
always have our backs
and she will be a fighter for us.
She will fight to lower costs for
hardworking families, open the doors
wide for good paying jobs, and yes, She
will restore abortion rights nationwide.
Hell yeah!
People are excited, man.
Securitor
Kamala locked up murderers
and drug traffickers.
She will never rest in defense
of our freedom and safety.
Donald Trump fell asleep at his own trial.
And when he woke up, he made
his own kind of history.
The first person to run for
president with 34 felony convictions.
Hell yeah.
Say no more.
President,
as vice president, in the situation room.
Heh heh.
Man, that's
a nice turnoff.
He's
saying lock him up.
That's what I, that's what I asked.
But, we also know as
vice president, Kamala
Sad in the situation room and
stood for America's values.
I know what it takes, and I can tell
you as commander in chief, Kamala won't
disrespect our military and our veterans.
She, she reveres our
medal of honor recipients.
She won't be sending love
letters to dictators.
Mm.
Mm.
She will defend democracy and our
Constitution and will protect America
from enemies, foreign and domestic.
Hell yeah!
Think about it.
The Constitution says the president's
job is to take care that the
laws be faithfully executed.
Those are the words of our founders.
Take care.
Just look at the candidates.
Kamala Cares cares about kids
and families cares about America.
Donald only cares about himself.
IP Poo Poo 34 False accusations.
Kamala said five words
that still guide her.
Kamala Harris for the people.
That is something that Donald
Trump will never understand,
so it is no surprise is it.
That he is lying about Kamala's record.
He's mocking her name and her laugh.
Sounds familiar.
Hell yeah!
But, we have him on the run now.
Hell yeah!
Do you believe Trump's
on the ropes right now?
Ah, I think everybody in
Chicago thinks he's on the run.
So, so, no matter what the
polls say, we can't let up.
We can't get driven down
crazy conspiracy rabbit holes.
We have to fight for the truth.
We have to fight for Kamala
as she will fight for us.
Because you know what?
It still takes a village
to raise a family, heal a
country, and win a campaign!
Hell yeah!
And America needs every one of us.
Our energy, our talents, our dreams.
We're not just electing a president,
we're uplifting our nation.
We're opening the promise of
America wide enough for everyone.
Together, we put a lot of cracks in
the highest, hardest glass ceiling.
Hell yeah!
And tonight, tonight, so close to breaking
through once and for all, I want to tell
you what I see through all those cracks.
What do you see?
And why it matters for
each and every one of us.
What do I see?
What do you see?
I see freedom.
I see the freedom to make our own
decisions about our health, our
lives, our loves, our families.
The freedom to work with
dignity and prosper.
To worship as we choose or not.
To speak our minds freely.
And honestly, I see freedom from fear
and intimidation, from violence and
injustice, from chaos and corruption.
I see the freedom to look our children
in the eye and say, in America you
can go as far as your hard work and
talent will take you, and mean it.
And you know what?
On the other side of that
glass ceiling is Kamala Harris.
Raising her hand and taking
the oath of office as our 47th
President of the United States!
Hell yeah!
My friends, when a barrier falls
for one of us, it falls.
It falls and clears the way for all of us.
So for the next 78 days, we need
to work harder than we ever have.
We need to beat back the dangers
that Trump and his allies pose to
the rule of law and our way of life.
Don't get distracted or complacent.
Talk to your friends and neighbors.
Volunteer.
Be proud champions for the truth and
for the country that we all love.
Hell yeah.
I
want, I want my grandchildren and
their grandchildren You To know I
was here at this moment, that we
were here, and that we were with
Kamala Harris every step of the way.
This is our time America.
This is when we stand up.
This is when we break through.
The future is here.
It's in our grasp.
Let's go with it.
Say no more.
Ooh, she definitely brought the
house down there, didn't she?
She definitely had, uh, people.
Yeah.
That's her, probably her swan song.
You know, she might not
be back in four years.
She's gotta do her speech.
She's up in age, too, I think.
Seventies, I know.
Hillary.
I think it's fair to say, That we all
stand on the shoulders of Hillary Clinton.
So, I'm just checking.
Are you ready to join this fight yet?
Okay, that's the answer I was looking for.
So I want you to text JOIN
to 30330 and get involved.
Now, what does fighting for
the people exactly look like?
Let's go back to 2011, when Kamala Harris
was Attorney General of California.
The housing crisis had devastated
American families, and the big banks had
forced Californians out of their homes.
Well, Kamala Harris stood up to those
banks, and she secured a 20 billion
settlement for California families.
That is fighting for the people.
And that is something that our
next speaker knows all about.
Please welcome the fearless
fighter from South Carolina.
Congressman Jim Clyburn.
Oh, okay.
He is a firebrand too.
He's a big five supporter.
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you,
thank you, thank you,
thank you,
thank you.
And good evening.
Thank you, South Carolina.
Thank you.
Four years ago.
Americans were experiencing high
anxieties, Still experiencing it.
And great uncertainties.
Still experiencing that too.
Then the virus ranged, Schools closed,
Businesses shuttered, Donald Trump
mismanaged the crisis from day one.
Looking out for himself
instead of the country.
The American people responded
to the crisis in leadership
by electing new leaders.
Thanks to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
We reopened our schools, brought
back our businesses and restored our
faith in the American can do spirit.
Thanks to Joe and Kamala.
We reduced the price
of prescription drugs.
Repaired roads and bridges,
and replaced lead pipes.
Thanks to Joe and Kamala, we are honoring
our heroes in uniform, and expanding
benefits to over a million veterans.
Thanks to Joe and Kamala, Make it in
America is no longer just a slogan, but
a movement that is bringing millions
of manufacturing jobs back to America.
Thank you For President Biden's lifetime
of achievement in service of his country,
we owe him a great debt of gratitude.
And we're all grateful for one of
the best decisions he made, selecting
Kamala Harris as his vice president
and endorsing her to succeed him.
I often say that we are but
the sum of our experiences.
In the introduction to my memoir,
All my experiences have not
been pleasant, but I consider
all of them to be blessings.
So has been the case with Kamala.
Her experiences have
prepared her for this moment.
Kamala Harris is a true battle
tested leader, a district attorney,
attorney general, Senator and Vice
President who gets things done.
While Donald Trump has been bragging
about how he overturned Roe, Kamala has
been fiercely advocating for the respite
respitation of reproduction freedoms.
While Trump has been looking out
for himself and his billionaire
brothers, Kamala has been fighting
to lower costs for all Americans.
Thank you And while Trump falsely
pleads ignorance of Project 2025,
which in my opinion is Jim Crow 2.
0,
Kamala has been offering the
American people enlightening
proposals and visionary leadership.
Having grown up in a postage,
I often look to the good book
for understanding and guidance.
As 2 Corinthians informs.
We are troubled on every
side, yet not distressed.
We are perplexed, but not in despair.
Persecuted, but not forsaken.
Cast down, but not destroyed.
Our great democracy has been
tested, and so has the basic
goodness of the American people.
But our resolve to remain a
great country has been tested.
With freedom and justice
for all will not falter.
We will continue our march
toward a more perfect union.
United in our common purpose and
emboldened by our resolve to elect
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz as the
next President and Vice President
of these United States of America.
of America.
Thank you.
And God speed.
I'm with a couple of times that
in the criminal justice system,
the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups.
The police who investigate
crime and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
This is the story of Donald Trump.
His entire life, Trump has believed
he's above the law, that no one
would ever dare hold him accountable.
He lies.
He rips off workers.
He sexually abuses women.
And when you're a star,
they let you do it.
You can do anything.
He cheats in business.
He cheated on his wife with a porn star
and paid her off so the American people
wouldn't find out during an election.
But in the criminal justice system,
ordinary Americans have had the courage to
find him accountable time and time again.
Guilty, guilty, guilty.
Donald Trump guilty on All 34 felony
counts for the first time in history.
We have a convicted felon running for
president and to take on this case,
we need a president who has spent
her life prosecuting perpetrators.
I just want to find 11, 000.
780 votes.
