E
LOVED TO HOST YOU IN PERSON, I
AM PROUD THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN
THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE HAVE MADE
THE HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS OUR
NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
UNLIKE THE PRESIDENT, WE HAVE
NEVER COLD OVER -- COVID-19 A
HOAX.
UNLIKE THE PRESIDENT, WE HAVE
NEVER MADE FUN OF FACE MASKS.
AND UNLIKE THE PRESIDENT, WE
HAVE NEVER BELITTLED HER PUBLIC
HEALTH EXPERTS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR PUBLIC
HEALTH EXPERTS.
WE UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T BE
TOGETHER, AND WE HOPE YOU DO
TOO, AND AS OUR PARTY COMES
TOGETHER VIRTUALLY TO NOMINATE
JOE BIDEN AS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT,
WE ARE SHOWING THE COUNTRY WE
ARE NOMINATING A LEADER WHO
ISN'T AFRAID TO MAKE TOUGH
CHOICES OR TO WORK WITH HEALTH
EXPERTS COME AND NOT AGAINST
THEM, TO ADDRESS THIS PANDEMIC
-- EXPERTS, AND NOT AGAINST
THEM, TO ADDRESS HIS PANDEMIC.
MILWAUKEE IS SPECIAL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN
YOU ARE ALL ABLE TO COME EXPENSE
ARE BEAUTIFUL LAKEFRONT, OUR
HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, AND
ABOVE ALL, OUR DIVERSE,
HARD-WORKING, AND FAIRLY
RESIDENTS, BUT IN THE MEANTIME,
IT IS MY HONOR TO CALL THE
SECOND SESSION OF THE 48
QUADRENNIAL NATIONAL CONVENTION
OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO
ORDER.
[GAVEL]
>> DELEGATES, WE WILL HEAR
REPORTS FROM OUR THREE
CONVENTION COMMITTEES.
TO START US OFF, I AM PLEASED TO
INTRODUCE TWO COCHAIRS TO
PRESENT THEIR COMMITTEE'S
REPORT.
>> HELLO, DELEGATES COME TO THE
2020 IN AQUATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE SERVED AS
A COCHAIR OF THE CONVENTIONS
COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH LORRAINE
MILLER.
PURSUANT TO CONVENTION COOLS THE
COMMITTEE MET AND TOOK ACTION TO
APPROVE THE CREDENTIALS OF THE
DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES THAT
HAVE BEEN CREDENTIALED FOR THE
2020 NATIONAL CONVENTION.
I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT ALL
CONVENTIONAL -- CONDITIONAL --
CREDENTIAL ISSUES HAVE BEEN
RESOLVED.
IT REFLECTS THE EFFORTS OF SO
MANY TO MAKE OUR PROCESS MORE
OPEN AND MORE TRANSPARENT.
AS A RESULT, WE KNOW THAT OUR
DELEGATES REFLECT THE BEST OF
OUR PARTY, AND WE ARE ALL UNITED
AROUND OUR NOMINEES, JOE BIDEN
AND CONNELLY HARRIS -- SENATOR
KAMALA HARRIS.
>> MAY I ADD MY THANKS AS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH MY
FRIEND JIM ROOSEVELT.
OUR STATE AND TERRITORIAL
PARTIES HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLYC
IN THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES
MAKE SURE THEIR DELEGATIONS
REFLECT THE GREAT DIVERSITY OF
OUR PARTY.
WE ARE PROUD OUR PARTY PLACES UP
ARE ALREADY ON MAKING SURE THAT
PARTICIPANTS AT THIS CONVENTION
HIGHLIGHT A CORE VALUE OF OUR
PARTY, THAT IS ENSURING THAT ALL
AMERICANS, REGARDLESS OF SEX,
RACE, AGE, COLOR, CREED,
NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION,
ECONOMIC STATUS, SEXUAL
ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY,
ETHNIC IDENTITY, OR PHYSICAL
DISABILITY HAVE A ROLE IN THIS
IMPORTANT PROCESS.
MR. CHAIR, I AM PLEASED TO
REPORT THAT CREDENTIAL COMMITTEE
REPORT WAS APPROVED BY COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND ALL DELEGATES HAVE
BEEN FULLY CREDENTIALED.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL NOW HERE FROM THE
COCHAIRS OF THE RULES COMMITTEE
TO PRESENT THE COMMITTEE'S
REPORT.
>> MY NAME IS MARIA.
I AM HONORED TO SERVE AS COCHAIR
OF THE RULES AND BYLAWS
COMMITTEE OF THE DNC, ALONG WITH
MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE,
CONGRESSMAN BARNEY FRANK.
THE RULES COMMITTEE MET THE LAST
WEEK OF JULY TO ADOPT THE
CONVENTION RULES OF PROCEDURE,
OFFICERS, AND AGENDA.
THE COMMITTEE APPROVED THE RULES
THAT WILL GOVERN THE CONVENTION.
THESE PROBES ARE BASED ON A
LONG-STANDING PROCESS -- RULES
ARE BASED ON A LONG-STANDING
PROCESS THAT HAS GOVERNED OUR
CONVENTION FOR MANY CYCLES.
GIVEN THE UNPRECEDENTED NATURE
OF THE COVID-19 HEALTH CRISIS
WITH THESE RULES APPROVED FOCUS
ON PROVIDING FOR A CONVENTION
THAT WILL TRANSFORM THE
CONVENTION EXPERIENCE FOR
DELEGATES AND FOR PARTICIPANTS,
AND WILL ALLOW FOR MAXIMUM
PARTICIPATION BY THOSE
DELEGATES.
THE RULES COMMITTEE ALSO
RATIFIED A DYNAMIC GROUP OF
DEMOCRATS TO SERVE AS THE
OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION.