He's tried to escape any
responsibility for instigating the
January 6th attack on our Capitol.
We're gonna walk down to the
Capitol, and I'll be there with you.
And if elected, Trump has promised
to overturn laws that would keep him
accountable and exact retribution
on anyone he considers an enemy.
Even warning of a bloodbath
if he doesn't get his way.
So we the people have a chance to
render our own verdict on Donald Trump.
We are the jury he most fears.
When we vote this November, we vote
for justice, accountability, and the
rule of law that keeps America free.
Do we?
Do we?
Do we?
Do we?
Do we?
Do we?
Do we?
Do we?
Do we?
Do we?
Do we?
Do we?
Do
we?
Welcome to the Democracy Convention.
Welcome to the Freedom Convention.
And thank you for the
beautiful weather, Chicago.
It's, uh, it's been a little rough
on Capitol Hill where it's not
just the heat, it's the stupidity.
Now, we meet in this great city
tonight Where Abraham Lincoln was
nominated in 1860 to save the Union
from fanatical insurrectionists.
And where Franklin D.
Roosevelt was re nominated by Democrats
in 1940 to defeat fascist dictators.
Now, we fight in our time.
To defend our freedom and our democracy
against the banana Republicans who
have converted Lincoln's party into
a dangerous cult of personality.
You know, I'll never forget the
pounding on the doors of the house
chamber on January 6th were the
screams to follow hundreds of our
police officers taunted and attacked.
A hundred and forty of them wounded
by extremists wielding baseball bats,
steel pipes, even American flags.
Five people died that day and four
more of our officers took their own
lives in the days and weeks to come.
All of this after Trump was
defeated by more than seven million
votes by the great Joe Biden.
It was after.
80 judges rejected every ridiculous
claim raised by this sore loser
who does not know how to take no
for an answer from American voters,
American courts, or American women.
Remember what the mob chanted
as they stormed the Capitol
and injured our officers?
Hang Mike Pence.
Someone should have told Donald Trump.
that the president's job under
Article 2 of the Constitution
someone should have told Donald Trump
that the president's job under Article
2 of the Constitution is to take care
that the laws are faithfully executed
not that the vice president is executed
Wow
Pence has now joined more than two
dozen officials From Donald Trump's
own administration in denouncing him
an historical record, and Pence is the
first vice president in more than two
centuries, not to support the president
he served with in a general election.
And by the way, j.
D Vance, do you understand why
there was a sudden job opening for
running mate on the GOP ticket?
They tried to kill your predecessor.
They tried to kill him because
he would not follow Trump's
plan to destroy and nullify the
votes of millions of Americans.
Your votes, Pennsylvania.
Your votes, Michigan.
Your votes, Georgia.
Nevada.
Arizona.
Are we going to go back to the
days of election suppression
and violent insurrection?
We're not going back.
Well, look, one week after that
beautiful day, as Trump calls it, the
Republicans, ten Republicans, joined
all of the Democrats to impeach Trump
for the worst high crime and misdemeanor
ever committed by a president.
inciting insurrection
against our own constitution.
Make no mistake, a man who uses fraud,
theft, and violence to take power
will commit any crime to keep it.
And now Trump's promising to pardon
hundreds of his fellow criminal
convicts and insurrectionists.
He calls for, quote, the termination of
all rules, regulations, and articles,
even those in the Constitution.
My friends, are we the people going
to let Donald Trump terminate our
Constitution and obliterate the
blessings of liberty for our posterity?
That's right.
We're going to elect Kamala Harris.
We're going to elect Kamala Harris.
The career prosecutor and inspiring
public servant and coach walls, and
we're going to defeat Donald Trump,
the career criminal and incorrigible.
Wow.
Recidivist con man and his
pet chameleon, JD Vance
and America.
Let's make it a landslide
so big that Donald Trump.
And his kangaroo court Supreme Court
justices cannot even try to steal it.
Let's make every vote count.
Let's make sure every vote is counted.
Let's let freedom ring and let's
let democracy work in America.
Wow.
God bless America.
Please welcome Texas
Representative Jasmine Crockett.
Well good.
God bless America.
Our fifth
nation will hire a president.
A commander in chief and
leader of the free world.
So let's compare their resumes, shall we?
One candidate worked at McDonald's
while she was in college at an HBCU.
H U.
The other was born with a silver
spoon in his mouth and helped
his daddy in the family business.
Housing discrimination, that is.
She became a career prosecutor
while he became a career criminal.
With 34 felonies, two impeachments,
and one porn star to prove it.
Mmm, she's laying it down.
District Attorney, Attorney General,
and Senator.
She's always worked for one client.
The people.
Meanwhile, he's a 78 year old, lifelong
predator, fraudster, and cheat.
Known for inciting violent mobs.
Listen, y'all.
He's only looked out for one person.
Himself.
As women are dying, he is
bragging about overturning Roe.
And y'all know I come from Texas.
And right now in Texas, Come on, Texas.
But right now in Texas, They want
to institute the death penalty.
That is a problem.
While Kamala Harris is fighting for
our reproductive rights to be restored.
She is also the leader we
need on the global stage.
She helped secure the release of
Americans wrongfully detained in Russia.
At the same time, he cozies up to his
role model, Vladimir Putin, And MAGA holds
legislation hostage here at home, critical
resources to secure the border, military
aid to Ukraine, and even the farm bill.
She's lived the American dream
while he's been America's nightmare.
Shots fired.
America, Donald Trump?
Or Kamala Harris?
Ooh, now that sounds like we know
who they're going to vote for.
Z Girl says, go Jasmine.
Y'all know what I said
that other time.
In real lago.
Well, Donald Trump wants to put our
1787 Constitution through his Project
2025 paper shredder and make every day
January 6th, Kamala Harris is fighting
to fulfill the promise of America.
In the real world, this
wouldn't even be close.
But this election is.
Don't make a mistake.
We are the underdogs.
In this fight, even though there is
only one person qualified, only one
person who's done the work, and who has
delivered the results, and she needs you,
she needs your one vote this November.
Can we count on you?
Some of, you know, a
little bit of my history.
Some of you don't.
So let me tell you, I
was a public defender.
I did criminal defense as well as practice
civil rights law for almost two decades.
I know a good prosecutor.
When I see one, Kamala Harris is the
kind of prosecutor we long for in the
cases that Like those of Breonna Taylor.
Yeah.
She was the first Attorney
General in the nation to order
that her officers wear body cams.
And she started the Back on Track
program to reduce recidivism.
Listen y'all, she did all these things
because she genuinely cares about people.
She sees each person
as just that, a person.
Not a statistic.
That's it.
She's proven that since the first
day she stepped into a courtroom
and said what y'all already heard
Hillary say, I did not copy out of
her speech, I just want y'all to know.
She walked into that courtroom and
said, Kamala Harris for the people.
And she meant that.
Many of you know her credentials,
but what I love about Kamala
Harris goes beyond her resume.
And is that she sees the
humanity in everyone.
She's the only candidate in this
race who is capable of empathy.
When I first got to Congress, I
wasn't sure I made the right decision.
The chaos caucus couldn't elect a speaker
and the oversight committee was unhinged.
I was going through all of this
when I visited the vice president's
residence for the first time.
As I approached Vice President
Harris for our official photo, she
turned to me and asked, What's wrong?
Mind you, we'd never met.
But she saw right through me.
She saw the distress.
I immediately began crying.
I'ma knock that makeup up.
And the most powerful woman in the
world wiped my tears and listened.
It's so hard for me to tell this story.
She then said, among other things,
you are exactly where God wants you.
Your district chose you because
they believe in you, and so do I.
The next month, I went viral for
the first of many times to come
for hitting Republicans with
a dose of their own medicine.
That brief but impactful interaction
gave me my legislative legs and
I've been running ever since.
Hell yeah!
The question before us is, will a
vindictive vile villain violate voters
vision for a better America or not?
I hear alliterations are back in style.
We deserve better.
We deserve a president who can be a
bright light in a sea of darkness.
One who will put us, who will pull
us forward because we won't go back.