THE CONVENTION OFFICERS TRULY
REPRESENT THE IDEALS AND
PRINCIPLES OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
THESE ACTIONS OF THE RULES
COMMITTEE WILL ENSURE THAT THE
2020 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION CAN EFFICIENTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY PROCEED WITH ITS
IMPORTANT BUSINESS.
THE RULES COMMITTEE ALSO TOOK
ACTION ON A RESOLUTION THAT WAS
RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY
CONVENTION DELEGATES.
THE RESOLUTION CALLS ON THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO
CONTINUE THE WORK FROM THIS
CYCLE TO IMPROVE OUR NOMINATING
PROCESS AND BUILD ON THOSE
REFORMS FOR THE 2024 CYCLE.
THE RESOLUTION CALLS ON THE DNC
RULES COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT A
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING REFORMS
THAT WERE MADE AND TO EVALUATE
WHERE EVEN FURTHER REFORMS MIGHT
BE NEEDED.
THIS REVIEW AND ACCOUNTING WILL
BE COMPLETE BY MARCH 31, 2021.
CHAIR, I AM PLEASED TO REPORT
THAT UNITY RESOLUTION WAS
APPROVED BY THE DELEGATES.
THANK YOU TO THE DELEGATES.
THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
RULES AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE, AND
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO DO
EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO ENSURE WE
ARE SUCCESSFUL IN NOVEMBER.
THANK YOU.
>> TWO THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO
KNOW.
ONE, THEY CONTINUE AND BUILD ON
THE TREND TOWARDS MAKING OUR
NOMINATING PROCESS IS DEMOCRAT
AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE ASKED WE GO TO PRIMARIES
RATHER THAN CAUCUSES.
WE HAVE MAINTAINED THOSE
RESTRICTIONS ON NONELECTED
DELEGATES.
SECONDLY, EVERYTHING IN THESE
RULES IS THE PRODUCT OF A FREE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SANDERS
AND BIDEN PEOPLE, AS IT WAS LAST
TIME.
THAT IS, WE HAVE A VERY
DEMOCRATIC SET OF RULES AGREED
UPON ENTHUSIASTICALLY BY BOTH
CAMPS.
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO CALL ON THE
PLATFORM COMMITTEE COCHAIRS TO
PRESENT THEIR COMMITTEE'S
REPORT.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I AM HERE ALONGSIDE MY FRIEND.
I WAS HONORED TO COCHAIR THIS
YEAR'S DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
COMMITTEE.
THE PROCESS FOR DRAFTING HER
2020 DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM BEGAN
WITH THE FORMATION OF
TASKFORCES.
APPOINTED BY VICE PRESIDENT
BIDEN AND SENATOR SANDERS, THE
TASK FORCES FOCUSED ON SIX MAJOR
POLICY PRIORITIES.
CONTINUING THE WORK OF THE
TASKFORCES, THE PLATFORM
DRAFTING COMMITTEE ENGAGED
VOTERS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO
SHARE THEIR STORIES, SO THEIR
VALUES WERE REFLECTED.
THE PLATFORM DRAFTING COMMITTEE
GAVE SO MANY THROUGHOUT OUR
PARTY TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS
INCORPORATED, WHETHER ONLINE OR
OTHERWISE.
>> THANKS.
I AM PROUD TO HAVE BEEN JULIE'S
COCHAIR ON THE PLATFORM
COMMITTEE.
OUR COMMITTEE HAS PRODUCED A
PLATFORM THAT PROPOSES SOLUTIONS
TO THE CHALLENGES THAT AMERICAN
FAMILIES FACE IN THIS
UNPRECEDENTED TIME.
IT IS INFORMED BY THE VALUES OF
OUR PARTY, AND THE PRIORITIES OF
OUR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, VICE
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.
I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS
PLATFORM LAYS OUT AN AGENDA
INFORMED BY THE VALUES THAT
WOULD DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP AND
HEAL THE SOUL OF OUR NATION AND
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF
ALL THREE STANDING COMMITTEES
FOR YOUR IMPORTANT WORK TO
ENSURE WE HAVE A SMOOTH AND
ORDERLY CONVENTION, A PLATFORM
THAT REPRESENTS OUR PARTIES,
VALUES, AND INTEREST, AND A PLAN
FOR CONTINUING TO LOOK AT HOW WE
CONDUCT OUR AFFAIRS IN OPENNESS,
FAIRNESS, AND INCLUSION.
♪
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
STANDS, --
>> ONE NATION --
>> ONE NATION --
>> ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE --
>> WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR
ALL.
♪
>> MY FELLOW AMERICANS, THIS IS
MY COUNTRY.
MANY OF US HAVE FOUGHT HARD FOR
THE RIGHT TO SAY THAT.
MANY ARE NOW STRUGGLING TODAY
FROM HARLEM TO DA NANG SO THEY
MAY SAY WITH CONVICTION, THIS IS
OUR COUNTRY.
>> WE ARE A PEOPLE IN A QUANDARY
ABOUT THE PRESENT.
WE ARE A PEOPLE IN SEARCH OF OUR
FUTURE.
>> WE MUST MAKE THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE HEAR OUR TALE OF TWO
CITIES.
WE MUST CONVINCE THEM THAT WE
DON'T HAVE TO SETTLE FOR TWO
CITIES, WE CAN HAVE ONE CITY,
INDIVISIBLE, SHINING FOR ALL OF
ITS PEOPLE.
>> IF YOU GIVE US A CHANCE, WE
CAN PERFORM.
AFTER ALL, GINGER ROGERS DID
EVERYTHING FRED ASTAIRE DID, SHE
JUST DID IT BACKWARDS AND IN
HIGH HEELS.
>> THERE IS NOT A LIBERAL
AMERICA AND A CONSERVATIVE
AMERICA, THERE IS THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
THERE IS NOT A BLACK AMERICA AND
A WHITE AMERICA AND A LATINO
AMERICA, AND ASIAN AMERICA,
THERE IS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
>> THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NOT A
SPRINT OR EVEN A MARATHON.