Amanda Gorman said it best,
there's always light if only
we are brave enough to see it.
If only we are brave enough to be it.
Kamala Harris showed me that light.
And America, when she is our
president, together, we will
shine as that beacon of hope and
freedom around the world once more.
God bless y'all.
I mean, she brought the heat, didn't she?
Brought some emotions.
This is one of our willow boxes.
This is the outfit.
I'm sure it's Gonna maybe
wear home from the hospital.
There's your little
The blanket that she was in.
For 54 years, they were
trying to get Roe v.
Wade terminated, and I did it.
And I'm proud to have done it.
I was punished for three days
having to wait for either my baby
to die, or me to die, or both.
I was stuck in this horrific hell of
both wanting to hear her heartbeat,
and also hoping I wouldn't.
There has to be some form of punishment.
For the woman?
Yeah, there has to be some form.
I almost died.
Because doctors were forced to
follow Trump's abortion ban.
Kamala will protect a
woman's right to choose.
We trust women to make
decisions about their own body.
I have so much faith in her.
And when Congress passes a law to restore
reproductive freedoms as President of the
United States, I will sign it into law.
We have to fight for Kamala Harris.
Our rights.
When
you're expecting a baby, packing for
the hospital should be a joyful moment.
For us, it was different.
We were told with 100 percent
certainty we would lose our baby
girl, Willow, and we were sent home.
For three days, we waited
until Amanda was sick enough to
receive standard abortion care.
Eventually, Amanda's temperature spiked.
She was shaking,
disoriented, and crashing.
I don't remember what I threw into
our bag that day, only that instead
of welcoming Willow, I was hoping
Amanda's life could be saved.
I'm here tonight because the
fight for reproductive rights
isn't just a woman's fight.
This is about fighting.
This is about fighting for our families.
And as Kamala Harris says, our future.
Every time I share our
story, my heart breaks.
For the baby girl we wanted desperately.
For the doctors and nurses who
couldn't help me deliver her safely.
For Josh, who feared he would lose me too.
But I was lucky, I lived.
So I'll continue sharing our
story, standing with women and
families across the country.
Today, because of Donald Trump, more than
one in three women of reproductive age
in America lives under an abortion ban.
A second Trump term would rip
away even more of our rights.
Passing a national abortion ban.
Letting states monitor
pregnancies and prosecute doctors.
Restricting birth control
and fertility treatments.
We cannot let that happen.
We need to vote as if lives depend on it.
Because they do.
Two years ago, my husband and I
were expecting our second child.
Our daughter Lauren couldn't
wait to be a big sister.
I was getting ready for her
fourth birthday party when
something didn't feel right.
Two emergency rooms sent me away.
Because of Louisiana's abortion ban, no
one would confirm that I was miscarrying.
I was in pain, bleeding so much
my husband feared for my life.
No woman should experience what
I endured, but too many have.
They write to me saying, what
happened to you, happened to me.
Sometimes they're miscarrying.
Scared to tell anyone, even their
doctors, our daughters deserve better.
America deserves better.
Kamala Harris and Tim Waltz will
fight for reproductive rights and
our freedom and our shared future.
Growing up, I was an All American girl,
varsity soccer captain, cheerleading
captain, homecoming queen, and survivor.
I was raped by my stepfather
after years of sexual abuse.
At age 12, I took my first
pregnancy test and it was positive.
That was the first time I was
ever told, you have options.
I can't imagine not having a choice.
But today, that's the reality for many
women and girls across the country
because of Donald Trump's abortion bans.
He calls it a beautiful thing.
What is so beautiful?
About a child having to
carry her parent's child.
There are other survivors out
there who have no options.
And I want you to know that we see you.
We hear you.
Colonel Harris will sign a national law
to restore the right to an abortion.
She will fight for every woman.
For And every girl, even those
who are not fighting for her.
And now I am honored to introduce
another champion for women.
A leader who's fought for
me and for so many others.
Governor Andy Beshear.
Governor of Kentucky there.
He was, uh, on the short list
for Vice President.
Governor Andy Beshear.
Hadley Duvall is one of the
bravest people I've ever met.
I'm amazed at the courage it takes to
share her pain, to share her truth.
Yet Donald Trump brags about tearing a
constitutional right away from Hadley and
every other woman and girl in our country.
That's why we must tear away any chance
he can ever be president ever again.
In 21 states.
Trump's actions have resulted
in extreme bans on abortion in
my state, even in cases of rape,
incest, and non viable pregnancies.
That leaves 12 year old girls
like Hadley with no options.
That fails any test of humanity, any
test of basic decency, any test of
whether you have any underlying empathy.
Thankfully, this extremism is being
soundly rejected all over our country.
In Kentucky, we put reproductive
freedom on the ballot last November,
and I beat Donald Trump and Mitch
McConnell's hand picked candidate
by more than 5 percentage points.
This November, we're
going to beat them again.
Elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz
and protect reproductive freedom.
Folks, Donald Trump appointed the Supreme
Court justices who got us into this mess.
His Project 2025 goes even further.
Thank you very much.
Here's the thing, Trump and Vance
simply don't believe in your freedom.
Is Jesus Christ voting for Kamala?
Trump says people are absolutely
thrilled that we have their
basic rights eliminated.
J.
D.
Vance says women should
stay in violent marriages.
He has come back and spoken.
The pregnancies resulting from
rape are simply inconvenient.
Their policies give rapists
more rights than their victims.
For more UN videos visit www.
un.
org That's not inconvenient.
It's just plain wrong.
Cool.
It is back.
He's a big supporter of Kamala.
He's been on a couple of shows and a
woman grieving a non viable pregnancy
shouldn't be required to carry it
to term just to listen to her child
die or to hear no sound at all.
All women should have the freedom
to make their own decisions,
freedom over their own bodies.
Freedom about whether to pursue IVF.
Freedom about whether
to have children at all.
How we treat people
transcends party lines.
It goes right to the heart of who we are.
My faith teaches me the golden rule,
that I am to love my neighbor as myself.
In the parable, the Good Samaritan
says, we are all each other's neighbors.
So I want anyone watching
tonight, Republican, Independent,
Democrat, and Democrat.
To know that you are welcome here,
we believe in America where we live out
our values, end anger politics once and
for all and move beyond this us versus
them by remembering we are all Americans.
That's how Joe Biden
and Kamala Harris lead.
They both called to ask how
they could help Kentucky in
recovering from natural disasters.
They helped us improve our roads, our
bridges and invested in our people.
They didn't ask me who
Kentuckians voted for.
They asked me what Kentuckians
needed, and folks, they delivered.
Kamala Harris gets it.
She knows we must move beyond
anger, extremism, and division.
That everyone has dignity
and deserves respect.
America, we're going to win.
And we're going to win by staying true
to our values of compassion, empathy,
and doing right by our neighbors.
I'm so proud to be all in
for the next president of the
United States, Kamala Harris.
Thank you.
Please welcome Georgia
Senator Raphael Warnock.
Well,
hello America.
Thank you so very much.
On January
5th, 2021, the people of
Georgia did an amazing thing.
They sent a black kid who grew up
in public housing and the Jewish
son of an immigrant to the United
States Senate in one fell swoop.
And among those Georgians
was my then 82 year old mother.
She grew up in Waycross, Georgia.
Do you know where that is?
It's wayyyyyy across Georgia.
She grew up in Waycross, Georgia,
where she picked other people's
cotton and other people's tobacco.
But because this is America, the
82 year old hands that used to pick
somebody else's cotton and somebody
else's tobacco, picked her youngest
son to be a United States Senator.
Hell yeah.
This is my America.
Thank you, Mom.
Thank you, Georgia.
Thank you, America, for raising
your voice and using your vote.
A vote is a kind of prayer for the
world we desire for ourselves and
for our children, and our prayers
are stronger when we pray together.
And so together,
together we flip the Senate.
Held the house and we sent Joe Biden
and Kamala Harris to the White House
together.
Together we vaccinated our citizens.
We fortified our cities and our towns
and we stood by our small businesses.
Together we set out to heal the land.