OUR FAMILIES DON'T ALWAYS CROSS
THE FINISH LINE IN THE SPAN OF
ONE GENERATION BUT EACH
GENERATION PASSES ONTO THE NEXT
THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR.
>> WE ARE ONE PEOPLE, ALL OF US
PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO THE STARS
AND STRIPES, ALL OF US DEFENDING
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WELCOME.
>> WELCOME.
>> WELCOME --
>> TO THE SECOND NIGHT OF THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
>> LOOK AT THE CAMERA AND SMILE.
>> THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF
KEY NOT.
>> ALL OF US ARE ON STAGE AND WE
HAVE LOTS TO SAY.
>> THERE IS A LOT RIDING ON THIS
ELECTION.
>> WE ARE FACING THE BIGGEST
ECONOMIC AND HEALTH CRISIS IN
GENERATIONS.
>> THIS PRESIDENT DIDN'T AND
STILL DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN.
>> WITH DOCTORS, NURSES AND HOME
HEALTH CARE AIDES IN
PHILADELPHIA THAT HAVE TO RISK
THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT OTHERS
BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
>> WHEN FACTORY WORKERS IN OHIO
ARE FACED WITH DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS BECAUSE THIS
ADMINISTRATION HASN'T GIVEN
CLEAR GUIDANCE ON HOW TO PROTECT
OUR PEOPLE.
>> WHEN TEACHERS IN GEORGIA AND
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE BEING
ASKED TO RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM
WITHOUT A PLAN TO KEEP THEM SAFE
, AND PARENTS ARE EXHAUSTED
STRUGGLING, JUGGLING FULL-TIME
WORK AND FULL-TIME CHILDCARE.
>> VISITING OUR PARENTS AND
GRANDPARENTS THROUGH THE WINDOW
OF A NURSING HOME, WORRYING THEY
WILL GET SICK.
>> WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT IN SOUTH
CAROLINA, IN A CITY I REPRESENT,
HAS RISEN NEARLY FOUR-FOLD, AND
EVICTIONS ARE PUTTING FAMILIES
OUT ON THE STREETS IN THE MIDDLE
OF A PANDEMIC.
>> MAKE NO MISTAKE, IT DIDN'T
HAVE TO BE THIS BAD.
IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE VIRUS,
DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T LISTEN TO
THE EXPERTS.
THEN HE SAID SOMETHING A
PRESIDENT SHOULD NEVER SAY.
HE SAID, I DON'T TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY AT ALL.
>> NO RESPONSIBILITY.
>> NO LEADERSHIP.
>> NO PLAN.
>> HE STILL DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN.
>> DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T HAVE A
PLAN.
HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T
FIX THE ECONOMY WITHOUT GETTING
HOLD OF THE VIRUS.
>> HE IS LOOKING OUT FOR THE
PEOPLE THAT WERE ALREADY DOING
JUST FINE, THE WEALTHY, THE BIG
CORPORATIONS, THE DONORS TO HIS
CAMPAIGN.
HE IS LOOKING OUT FOR HIMSELF.
>> THERE IS ONE PERSON WHO IS
LOOKING OUT FOR US.
>> ALL OF US.
>> THAT IS JOE BIDEN.
>> JOE CALLED IT.
WE ARE IN THE BATTLE FOR THE
SOUL OF OUR NATION.
>> JOE KNOWS WE CAN NEVER LET
HARD TIMES TURN US AGAINST EACH
OTHER.
>> WE CAN NEVER STOP DOING HARD
WORK TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT.
>> THAT IS WHY WE RAN FOR
OFFICE.
>> EVEN WHEN PEOPLE COUNTED US
OUT.
>> EVEN WHEN THERE HAD NEVER
BEEN A LATINA IN THE NEVADA
STATE SENATE.
>> OR DEMOCRAT ELECTED TO THE
FLORIDA COMMISSION ABOUT WORK
CULTURE.
>> WHEN BIRMINGHAM HADN'T HAD A
MAYOR THIS YOUNG IN 120 YEARS.
>> WE RAN FOR OFFICE BECAUSE WE
KNOW THE STRUGGLES AMERICAN
FAMILIES ARE FACING.
BECAUSE WE HAVE LIVED THEM.
>> WE HAVE LIVED THE INSECURITY,
THE INDIGNITY OF AN EVICTION
NOTICE.
BUX LIKE MANY OF YOU, I HAVE
LIVED THE FRUSTRATION OF PAYING
OFF STUDENT LOANS.
>> WE HAVE LIVED THE GRIEF OF
LOSING LOVED ONES TO GUN
VIOLENCE AND THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT UNFAIRLY
TARGETS OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> WE HAVE LIVED THE FEELING OF
HELPLESSNESS ON SOMEONE YOU LOVE
IS VERY SICK AND HEALTH CARE IS
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.
>> JOE BIDEN HAS LIVED A LOT OF
THIS, TOO.
>> HE WAS RAISED IN A
MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILY IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
>> HE WATCHED HIS DAD LOOK FOR
WORK AND LEARNED A JOB IS ABOUT
MUCH MORE THAN A PAYCHECK.
IT IS ABOUT DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
>> HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.
>> HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE.
THANK GOD, HE HAD HEALTH CARE.
>> HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO
WORK HARD FOR EVERYTHING HE'S
GOT.
>> WHAT IT IS LIKE TO SEND A
CHILD TO WAR.
>> HE WILL NEVER FORGET WHO HE
IS FIGHTING FOR.
>> I LOOK AROUND MY DISTRICT IN
NORTH TEXAS AND I SEE THE PEOPLE
WHO BUILT THIS COUNTRY, THE
EDUCATORS, LIKE THE SINGLE MOM
WHO RAISED ME, THE MEN AND WOMEN
ON THE FRONTLINES OF OUR HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM.
YOU BUILT THIS COUNTRY.
>> SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, LIKE
THE ONES WHO SHOP IN RESTAURANTS
IN BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN.
>> TRIBAL NATIONS.
>> THE STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA.
>> AND BRING OUR COUNTRY TO
LIFE.
>> THE NURSES IN MEMPHIS WHO
CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO TREAT
PATIENTS DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
YOU BUILT THIS COUNTRY.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU DESERVE MORE THAN A CONSTANT
CHAOS THAT DONALD TRUMP
DELIVERS.
>> YOU DESERVE HEALTH CARE YOU
CAN AFFORD, A JOB THAT PAYS YOU
FAIRLY.
YOU DESERVE CHILDCARE AND PAID
SICK LEAVE WHILE YOU WORK.
AND WHEN YOU PAY THE SOCIAL
SECURITY MEDICARE, YOU DESERVE
TO KNOW IT WILL BE THERE WHEN
YOU RETIRE.
>> THANKS TO VOTERS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY IN BOTH RED STATES AND
BLUE STATES, WE WON.
>> A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS
IS RISING UP.
>> WITH JOE BIDEN IN THE WHITE
HOUSE, THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT
WE CAN DO.
>> IN NEVADA, WE ARE MAKING DRUG
PRICES MORE TRANSPARENT.
SO PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES
WON'T GO BROKE WHILE DRUG
COMPANIES GET RICH.
>> JOE IS WORKING TO PROTECT AND
EXPAND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
HE WILL MAKE SURE MILLIONS KEEP
THEIR COVERAGE AND NO ONE WILL
BE DENIED FOR A PRE-EXISTING
CONDITION.
HE WILL BRING DOWN THE COST OF
HEALTH CARE AND PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS.
HAVING TAX CREDITS FOR WORKING
FAMILIES AND ALLOWING MEDICARE
TO NEGOTIATE DRUG PRICES.
>> THAT IS A GOOD DEAL.
>> THAT IS A BIG F'ING DEAL.
>> JOE KNOWS WE CAN'T HAVE A
HEALTHY ECONOMY IF PEOPLE CAN'T
AFFORD HEALTH CARE.
>> REMEMBER, DONALD TRUMP IS
SUING TO TAKE HEALTH CARE
COVERAGE AWAY FROM MORE THAN 20
MILLION AMERICANS AND ELIMINATE
PROTECTIONS FOR OVER 100 MILLION
WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
>> IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
>> IN TEXAS WE ARE STANDING UP
FOR FIERCE WOMEN LIKE MY MOM AND
MY TIAS WHO RAISED ME TO NEVER
BACKED DOWN FROM A TOUGH FIGHT.
WE ARE FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE
MOTHERS WHO -- MOTHERS HAVE
ACCESS TO HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR
SAFE PREGNANCIES AND CHILDBIRTH,
AND WE ARE BRINGING LONG-OVERDUE
JUSTICE TO SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
>> JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN FIGHTING
FOR WOMEN HIS ENTIRE CAREER.
AS SENATOR, HE SPONSORED -- HE
WILL CODIFY ROE V. WADE AND MAKE
REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY,
ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN OF COLOR, A
TOP PRIORITY.
>> IN FLORIDA, ON THE FRONT
LINES OF OUR CLIMATE CRISIS, WE
ARE WORKING TO PRODUCE MORE
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SHRINK OUR
CARBON FOOTPRINT.
>> JOE HAS A PLAN TO INVEST IN
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> WE ARE CLOSING LOOPHOLES TO
ENSURE LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS USE AMERICAN MADE
MATERIALS ON LOCAL LABOR AND
SUPPORT AMERICAN MANUFACTURING.
>> UNLIKE DONALD TRUMP, JOE
BIDEN WILL ACTUALLY ENFORCE BUY
AMERICAN RULES, INVESTING IN
AMERICAN MADE CLEAN ENERGY,
BUILDING MATERIALS, HIGH TECH
EQUIPMENT, AND R&D, CREATING
MORE GOOD JOBS.
>> IN MICHIGAN WE ARE BANNING
BUSINESS PRACTICES THAT EXPLOIT
WORKERS AND COST THEM HUNDREDS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOST
WAGES.
>> WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT THE
HIGHEST RATE SINCE THE GREAT
DEPRESSION, WHEN MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THEIR HOURS AND
PAY SLASHED, JOE KNOWS IT IS NOT
ENOUGH TO MAKE THE ECONOMY THE
WAY IT WAS BEFORE.
WE HAVE TO BUILD IT BACK BETTER.
>> HE WILL BUILD AN ECONOMY THAT
REWARDS WORK, NOT WEALTH, AND
GET RID OF THE TRUMP TAX CUTS
THAT ONLY BENEFIT BIG
CORPORATIONS AND THE RICH.
THEN, HE WILL INVEST IN HEALTH
CARE, EDUCATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IN GETTING SMALL BUSINESSES
UP AND RUNNING AGAIN.
>> TAKE IT FROM ME.
WHEN YOU ARE IN THE TRENCHES,
YOU WANT JOE BIDEN NEXT TO YOU.
>> WHEN I WANTED TO MARRY THE
MAN I LOVED, JOE BIDEN WAS THE
FIRST NATIONAL FIGURE TO SUPPORT
ME AND MY FAMILY.
APPRECIATE YOU, MAN.
>> WHEN THE AUTO INDUSTRY WAS
GOING UNDER, JOE STUCK HIS NECK
OUT TO PROTECT IT AND HELPED
SAVE 1.5 MILLION AUTO JOBS.
>> WHEN THE ECONOMY WAS ON THE
BRINK JOE LED THE RECOVERY
EFFORT TO CREATE MILLIONS OF
JOBS INCLUDING IN WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.
UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, AMERICA
BOUNCED BACK WITH THE LONGEST
ECONOMIC EXPANSION IN HISTORY.
>> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN JOE
BIDEN IS IN YOUR CORNER.
WORKING FAMILIES AT A FAIR SHOT.
>> HE UNDERSTANDS LEADERSHIP
MEANS FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO BUILT THIS COUNTRY.
ALL OF YOU.
>> ALL OF US.
>> THIS NATION BELONGS TO ALL OF
US.
AND IN EVERY ELECTION, WE CHOOSE
HOW WE WILL CREATE A MORE
PERFECT UNION.
NOT I TAKING SIDES, BUT BY
TAKING STOCK OF WHERE WE ARE AND
WHAT WE NEED.
THIS YEAR'S CHOICE COULD NOT BE
MORE CLEAR.
AMERICA FACES A TRIPLE THREAT.
A PUBLIC HEALTH CATASTROPHE, AND
ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, AND A
RECKONING WITH RACIAL JUSTICE
AND INEQUALITY.
OUR CHOICE IS CLEAR.
A STEADY, EXPERIENCED PUBLIC
SERVANT WHO CAN LEAD US OUT OF
THE CRISIS JUST LIKE HE HAS DONE
BEFORE, OR A MAN WHO ONLY KNOWS
HOW TO DENY AND DISTRACT.
A LEADER WHO CARES ABOUT OUR
FAMILIES, OR A PRESIDENT WHO
ONLY HEARS ABOUT HIMSELF.
WE KNOW JOE BIDEN.
AMERICA, WE NEED JOE BIDEN.
TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD, TEXT
VOTE 30330.
IN A DEMOCRACY, WE DON'T ELECT
SAVIORS.
WE CAST OUR BALLOTS FOR THOSE
WHO SEE OUR STRUGGLE AND PLEDGE
TO SERVE.
WHO HEAR OUR DREAMS AND WORK TO
MAKE THEM REAL.
WHO DEFEND OUR WAY OF LIFE BY
PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
FACED WITH THE PRESIDENT OF
COWARDICE, JOE BIDEN IS A MINUTE
PROVEN COURAGE.
HE WILL RESTORE OUR MORAL
COMPASS BY CONFRONTING OUR
CHALLENGES, NOT BY HIDING FROM
THEM OR UNDERMINING OUR
ELECTIONS TO KEEP HIS JOB.
IN A TIME OF VOTER SUPPRESSION
AT HOME AND AUTHORITARIANS
ABROAD, JOE BIDEN WILL BE A
CHAMPION FOR FREE AND FAIR
ELECTIONS.
FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM THAT
KEEPS US SAFE.
FOR AN ECONOMY THAT WE BUILD
BACK BETTER THAN BEFORE.
AND FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND
INTEGRITY IN OUR SYSTEM OF
JUSTICE.
WE STAND WITH JOE BIDEN.
BECAUSE THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT
DEFEATING DONALD TRUMP.
WE ARE IN THIS TO WIN FOR
AMERICA.
SO LET'S GET IT DONE.
♪
>> HELLO.
I'M TRACEE ELLIS ROSS.
HOW EXCITING TO HEAR FROM YOUNG
ELECTED LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
A PERFECT WAY TO BEGIN NIGHT TWO
OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION, UNITING AMERICA.
TONIGHT, IT'S ALL ABOUT
LEADERSHIP.
THIS UNPRECEDENTED MOMENT CALLS
FOR LEADERSHIP, STEADY,
INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP DRIVEN BY
PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR
DEMOCRACY IS BASED ON THE VALUE
OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US
BEING TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND
RESPECT.
LEADERS WHO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS
OF HARD-WORKING AMERICANS WHO
RIGHT THIS MINUTE ARE UNABLE TO
PAY RENT, PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE,
AND KEEP THEIR LOVED ONES SAFE.
AS A BLACK WOMAN, I FIND MYSELF
AT A CRUCIAL INTERSECTION IN
AMERICAN POLITICS.
FOR FAR TOO LONG, BLACK FEMALE
LEADERSHIP IN THIS COUNTRY HAS
BEEN UTILIZED WITHOUT BEING
ACKNOWLEDGED OR VALUED.
BUT WE ARE TURNING THE TIDE.
HELLO, KAMALA.
HER NOMINATION IS HISTORIC FOR
ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN WE THE
PEOPLE.
LIKE SENATOR HARRIS AND MANY WE
SAW IN THE KEYNOTE, TODAY'S
LEADERS EMERGED FROM COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE LONG BEEN
UNDER-REPRESENTED.
THEY ARE CHARTING NEW PATHS IN
THE SPIRIT OF SHIRLEY CHISHOLM,
CHARLOTTA BASS, SANDY LOU
HAMER'S THEN JOHN LEWIS.
THEY GET IN GOOD TROUBLE.
NECESSARY TROUBLE.
THEY CALL THINGS OUT OTHERWISE
IGNORED, ELEVATING OUR NATION
AND CHANGING THE COURSE OF OUR
LIVES FOR THE BETTER.
WITH EVERY VOTE WE CAST FOR
FORWARD THINKING, HONEST
LEADERS, WE CHIP AWAY AT
INGRAINED SYSTEMS OF INEQUITY
AND WE BEND -- BEND THE ARC OF
JUSTICE.
TRUE LEADERS MAKE SURE POLICY IS
INFORMED BY ALL OF US, BRIDGING
OUR BURDENED PAST TO A SAFE,
EQUITABLE, AND EVEN JOYFUL
FUTURE.
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS ARE
THAT BRIDGE, HEEDING VOICES
WITHIN THE MOVEMENT FOR RACIAL
JUSTICE, LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE
AND ACTING WITH EMPATHY TO
REFLECT OUR SHARED HUMANITY.