A nation besieged.
by a deadly pandemic and beset by the
awful and divisive rhetoric of a man
too small for the office entrusted
him or the task set before him.
The day after my January 5th election,
he instigated an insurrection, a
violent assault on our nation's capital
and the peaceful transfer of power.
All driven by the big lie.
But behind the big lie
was an even bigger lie.
It is the lie that this increasingly
diverse American electorate does not get
to determine the future of the country.
The lie and the logic of
January 6th is a sickness.
It is a kind of cancer that then
metastasized into dozens of voter
suppression laws all across our country.
And we must be vigilant tonight
because these anti democratic
forces are at work right now in
Georgia and all across our country.
And the question is,
who will heal the land?
And so, here we are,
America, are you ready?
Hell yeah!
Are you ready to stand up in this
moral moment and stand up for the
best in the American Covenant?
Hell yeah!
Elections are about the
character of a country.
And we must decide, again, we are the
latest generation of Americans who get to
decide what kind of country we want to be.
And we must choose between the promise of
January 5th and the peril of January 6th.
A nation that embraces,
a nation that embraces all
of us or just some of us.
Donald Trump's America is
the America of January 6th.
People who have no vision,
traffic in division.
He does not know how to lead us.
And so he wants to divide us.
America make no mistake.
Donald Trump is a plague
on the American conscience.
Wow.
He called him a plague.
He is a clear and present threat
to the precious covenant.
We share with one another.
And yes, I, I saw him, I
saw him holding the Bible
and endorsing a Bible as if
it needed his endorsement.
He should try reading it.
Woo!
Wow.
It says do justice love kindness
and walk humbly with your
God He should try reading it.
It says love your neighbor as yourself
It says in as much as you've done it
unto the least of these you have done it.
Also unto me Mm hmm great
he's Put some scripture on
The American Covenant He
pluribus unum out of many one.
I choose January 5th.
I choose a nation that provides
a path for ordinary people and
gives every child a chance.
And that's Joe Biden's America.
And he's been fighting for it
for more than a half century.
President Biden, America
is so much better.
Because of you, a true patriot, who
has always put the people first.
Coming across like a preacher.
A Baptist.
Yep, he's a preacher, I think.
He sounds like a Baptist.
But I'll tell you something else.
Not only is that Joe Biden's America,
that's Kamala Harris America.
She was leading with Joe Biden.
When we expanded the child tax
credit, cutting child poverty
in America nearly in half.
We ought to renew it.
She cast a tie breaking vote for my
bill capping the cost of insulin to
no more than 35 per month for seniors.
We ought to extend it to everybody.
Together we passed an infrastructure
bill, bolstered American manufacturing,
and clean energy, energy and investment
in the house that we all share together.
And I've got news for you,
we are just getting started.
Hell yeah.
Are you ready to win this election?
Hell yeah.
Kamala
Harris and Tim Walz represent
the new way forward.
We're not going back.
We're not going back because No!
We are the United States of America.
We always dream about the future.
And so forward on women's reproductive
rights because we believe that a
patient's room is too small and cramped
a space for a woman, her doctor,
and the United States government.
That's too many people in the room.
Forward
Forward Forward, forward on worker rights,
because most people do not mind working,
they just want to share in the prosperity
that they are creating for others.
Forward on voting rights,
forward on affordable housing
and access to health care.
We are moving forward!
And so I'm inspired tonight.
I'm inspired by all of you.
I'm inspired by the resilience of an
American spirit that has rebounded from
the pandemic and is holding at bay the
forces that are trying to divide us.
And I'm inspired tonight by the memory of
my late father, a preacher and a junk man.
Monday through Friday, he
lifted old broken cards.
and put them on the back of an old rig.
But on Sunday morning, the man who lifted
broken cars, lifted broken people whom
other people had discarded and told
them that they were God's somebody.
My dad discovered strength
in the broken places.
A power made perfect in weakness.
And so I'm convinced tonight
that I am God's somebody.
That we can lift the
broken even as we climb.
I'm convinced tonight that
we can heal sick bodies.
We can heal the wounds that divide us.
We can heal a planet in peril.
We can heal the land.
And in a strange way,
in a strange way, the
pandemic taught us how.
A contagious airborne
disease is contagious.
Means that I have a personal stake
in the health of my neighbor.
If she's sick, I may get sick also.
Her health care is good for my health.
I'm just trying to tell you that we are
as close in our humanity as a cough.
I need my neighbor's children to be
okay, so that my children will be okay.
I need all of my neighbor's
children to be okay.
Poor inner city children in Atlanta,
and poor children of Appalachia.
I need the poor children of Israel,
and the poor children of Gaza.
I need Israelis and Palestinians.
I need those in the Congo, those in Haiti,
those in Ukraine, I need American children
on both sides of the track to be okay.
Say no more!
Because we are all children!
And so let's stand together,
let's pray together, let's stand
together, let's heal the land.
God bless you.
Game over.
Please welcome Delaware
Senator Chris Coons.
Good evening folks, good evening
America, good evening Chicago.
Are there any Democrats in
the room tonight?
Folks we are on the
verge of making history.
Good evening.
We are on the verge of an historic
election, and I want to talk with you
for just a few minutes about my dear
friend, our president, Joe Biden.
Joe Biden's mom had a saying, you
are defined by your courage and
you are redeemed by your loyalty.
Four years ago, I had the honor
of helping introduce Joe Biden
to our national convention.
I spoke about Joe's faith, his
love of family, his determination
to restore the soul of our nation.
Back in 2020, America was nearly flat
on our back from a deadly pandemic,
an economic collapse, and then in
January, an assault on our democracy.
All of this.
All of this.
Because the drama and chaos of our
former president had knocked us down.
But folks, Joe Biden's courage,
Joe Biden's faith in us, Joe
Biden's determination to heal
the soul of our nation gave us
hope and gave us confidence.
Someone who has himself been
knocked down by life time and again.
Joe Biden knows the grit and
determination of the American people.
He believed in us and Joe Biden
helped us get back up again
using the incredible skills he
developed in many years in the U.
S.
Senate.
Joe got passed and signed into law
the most consequential legislation of
any president in 60 years, helping our
veterans, advancing gun safety, cutting
prescription drug prices, fighting climate
change, rebuilding bridges and broadband.
Bringing manufacturing back to America.
Together, Joe and Kamala
helped rebuild our economy.
From the middle up, from the
bottom up, and the middle out.
Not from the top down.
And they made our families safer, and
our country stronger, at home and abroad.
Today, we are so much better off.
Because they believed in us.
In our democracy.
And our incredible First Lady Jill Biden,
our incredible First Lady Jill Biden,
our incredible First Lady Jill Biden
was at Joe's side every step of
the way, fighting for education,
advancing the cancer moonshot,
determined to improve women's health
care, honoring military families.
Joe and Jill, together, you
have done so much for us.
And there's so much more you
will do and we can do together.
Mr.
President, thank you.
Thank you.
For elevating a great
leader in Kamala Harris.
Vice President Harris, thank you.
For choosing a great running mate with
a heart for the middle class like yours.
In Sargent.
Congressman.
Coach, Governor, Tim Walz.
I have hope, do you?
I have hope, do you?
I have hope, do you?
And this is in no small
part because of Joe Biden.
I have never known a more
compassionate man than Joe Biden.
I have never known a man who has
taken from his own loss and his
own faith and delivered so much
for the future of so many others.
Mr.
President,
Mr.
President, you were my
senator as a Delawarean.
You are my president as an American,
and you will always be my friend.
On behalf of our nation, Joe,
for your courage in fighting
for our democracy, we thank you.
On behalf of our Democratic Party,
for your loyalty in fighting for
our democratic values, we thank you.
And on behalf of Delaware Thank you, Joe.
And God bless you.
We love you.
We love Joe.
We love Joe.
We love Joe.
We love Joe.
Thank you all.
We love Joe.
God bless you and thank you very much.
Let me get that we love Joe chant going.
Hi,
I'm Vivian Warewell, and I'm a fourth
grade student at Kristen McAuliffe.
I've been bouncing around all
week excited for this moment.
And last night, I could barely sleep.
I remember the day that we heard that
President Biden had won and the whole
neighborhood started celebrating.
So when I heard you were coming,
I really wanted to meet you.
I adore you because you embrace change
from my generation and the ones to come.
I look up to you.
Oh, that's for Jill Biden there.
Jill's next.
Yep.
Now it is my honor to
introduce our first lady, Dr.
Jill Biden.
Please welcome first lady of
the United States, Jill Biden.
We got a placard for everybody, don't we?
so much.
Love you too.
Joe and I have been together
for almost 50 years.
And still, there are moments when I
fall in love with him all over again.
Like when I handed him our baby
Ashley for the first time and saw
the smile that lit up his face.
Or on nights after an exhausting
day working in the Senate, when
he would read one more bedtime
story just because the kids asked.
When he stops on a rope line
because he sees someone grieving,
who needs to know that everything
is going to be alright one day.
Or to encourage that child with a
stutter to find the confidence she needs.
Those moments when I'm reminded of
all he's accomplished in the name
of something bigger than himself.
Receiving the Medal of
Freedom with humility.
Placing his hand on our family
Bible to take his oath of office.
And weeks ago, when I saw him dig
deep into his soul, And decide
to no longer seek re election
and endorse Kamala Harris.
Hell yeah!
That would be game changer.
With faith and conviction, Joe knows
that our nation's strength doesn't
come from intimidation or cruelty.
It comes from the small acts of
kindness that heal deep wounds.
From service to the communities
that make us who we are.
From love of a country that
shines with promise and renewal.
Kamala Harris knows that too.
Our son Beau first worked with Kamala
when he was Attorney General of Delaware.
He told me at the dinner table
one night, Mom, she's special.
Someone to keep your eye on.
And he was right.
Joe and I know Kamala.
We have seen her courage,
her determination, and
her leadership up close.
Kamala and Tim, you will win.
And
you are inspiring a new generation.
We are all a part of something
bigger than ourselves, and
we are stronger than we know.
The future of our country is in
the hands of those in this room
and all of you watching at home.
It's going to take all of us,
and we can't afford to lose.
With faith in each other,
hope for a brighter future.
And love for our country, we will fight
and we will win together, thank you!
Hell yeah!
Well, that was okay, I mean, I don't know
how excited she was to, you know, win.
Please welcome, first
daughter, Ashley Biden.
Good evening.
I have this memory.
It's the eve of my eighth birthday.
Dad is still in D.
C.
tending to urgent matters in the Senate.
That night, as a surprise, Mom told
me, Beau, and Hunter to get in the car.
I remember pulling up to the
Wilmington Amtrak station, riding
up the escalator to the platform.
The train stops.
Doors open and dad steps out.
As soon as I saw him, I run down
that platform and jump into his arms.
Like magic, mom brought out a cake.
They sang happy birthday
and I blew out the candles.
Dad hugged me and he said that
he had to get back to work.
He crossed to the southbound
train and off he went to DC.
That was a snapshot of one moment
of one day on this extraordinary
journey of being Joe Biden's daughter.
Joe Biden is the OG girl dad.
He told me I could be anything
and I could do anything.
As a child, I would sit on the leather
chair in his office doing my homework, and
he would sit next to me doing his work,
drafting the Violence Against Women Act.
And he wasn't just a girl dad.
I could see, and he wasn't just
a girl dad, I could see that
he valued and trusted women.
How he listened to his mother.
How he believed in his sister and most of
all, how he respected my mother's career.
Dad was always there doing everything
he could to be a true partner to her.
Dad, you always tell us, but we don't
tell you enough that you are the love
of our lives and the life of our love.
I
had my wedding reception
in my parents backyard.
At the time, my dad was vice president.
But he was also that dad, who
literally set up the entire reception.
He was riding around in his John
Deere four wheeler, fixing the place
settings, arranging the plants.
And by the way, he was very emotional.
I thought that I would be a
mess, but he was the one crying.
And I was the one who had to comfort him.
Before he walked me down the aisle,
he turned to me and said that he
would always be my best friend.
All these years later, Dad,
you are still my best friend.
His
example in service inspired my career.
I'm a social worker in Philadelphia.
I support formerly incarcerated
women as they heal from past trauma
and they reclaim their lives.
Dad always told me that I was
no better than anybody else
and nobody was better than me.
He taught me that everyone
deserves a fair shot and that we
shouldn't leave anyone behind.
That's what you learn from a fighter who
has been underestimated his entire life.
When I look at Dad, I see
grace, strength, and humility.
I see one of the most consequential
leaders ever in history.
Hell yeah!
And I also know that he never
stops thinking about you.
About your dreams, about
your dignity, about your
opportunities, about your family.
Dad knows that family is everything.
When Hunter and I lost our brother
Beau to cancer in 2015, the grief and
the pain felt like it might never end.
Dad had the capacity to step out
of his own pain and absorb ours.
And I know that Beau is here with
us tonight as he is always with us.
After Beau passed, I got
this tattoo on my wrist.
It says, Courage, dear heart.
A reminder to myself to keep going, to
get back up, like my dad has always done.
He has taught me that a courageous
heart is a miraculous thing.
A courageous heart can heal a family.
A courageous heart can heal a nation.
And maybe even the world.
And now, this election requires
the courageous hearts of all of us.
In 2020, my dad selected Kamala
Harris to beat Donald Trump.
And he knows, in 2024, she
will beat Donald Trump again.
Hell yeah!
So tonight, I am asking you,
if you stood with us in 2020,
call upon your courageous heart.
Stand with us today.
Work harder than you have ever
worked before in your life.
This is the fight of our lifetime,
our freedom, our democracy,
our reproductive rights.
All of this, all of it, is on the ballot.
And I know together we can do this
because my dad helped show us the way.
And now I would like
to introduce my father.
Your 46th president of the
United States, Joe Biden.
All righty, the main event,
will he bring the house down?
Look at Kamala.
All right, this is a
Swallow song here, man.
Here we go.
This is it, man.
Man, you got him in tears.
You
got his old songs on?
Thank you.
We love Joe.
Just
pride aside and step to the side.
Gotta tip your hat to him.
Thank you, thank you,
Thank you.
I hear everybody's crying, man.
I don't see Kamala crying, but
This is the end of a career.
He might also go bask in it.
I
wonder if they'll do a
balloon drop for him.
She did a good job.
She did a good job for him.
Thank you, thank
you.
I tell you what.
Uh oh, hope he ain't forgotten his speech.
To my dearest daughter Ashley,
God love you, you're incredible.
Thank you for the introduction.
And for being my courageous heart.
Along with Hunter and our entire family.
And especially our rock, Jill.
Who is those of you who know us.
She still leaves me both
breathless and speechless.
Everybody knows her.
I love her more than she loves me.
She walks down the stairs and I still
get that going, boom, boom, boom, boom.
No, no, no, I'm kidding.
Let's give a special round of applause
to our first lady, Jill Biden.
Hell yeah!
My dad,
my dad used to have an
expression, for real.
He'd say, Joey, family is the beginning.
The middle and the end
and I love you all folks
and America, I love you.
Hell yeah.
Folks, let me ask you,
let me ask you.
Are you ready to vote for freedom?
Hell yeah.
Are you ready to vote for
democracy and for America?
Hell yeah!
Let me ask you, are you ready to
elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz?
Hell yeah!
My fellow Democrats, my fellow Americans,
Nearly four years ago, in winter, on
the steps of the Capitol, on a cold
January day, I raised my right hand
and I swore an oath to you and to God
to preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution and to faithfully execute
the office of the President United States.
In front of me in front of
me was the city surrounded by
the National Guard behind me.
A capital that's two weeks before
have been overrun by a violent mob.
But I knew then from the bottom of my
heart that I knew now there is no place
in America for political violence.
None.
You cannot say you love your
country only when you win.
In that moment, I wasn't
looking to the past.
I was looking to the future.
I spoke of the work at hand,
the moment we had to meet.