TONIGHT, WE WILL HEAR FROM A
NUMBER OF AMERICAN LEADERS,
INCLUDING FORMER ACTING U.S.
ATTORNEY GENERAL SALLY YATES,
WHO REFUSED TO DEFEND AN
UNCONSTITUTIONAL TRAVEL BAN AND
PAY FOR -- PAID FOR IT WITH HER
JOB.
>> THE THREAT IS REAL.
IT IS CLEAR AND IT IS PRESENT.
WE HAVE WATCHED THE PRESIDENT
FOR THREE YEARS.
LOOK AT WHAT HE'S DOING.
I'M NOT JOKING, INSTILLING FEAR,
SEWING DIVISIONS, STOKING RACIAL
DIVISIONS, UNDERCUTTING EVERY
INSTITUTION THAT WAS DESIGNED TO
CHECK THE ABUSE OF POWER BY THE
PRESIDENT OR ANYONE ELSE.
ALL OF THIS FOR WHAT REASON?
ALL OF THIS IN ORDER TO SOLIDIFY
HIS BASE AND EXPAND HIS POWER.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M SALLY YATES.
SPEAKING AT A POLITICAL
CONVENTION IS SOMETHING I NEVER
EXPECTED TO BE DOING.
BUT THE FUTURE OF OUR DEMOCRACY
IS AT STAKE.
I AM HERE IN MY HOMETOWN OF
ATLANTA, WHERE AS A YOUNG LAWYER
I JOINED OUR NATION'S JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS, THROUGH
DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN
ADMINISTRATIONS, I WORKED
ALONGSIDE MY DOJ COLLEAGUES TO
ADVANCE OUR NATION'S PROMISE OF
EQUAL JUSTICE.
I SERVED AS DEPUTY ATTORNEY
GENERAL IN THE OBAMA-BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AND STAYED ON AS
ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL FROM --
FOR THE TRUMP TRANSITION.
10 DAYS IN I WAS FIRED FOR
REFUSING TO DEFEND PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S SHAMEFUL AND UNLAWFUL
MUSLIM TRAVEL BAN.
THAT WAS THE START OF HIS
RELENTLESS ATTACKS ON OUR
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND
COUNTLESS DEDICATED PUBLIC
SERVANTS.
LIKE ME, THESE OFFICIALS DIDN'T
SWEAR AN OATH TO A PERSON.
OR A PARTY.
PUBLIC SERVANTS PROMISE TO
DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION, UPHOLD
OUR LAWS, AND WORK ON BEHALF OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
BUT FROM THE MOMENT PRESIDENT
TRUMP TOOK OFFICE, HE HAS USED
HIS POSITION TO BENEFIT HIMSELF
RATHER THAN OUR COUNTRY.
HE HAS TRAMPLED THE RULE OF LAW,
TRYING TO WEAPONIZE OUR JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT TO ATTACK HIS ENEMIES
AND PROTECT HIS FRIENDS.
RATHER THAN STANDING UP TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN, HE FAWNS OVER A
DICTATOR WHO IS STILL TRYING TO
INTERFERE IN OUR ELECTIONS.
HE IS EVEN TRYING TO SABOTAGE
OUR POSTAL SERVICE TO KEEP
PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO VOTE.
HIS CONSTANT ATTACKS ON THE FBI,
THE FREE PRESS, INSPECTORS
GENERAL, FEDERAL JUDGES, THEY
ALL HAVE ONE PURPOSE.
TO REMOVE ANY CHECK ON HIS ABUSE
OF POWER.
PUT SIMPLY, HE TREATS OUR
COUNTRY LIKE IT IS HIS FAMILY
BUSINESS.
THIS TIME, BANKRUPTING OUR
NATION'S MORAL AUTHORITY AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
BUT OUR COUNTRY DOESN'T BELONG
TO HIM.
IT BELONGS TO ALL OF US.
JOE BIDEN EMBRACES THAT.
HE HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE
PUTTING OUR COUNTRY FIRST.
HE HAS NEVER BACKED DOWN FROM A
CHALLENGE OR A BULLY.
HE SUMMONS THE BEST IN US AND
LIVES BY THE VALUES THAT DEFINE
US AS AMERICANS, SERVICE,
INTEGRITY, COURAGE, COMPASSION.
THERE ARE COUNTLESS STORIES OF
JOE BIDEN REACHING OUT TO
SOMEONE IN THEIR MOMENT OF NEED.
WELL, THIS IS OUR COUNTRY'S
MOMENT OF NEED.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT TO RESPECT
OUR LAWS AND THE PRIVILEGE OF
PUBLIC SERVICE.
WHO REFLECTS OUR VALUES AND
HEARS ABOUT OUR PEOPLE.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL
RESTORE THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
WE NEED JOE BIDEN.
♪
>> OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS WE
HAVE EXPERIENCED FAILED
LEADERSHIP UNDER DONALD J.
TRUMP.
>> WE HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS
INSANITY.
>> I WATCHED THE COUNTRY
DETERIORATE.
>> THE COVER BOPS, THE LYING.
>> THE DISREGARD FOR THE
CONSTITUTION.
>> DONALD TRUMP HAS FAILED
AMERICA.
>> IT IS TIME FOR US TO RECLAIM
--
>> OUR CONSTITUTIONAL AND
DEMOCRATIC VALUES.
>> WE NEED TO PROVE TO THE WORLD
AND PROVE TO OURSELVES THAT WE
ARE BETTER THAN THIS.
>> WE NEED AN EXPERIENCED
LEADER.
>> WHO HAS PASSION, INTEGRITY,
AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
>> HIS NAME IS JOE BIDEN.
>> JOE BIDEN.
>> HE REALLY WANTS THE BEST FOR
THIS COUNTRY.
>> HE RESPECTS DEMOCRACY, THE
RULE OF LAW, AND THE
CONSTITUTION.