It was, as I told you then, a
winter of peril and possibility.
Of peril and possibility.
We're in the grip of a
once in a century pandemic.
Historic joblessness, a call
for racial justice long overdue.
Clear and present threats
to our very democracy.
Thank you.
And
yet, and yet I believe then, and I believe
now, that progress was and is possible.
Justice is achievable.
And our best days are not
behind us, they're before us.
Hell yeah.
Now it's summer.
The winner has passed, and with
a grateful heart, I stand before
you now, on this August night to
report that democracy has prevailed.
Hell yeah!
Democracy, democracy has delivered,
and now democracy must be preserved.
Hell yeah!
You've heard me say it before,
we're facing inflection point.
One of those rare moments in history,
when the decisions we make now, Will
determine the fate of our nation
and the world for decades to come.
That's not hyperbole, I mean it literally.
We're in a battle for
the very soul of America.
I ran for president in 2020
because of what I saw in
Charlottesville in August of 2017.
Extremists coming out of the woods,
carrying torches, their veins bulging
from their necks, carrying Nazi swastikas.
and chanting the same exact
anti Semitic bile that was heard
in Germany in the early 30s.
Neo Nazis, white supremacists,
the Ku Klux Klan.
So emboldened by a president then in the
White House that they saw as an ally.
They didn't even bother
to wear their hoods.
Hate was on the march in America.
All ghosts and new garments stirring
up the oldest divisions, stoking
the oldest fears, giving oxygen
to the oldest forces that they
long sought to tear apart America.
In the process, a young woman was killed.
When I contacted her mother,
I asked about what happened.
She told me When the president was
asked what he thought had happened,
Donald Trump said, and I quote, There
are very fine people on both sides.
My God.
That's what he said.
That is what he said and what he meant.
That's when I realized.
Had to listen to the
admonition of my dead son.
I could not stay in the sidelines.
So I ran.
Because I had no intention
of running again.
I just lost part of my soul, but
I ran with a deep conviction.
In America, I know and believe
in an America where honesty,
dignity, decency still matter.
An America where everyone has a fair
shot and hate has no safe harbor.
An America where the fundamental
creed of this nation is that
all of us are created equal.
It's still very much alive
and a broad coalition of Americans joined
with me, 81 million voters voted for
us more than any time in all of history
because of all of you in this
room and others, we came together
in 2020 to save democracy
as your president.
I've been determined to keep America
moving forward, not going back.
To stand against hate and
violence in all its forms.
To be a nation where we not only
live with, but thrive on diversity.
Demonizing no one, leaving no
one behind, and becoming the
nation that we profess to be.
I also ran
to rebuild the backbone of America.
The middle class.
I made a commitment to you that I'd
be a president for all Americans
whether you voted for me or not.
We have done that.
Studies show the major bills we
have passed actually delivered
more to red states than blue.
Because the job of the president
is to deliver to all of America.
Because of you, and I'm not exaggerating,
because of you, we've had one of the most
extraordinary four years of progress ever.
Thank you very much.
Period.
When I say we, I mean Comeland me.
Just think about it.
COVID no longer controls our lives.
We've gone from economic crisis to the
strongest economy in the entire world.
Record 60 million new jobs.
Record small business growth.
Record high stock market.
Record high 401ks.
Wages up, inflation down, way
down, and continuing to go down.
The smallest racial
wealth gap in 20 years.
And yes, we both know we have more to do,
but we're moving in the right direction.
More Americans have peace of mind that
comes from having health insurance.
More Americans have health insurance today
than ever before in American history.
And after, as a young senator beginning
to fight, beginning to fight for 50
years to give Medicare the power to
negotiate lower prescription drug
prices, we finally beat big pharma.
Hell yeah.
Then guess who?
Cass, the tie breaking vote.
Vice President, soon to be
President, Kamala Harris.
Hell yeah.
And now it's the law of the land.
Instead of paying 400 a month for insulin,
seniors with diabetes will pay 35 a month.
The law we passed already
includes it, starting in January.
Every senior's total prescription cost
can be capped at 2, 000, no matter
how expensive the drugs they have.
And what we don't focus on,
and our Republican friends
don't seem to understand.
Our reforms don't just save seniors money,
they save the American taxpayers money.
You know what we just passed saves?
It saved 160 billion dollars
over the next decade.
That's not hyperbole, it's because
medicare no longer has to pay those
exorbitant prices to the big pharma.
But look,
thank you Kamala too.
Look,
folks,
how can we have the strongest
economy in the world?
without the best
infrastructure in the world.
Donald Trump promised infrastructure
week every week for four years
and he never built a damn thing.
Hell yeah.
But now because of the common
life done, remember we were
told we couldn't get it done.
Remember when we came into office,
we couldn't get anything passed.
But right now we're giving America
an infrastructure decade, not week.
Hell yeah.
Modernizing our roads, our
bridges, our ports, our
airports, our trains, our buses.
Removing every lead pipe from
schools and homes so every
child can drink clean water.
Providing affordable high speed
internet for every American no matter
where they live, unlike, not unlike
what Roosevelt did with electricity.
And so much more.
We are uniting the country.
We're growing our economy.
We're improving our quality of life.
And we're building a better America.
Hell yeah!
Because that's who we are.
How can we be the strongest
nation in the world?
Without leading the world
in science and technology.
After years of importing 90 percent of
our semiconductor chips from abroad,
which America invented that, those chips.
Our Chips and Science Act meant that
private companies from around the
world are now investing literally tens
of billions of dollars to build new
chip factories right here in America.
And over that period, they'll
create tens of thousands of jobs.
And many of those jobs in the so called
fabs, the buildings that make the chips.
that's being constructed now.
And guess what?
The average salary in those fabs,
size of a football field, will be
over a hundred thousand dollars a year
and you don't need a college degree.
Hell yeah.
Because of you and so
many electeds out there.
American manufacturing is back.
Where are those who say we wouldn't
lead the world of manufacturing?
800, 000 new manufacturing jobs.
Our Republican friends and
others made sure they'd go
abroad to get the cheapest labor.
We used to import
products and export jobs.
Now we export American products
and create American jobs.
Right here,
where jobs belong.
With every new job, with every new
factory, pride and hope is being
brought back to communities throughout
the country that were left behind.
You know you're from it, many of you.
You know what it's like when that factory
closed, where your mother, your father,
your grandmother, grandfather worked.
And now you're back, providing once again,
proving that Wall Street didn't build
America, the middle class built America,
and unions, unions built the middle class.
Hell yeah.
It's been my view since
I came to the Senate.
And that's why I'm proud.
I've been the first president
to walk a picket line
and be labeled the most pro union
president in history and I accept it.
It's a fact.
Because when unions do
well, we all do well.
Hell yeah.
You got it, man.
You got it.
I agree.
I'm proud.
Look, remember we told we couldn't
get anything done because we couldn't
get anything done in the Congress?
With your support, we passed
the most significant climate
law in the history of mankind.
Over 370 billion dollars.
Cutting carbon emissions in half by 2030.
Launching a climate corps, similar
to AmeriCorps and PeaceCorps.
Creating tens of thousands of jobs
for young people of the future.
We're going to make sure this continues.
Creating hundreds of thousands of jobs
in clean energy for American workers.
Including the IBEW installing
500, 000, 500, 000 charging
stations all across America.
That's material for Trump,
those charging stations.
Reducing carbon emissions.
That's right.
And we're seeing it.
They were so efficient.
We're seeing to it that
the first beneficiaries of
environmental initiatives.
But he said they spent 8 billion
on four of them, or eight of them.
They're just smothered by
the legacy of pollution.
Louisiana and Delaware.
Route 9.
All the factors, all those
chemical factors are right next
to the poorest neighborhoods.
They're the ones we're gonna bring back!
Hell yeah!
And how?
How can we be the greatest nation
in the world without the best
education system in the world?
Don't go there.
Donald Trump and
the Republican friends, they not only
can't think, they can't read very well.
Seriously, think about it.
Look at their project 2025.
I want to do away with the part
of education during the pandemic.
Common I help states and cities get
back their schools back open and we
gave public school teachers a raise.
We created apprenticeships of
business in the communities, putting
students on a path of good playing
job whether or not they go to college.
And by the way, we're making college a
hell of a lot more affordable, increasing
Pell grants by 900.
Over 15 billion dollars to HBCUs.
Hell yeah!
Including Hispanic
institutions, tribal colleges.
We kept our commitment to provide more
student relief than ever by lifting the
burden of helping millions of families
so they can get married, start a family,
buy a home, and begin to build family
wealth and contribute to the community.
And grow our economy.
It's not costing us, it's
creating more wealth.
We fundamentally transformed how our,
transformed how our economy grows.
From the middle out, and the
bottom up, instead of the top down.
You know, my dad used to say there wasn't
a whole hell of a lot to drop down on my
kitchen table at the end of the month.
I come from a basic middle class family.
Three bedroom house, four kids,
a grandpop living with us.
Decent neighborhood.
But never a penny to spare.
And look, that top down
notion never worked.
A lot of Democrats didn't think it
worked, thought it worked, but it doesn't.
And when we did all that, what
we've done, Everybody can do well.
Everybody.
Donald Trump calls
America a failing nation.
No, I'm serious.
But think about this.
Think about this.
He publicly says to the whole world, I'm
going to say something outrageous, I know
more foreign leaders by their first names
and know them well than anybody live.
Just because I'm so damn old.
But I'm not joking.
Think of the message he sends
around the world when he talks about
America being a failing nation.
He says we're losing.
He's the loser.
He's dead wrong.
Many of you are very successful
people who travel the world.
Name me a country in the world
that doesn't think we're the
leading nation in the world.
Without America, not a joke.
Think about it.
I'm being literal.
Who could lead the world other
than the United States of America?
But guess what?
America is winning and the
world's better off for it.
America is more prosperous and
America is safer today than
it was under Donald Trump.
Trump continues to lie about crime
in America, like everything else.
Guess what?
On his watch, the murder rate went up
30%, the biggest increase in history.
Meanwhile, we made the largest investment,
Kamala and I, in public safety ever.
Now, the murder rate is falling
faster than any time in history.
Violent crime has dropped to the
lowest level in more than 50 years.
And crime will keep coming down
when we put a prosecutor in the Oval
Office instead of a convicted felon.
Say no more.
Folks, the distinguished senator from
the sea senator from California and I
passed the first ban on assault weapons.
And
guess what, it worked.
If we care about public safety,
we need to prevent gun violence.
And it makes me ashamed when I
travel the world, which I do.
More children in America are
killed by a gunshot than any
other cause in the United States.
More die from a bullet than cancer,
accidents, or anything else in
the United States of America.
My God.
That's why Kamala and I are proud.
We beat the NRA when we passed
the first major bipartisan
gun safety law in 30 years.
I'm serious.
That comes from here.
And now it's time to ban
assault weapons again
and demand universal background checks.
It's hard.
I never thought I'd stand before a
crowd of Democrats and refer to a
president as a liar so many times.
No, I'm not trying to be funny.
It's sad.
Trump continues to lie about the border.
Here's what he won't tell you.
Trump killed the strongest
bipartisan border deal in the
history of the United States.
Now, we negotiated with
a Senate Republican.
It took four months, four weeks.
Once it passed, I never
acknowledged those expansive
border change in American history.
He called senators to say, Don't
support the bipartisan bill.
He said it would help me politically
and hurt him politically.
My God.
No, I'm serious.
Think about it.
Not a joke.
Ask even the press who doesn't like me.
They'll tell you that's true.
Typically Trump, once again, putting
himself first, and America last.
Then I had to take executive action.
The result of the executive action I took,
border encounters have dropped over 50%.
In fact, there are fewer border crosses
today than when Donald Trump left office.
And unlike Trump, we will not
demonize immigrants, saying they're
the poison of blood of America.
Poison of blood of our country.
Kamala and I are committed to
strengthening legal immigration.
Including protecting dreamers and more.
And here's what else I believe in.
Protecting your freedom.
Your freedom to vote.
Your freedom to love who you love.
And your freedom to choose.
It is decision overturning Roe v.
Wade as you heard earlier tonight.
The United States Supreme Court majority
wrote the following quote women are
not without electrical without not
allowed not without electoral electoral
or political power.
No kidding.
Maggie republicans found out
the power of women in 2022
and Donald Trump is going to find out.
The power of women in 2024.
Watch.
Say no more.
And when Trump and his
mega Republican right
wingers seek to erase history,
we Democrats continue to write
history and make more history.
I'm proud,
I'm proud to have kept my commitment
to appoint the first black woman
in the United States Supreme Court.
Hell yeah.
Katonji Brown Jackson,
the symbol for every
young woman in America.
that you can do anything.
I'm proud that I've kept my commitment
to having an administration that
looks like America, and that taps
in to the full talent of our nation.
The most diverse cabinet in history,
including the first black woman of South
Asian descent to serve as vice president,
and will soon serve as the 47th
president of the United States.
Hell yeah.
She's good.
Look.
Thank you Kamala.
Folks, I've long said we have
many obligations as a nation,
but I got in trouble years ago
for saying I'd make no apologies.
We have only one truly sacred obligation
to prepare and equip those we send to
war and care for them and their families
when they come home and when they don't.
That's why I'm so proud to have
written and signed the PACT Act.
One of the most significant laws ever.
Helping veterans and
their families exposed to toxic materials
like burn pits and Agent Orange.
I was around during the Vietnam War.
It's hard.
Nobody was able to prove that their
illness was a consequence of Agent Orange.
And no one was able to prove initially
that because they lived in burn pits
like my son lived next to in Iraq for a
year, that is the cause of their illness.
But because of the PACT Act,
a surviving spouse to two
children is now eligible for a
stipend of about 3, 000 a month.
And those children who lost a parent
are eligible for tuition benefits to
go to college and to get job training.
Give my student loans.
It's already helping over 1 million
veterans and their families just so far.
Well, I love them and I'm so
proud of my son's service.
We get it, but guess who doesn't get
it and doesn't respect our veterans.
We know from his own chief of staff,
the four star General John Kelly,
that Trump, when in Europe, would not
go to the grave sites of one of the,
in France, the brave service members
who gave their lives to this country.
He called them suckers and losers.
Who in the hell does he think he is?
Who does he think he is?
Fired
up, Joe.
No words!
This ain't no sleepy Joe,
this is fired up Joe.
They're not worthy of
being commander in chief.
Period.
Not then, not now, and not ever.
I mean that.
I mean that from the bottom of my heart.
Just as no commander in chief
should ever bow down to a dictator
the way Trump bows down to Putin.
I never have, and I promise you.
Kamala Harris will never
do it, will never bow down.
Hell yeah.
When Trump left office, Europe
and NATO was in tatters.
Not a joke.
America First Doctrine changed
our whole image in the world.
Well I spent, they gave the
hours about 190 hours sum total.
Me and my counterparts were heads of
state in Europe to strengthen NATO.
We did.
We united Europe like it
hadn't been united for years.
Adding Finland and Sweden to NATO.
Oh yeah.
Look at the Joe that should
have showed up for the debate.
Ten days before he died, Henry
Kissinger called and said, not since,
not since Napoleon, as Europe not
looked over the shoulder at Russia
with dread, until now, until now.
Well guess what?
Putin thought he'd take
Kiev in three days.
Three years later, Ukraine is still free.
Hell yeah.
When I came to office, the conventional
wisdom was, that China would
inevitably surpass the United States.
They haven't noticed.
No one's saying that now.
And we'll keep working to bring hostages
home and end the war in Gaza and bring
peace and security to the Middle East.
As you know, I wrote a
peace treaty for Gaza.
A few days ago, I put forward a proposal
that brought us closer to doing that
than we've done since October 7th.
We're working around the clock.
My Secretary of State.
Prevent a wider war and reunite hostages
of their families and surge humanitarian
health and food assistance into Gaza now
to end the civilian suffering
of the Palestinian people.