>> --
>> HI. THIS IS SENATOR CHUCK
SCHUMER, DEMOCRATIC LEADER FROM
MY HOMETOWN, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
BEHIND ME IS A SITE I SEE OUT OF
MY WINDOW EVERY NIGHT, THE
STATUE OF LIBERTY, THE SAME
SIGHT THAT GREETED HOPEFUL
IMMIGRANTS LIKE MY GRANDPARENTS,
A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM AND A BEACON
OF HOPE TO THE WORLD.
TODAY, DONALD TRUMP HAS DIVIDED
OUR COUNTRY, DIMINISHED OUR
GREATNESS AND DEMEANED
EVERYTHING THAT THIS STATUE
REPRESENTS.
HE EVEN HID IN A BUNKER AS
AMERICANS WERE TEARGAS TAN
BEATEN.
MILLIONS JOBLESS, 170,000
AMERICANS DEAD FROM COVID AND
DONALD TRUMP SAYS IT IS WHAT IT
IS.
PRESIDENTS SHOULD NEVER SAY IT
IS WHAT IT IS.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, HONORING THE
GREAT SACRIFICE AT GETTYSBURG,
DIDN'T SAY IT IS WHAT IT IS.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, SEEING A
THIRD OF THE NATION ILL HOUSED
AND ILL NERVE REST, DIDN'T SAY
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
AMERICA, DONALD TRUMP HAS QUIT
ON YOU.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WITH
DIGNITY, INTEGRITY, AND THE
EXPERIENCE TO LEAD US OUT OF
THIS CRISIS.
A MAN WITH A STEADY HAND AND A
BIG HEART WHO WILL NEVER, EVER
QUIT ON AMERICA.
THAT MAN IS MY FRIEND, JOE
BIDEN.
HE WILL BE A GREAT PRESIDENT,
BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO WIN THIS
BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF OUR
NATION, JOE CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
DEMOCRATS MUST TAKE BACK THE
SENATE.
WE WILL STAY UNITED FROM SANDERS
AND WARREN TO HIM -- TO WARNER,
AND WITH OUR UNITY WE WILL BRING
BOLD AND DRAMATIC CHANGE TO OUR
COUNTRY.
LET ME TELL YOU SOME OF THE FOR
THINGS WE DO.
WITH VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN --
PRESIDENT BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT
HARRISON DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY, WE
WILL MAKE HEALTH CARE
AFFORDABLE.
WE WILL UNDO THE VICIOUS
INEQUALITY OF INCOME AND WEALTH
THAT HAS PLAGUED AMERICA AND WE
WILL TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO
COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND SAVE
THE PLANET.
WE WILL PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS,
FIGHT SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND OUR
ECONOMY, AND RESTORE A SUPREME
COURT THAT LOOKS OUT FOR PEOPLE,
NOT CORPORATIONS.
WE WILL REBUILD OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAKE SURE
EVERY HOME, FROM INNER-CITY TO
RURAL AMERICA, HAS BROADBAND.
WE WILL SAVE THE POST OFFICE AND
ONCE AND FOR ALL DEFEAT
COVID-19, THIS EVIL DISEASE.
AND, BECKONED BY THE LADY BEHIND
US, WE WILL REFORM OUR
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM SO IMMIGRANTS
YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE WILL AT
LAST BECOME AMERICAN CITIZENS.
TOGETHER, WE CAN REIGNITE THE
HOPE ONCE FELT BY MILLIONS OF
MEN AND WOMEN, HUDDLED MASSES ON
FREAKING SHIPS WHO GLIMPSED THIS
MIGHTY WOMAN WITH HER TORCH,
KNOWING THEY COULD BUILD A
BETTER LIFE HERE IN AMERICA.
AND OUT OF THIS LONG NATIONAL
NIGHTMARE, AMERICA WILL FINALLY
AWAKEN TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE AND
A NEW DAY.
>> SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER,
REMINDING US THAT LEADERSHIP
REQUIRES INTEGRITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.
REAL LEADERS DON'T ASK WHAT WE
CAN DO FOR THEM, THEY ASK WHAT
THEY CAN DO FOR US.
IN A MINUTE, WE WILL HEAR FROM
TWO FORMER PRESIDENTS AND THEY
WILL SPEAK TO THAT.
FIRST, HERE ARE CAROLINE KENNEDY
AND HER SON, JACK SCHLOSSBERG.
>> 60 YEARS AGO IN A CROWDED
STADIUM MY FATHER ACCEPTED THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.
HE CHALLENGED AMERICANS TO LOOK
FOR THE FUTURE AND JOIN HIM ON A
JOURNEY TO A NEW FRONTIER.
>> IT WAS A CULT OF THE YOUNG AT
HEART, REGARDLESS OF AGE OR
PARTY.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED, BUT THE
THEMES OF MY GRANDFATHERS
SPEECH, COURAGE, UNITY, AND
PATRIOTISM, ARE AS IMPORTANT
TODAY AS THEY WERE IN 1960.
ONCE AGAIN, WE NEED A LEADER WHO
BELIEVES AMERICA'S BEST DAYS ARE
YET TO COME.
WE NEED JOE BIDEN.
>> I HAVE ADMIRED JOE BIDEN
SINCE I WAS A SENATE INTERN IN
1974.
HE CHAIRED MY UNCLE TEDDY'S
COMMITMENT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS
AND WORKING FAMILIES.
HE WAS A SENATOR WHO CARED, WHO
INSPIRED.
THAT IS WHY A I HELPED CHOOSE
HIM TO BE BARACK OBAMA'S RUNNING
MATE IN 2008.
WHEN I WAS AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN,
I GOT TO SEE HIM IN ACTION.
HE STEPPED OFF AIR FORCE TWO
WEARING HIS AVIATOR GLASSES AND
BIG SMILE, RADIATING OPTIMISM
AND GENEROSITY.