And finally, finally, finally,
deliver a ceasefire and end this war.
Hell yeah.
Those protesters out in the
street, they have a point.
A lot of innocent people are
being killed on both sides.
Yesterday we worked around the clock
to bring home wrongfully detained
Americans and others from Russia.
In one of the most
complicated swaps in history.
But they're home.
Kamala and I are going to keep working
to bring all Americans wrongfully
detained around the world home.
I mean it.
We'll Folks, I've got five months left in
my presidency, and I've got a lot to do.
I intend to get it done.
It's not done.
Hell yeah!
It's been the honor of my lifetime
to serve as your president.
I love the job, but I
love my country more.
I love my country more.
And all this talk about how I'm
angry at all those people who said
I should step down, that's not true.
I love my country more, and we
need to preserve our democracy.
Thank you.
In 2024, we need you to vote.
We need you to keep the Senate.
We need you to win back the
House of Representatives.
And
above all, we need you
to beat Donald Trump.
Hell yeah!
And elect Kamala and Tim.
Hell yeah!
President and Vice President of
the United States of America.
Look, they'll continue
to lead America forward.
Creating more jobs, standing up for
workers, growing the economy, and Lower
the cost to American families so they
just have a little more breathing room.
We made incredible process, progress.
We have more work to do.
And Kamala and Tim will continue
to take on corporate greed
and bring down cost of food.
They'll keep taking on
Big Pharma making insulin.
35 a month, not just for seniors,
but for everyone in America.
And capping prescription drug
costs a total of 2, 000, not just
for seniors, but for everyone.
And folks, that's going to save America
again tens of billions of dollars.
Folks,
they'll make housing more affordable.
Building 3 million new homes.
Providing 25, 000 down payment
assistance for the first time home buyer.
More than the 10 we approved.
Donald Trump wants new
tax on imported goods.
Food, gas, clothing, and more.
You know what that would cost the
average family according to the experts?
3, 900 a year in a tax.
No, that's a fact.
Kamala and Tim will make the
child care tax credit permanent.
Lifting millions of
children out of poverty.
And helping millions
of families get ahead.
But you know what Trump has?
He put the, he created the largest
debt any president had in four years.
With his 2 trillion tax
cut for the wealthy.
Well, Trump has a new plan.
He wants to provide a 5 billion tax cut
for corporations that are very wealthy.
Read it.
Put us further in debt.
And folks, you know we have a
thousand trillion, we have a
thousand billionaires in America.
You know what their
average tax rate they pay?
8.
2%!
If we just increase their tax as we
proposed to 25%, which isn't the highest
tax rate even, you It would raise 500
billion new dollars over 10 years.
They'd still be very wealthy.
Look,
Kamala and Tim are gonna make
them pay their fair share.
They'll protect Social
Security and Medicare.
Trump wants to cut Social
Security and Medicare.
Kamala and Tim will protect your freedom.
They'll protect your vote to
right, your right to vote.
They'll protect your civil rights.
And you know, they'll Trump will do
everything to ban abortion nationwide.
Oh, he will.
You know, Kamala and Tim will do
everything they possibly can, that's
why you have to elect a Senate
in the House, to restore Roe v.
Wade.
The ancient Greeks taught us
that character is destiny.
Character is destiny.
For me and Jill, we know Kamala
and Doug are people of character.
It's been our honor to
serve alongside them.
And we know that Tim and Gwen Waltz
are also people of great character.
Selecting Kamala was the very
first decision I made before I
became, when I became our nominee.
And it was the best decision
I made my whole career.
We've not only gotten to know each
other, we've become close friends.
She's tough, she's experienced,
and she has enormous integrity.
Enormous integrity.
Her story represents
the best American story.
And like many of our best presidents,
she was also vice president.
That's a joke.
Hey, he made a little joke.
But she'll be a president
our children can look up to.
She'll be a president respected by
world leaders because she already is.
She'll be a president
we can all be proud of.
And she will be a historic president
who puts her stamp on America's future.
This will be the first presidential
election since January 6th.
On that day, we almost lost everything
about who we are as a country.
And that threat, this is not hyperbole,
that threat is still very much alive.
Donald Trump says he will refuse to accept
the election result if he loses again.
Think about that.
He means it.
Think about that.
He's promising a bloodbath
if he loses, in his words.
And that he'll be a dictator
on day one, in his own words.
By the way, this sucker means it.
No, I'm not joking.
Think about it.
Anybody else said that in the
past, you'd think he was crazy, he
is crazy, but you'd think it was
an exaggeration, but he means it.
We can't let that happen.
Folks, all of us carry
a special obligation.
Independents, Republicans, Democrats.
We saved democracy in 2020.
And now we must save it again in 2024.
The vote of each of us cast
this year will determine whether
democracy and freedom will prevail.
It's that simple.
It's that serious.
And the power is literally in your hands.
History is in your hands.
Not hyperbole.
It's in your hands.
America's future is in your hands.
Let me close with this.
Nowhere else in the world could a kid
with a stutter and modest beginnings in
Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Claymont,
Delaware Grow up to sit behind the
Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.
That,
that's because America is, and always
has been, a nation of possibilities.
Possibilities.
We must never lose that.
Never.
Kamala and Tim understand that
this nation must continue to
be a place of possibilities.
Not just for the few of
us, but for all of us.
Join me in promising your
whole heart to this effort.
And where my heart will be.
I promise I'll be the best volunteer
Harrison Walsh has ever seen.
A
volunteer?
Mm, yeah.
Each of us has a part
in the American story.
For me and my family, there's
a song that means a lot to us.
It captures the best of
who we are as a nation.
The song is called American Anthem.
There's one verse that stands
out, and I can't sing worth
a damn, so I'm not gonna try.
I'll just quote it.
The work and prayers of centuries.
have brought us to this day.
What shall our legacy be?
What will our children say?
Let me know in my heart
when my days are through.
America, America, I gave my best to you.
God bless America.
Oh.
Witnessing history tonight.
Oh.
Going out.
Going out strong.
I've made, I've made a lot
of mistakes in my career.
But I gave my best to you.
For 50 years, like many of you, I've given
my heart and soul to our nation, and I've
been blessed a million times in return
for the support of the American people.
I've really been too young to be in
the Senate because I wasn't 30 yet,
and too old to stay as President.
But I hope you know how
grateful I am to all of you.
I can honestly say, and I mean this from
the bottom, give me my word as a Biden.
I can honestly say I'm more
optimistic about the future than
I was when I was elected as a 29
year old United States Senator.
I mean it.
Folks,
we just have to remember who we are.
We're the United States of America!
And there's nothing we cannot
do when we do it together.
God bless you all and may
God protect our troops.
God bless America.
Wow.
That was it, man.
Going out going out strong
Wrong finish.
Oh, look at that's nice
This
was a star studded cast tonight,
man, yeah bring the whole family out.
Yeah, I mean We had quite a list I
was I was particularly surprised to
see hillary come out tonight Yeah,
you know We already had Joe coming.
So I'll kill her.
Oh,
wrong spot.
Kamala.
She has to finish strong.
And she got it in it.
Oh yeah.
I think she will be close.
Absolutely.
You know, the RNC, okay.
I mean, it came out strong.
You know, you want to say
make America great again, but.
Huh?
Heh heh.
Heh heh heh.
In the words of um, who was it, Ronald
Reagan, make America great again.
Let's make American great again.
I
feel excitement, man.
I really feel excitement.
You know, I, I can actually say
after the first night of the
RNC, I felt like there was unity.
Yeah, I felt like it was a unified
that their party had unified now I can
walk now walking away from tonight.
I feel excited You know like man I'm
curious to see we got I mean, this is
gonna be a long week, but You gotta
get some segments on on the responses
You know, particularly van jones.
I personally like And what he has
to say, I want to see how he felt
about this, the energy tonight.
We got peace, peace.
Oh, look at this.
James Atkins, the
democratic party is back.
Just
a lot of excitement.
I
mean, and you know, Bob is
going to bring the house down.
Now
we got a little escape door.
So.
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