I SAW A LEADER WHO WAS TOUGH BUT
FAIR, WHO COMMANDED THE TRUST
AND RESPECT OF OTHER NATIONS AND
WHO ALWAYS PUT AMERICA'S
INTERESTS FIRST.
JOE BIDEN'S LIFETIME OF PUBLIC
SERVICE REFLECTS HIS UNWAVERING
COMMITMENT TO OUR HIGHEST
IDEALS.
>> IN THIS ELECTION COME OUR
FUTURE IS ON THE BALLOT.
FOR MY GENERATION, IT WILL
DEFINE THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
WE NEED TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE
.
WE NEED TO END SYSTEMIC RACIAL
INJUSTICE.
WE NEED TO MAKE HEALTH CARE
AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY AND WE
NEED TO REBUILD THE ECONOMY THAT
HELPS WORKING FAMILIES.
WE CAN DO THIS.
WE CAN REACH THESE NEW FRONTIERS
BUT ONLY WITH THE PRESIDENT WHO
ASKS WHAT HE CAN DO FOR OUR
COUNTRY AND WHAT TOGETHER, WE
CAN DO TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD.
IT IS UP TO US.
LET'S GET IT DONE.
>> LET'S ELECT JOE BIDEN THE
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> I AM JOINING YOU IN
CELEBRATING OUR NEXT PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN.
WE HAVE KNOWN AND ADMIRED HIM
FOR MANY YEARS.
MOST RECENTLY, I HAVE WORKED
WITH HIM ON TACKLING THE DEBT --
THE 53 MILLION UNPAID CAREGIVERS
IN OUR COUNTRY WHO ARE JUGGLING
WORK AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND
PUTTING THEIR OWN PHYSICAL AND
MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AT
RISK.
JOE KNOWS WELL, TOO WELL, THE
SORROWS AND STRUGGLES.
FROM HIS TIME AS A YOUNG WIDOW
WORK THRUST INTO SINGLE
PARENTHOOD WITH A DEMANDING JOB,
TO HIM AND JILL CARING FOR
THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR SON AT
THE END OF THEIR LIVES, HE KNOWS
CAREGIVING IS HARD, EVEN ON THE
GOOD DAYS.
WE KNOW THE CHALLENGES OF
CAREGIVING FOR THOSE WHO SERVED
IN THE MILITARY AND RETURNED
WITH VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
WOUNDS AND WE KNOW WE NEED A
LEADER IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
JIMMY AND I ARE VOTING FOR JOE
BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZES THE
CHALLENGES FACING OUR FAMILIES,
AND HAS THE HEART AND THE TALENT
TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR ALL
AMERICANS.
>> WHEN I RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN
1976, JOE BIDEN WAS ONE OF MY
FOR SUPPORTERS IN THE SENATE.
FOR DECADES, HE HAS BEEN MY
LOYAL AND DOES IT -- DEDICATED
FRIEND.
HE HAS THE EXPERIENCE, CHARACTER
AND DECENCY TO BRING US
TOGETHER.
YOU DESERVE A PERSON WITH
INTEGRITY AND JUDGMENT.
SOMEONE WHO IS COMMITTED TO
DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
JOE IS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS
MOMENT IN OUR NATIONS HISTORY.
HE UNDERSTANDS EGG NITTY --
DIGNITY AND VISION.
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED.
IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES, JOE
BIDEN REALIZES MANY AMERICAN
LIVES CAN BE SAVED EACH DAY BY
MASKS AND TESTING.
JOE BIDEN MUST BE OUR NEXT
PRESIDENT.
>> GOOD EVENING.
A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS THE
WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT JOB
INTERVIEW.
AT THE END WE HIRE A LEADER TO
HELP US CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND
GIVE OUR KIDS BETTER TOMORROWS.
IT IS A TALL ORDER THIS YEAR.
WITH THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK ON A
PATH TO KILLING 200,000 PEOPLE
AND DESTROYING MILLIONS OF JOBS
IN SMALL BUSINESSES, HOW DID
DONALD TRUMP RESPOND?
AT FIRST HE SAID THE VIRUS WAS
UNDER CONTROL AND WOULD SOON
DISAPPEAR.
WHEN IT DIDN'T, HE WAS ON TV
EVERY DAY BRAGGING ON WHAT A
GREAT JOB HE WAS DOING.
WHILE SCIENTISTS WAITED TO GIVE
US MORE INFORMATION.
WHEN HE DIDN'T LIKE THE EXPERT
ADVICE HE WAS GIVEN, HE IGNORED
IT.
ONLY WHEN COVID EXPLODED IN EVEN
MORE STATES DID HE ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS.
BY THEN, MANY MORE WERE DYING.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE RESURGENCE
IN DEBTS HE SHRUGGED AND SAID,
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
DID IT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY?
NO.
COVID HIT US MUCH HARDER THAN IT
HAD TO.
WE HAVE JUST 4% OF THE WORLD'S
POPULATION AND 25% OF THE WORLDS
COVID CASES.
OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS MORE
THAN TWICE AS SOUTH KOREA, WOULD
HAVE TIMES OF THE UNITED
KINGDOM.
DONALD TRUMP SAYS WE ARE LEAVING
THE WORLD.
WE ARE THE ONLY MAJOR INDUSTRIAL
ECONOMY TO HAVE ITS UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE TRIPLE.
AT A TIME LIKE THIS, THE OVAL
OFFICE SHOULD BE A COMMAND
CENTER.
INSTEAD, IT IS A STORM CENTER.
IT IS ONLY CHAOS.
THIS ONE THING NEVER CHANGES.
HIS DETERMINATION TO DENY
RESPONSIBILITY AND SHIFT THE
BLAME.
YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO
RENEW HIS CONTRACT OR HIRE
SOMEONE ELSE.
IF YOU WANT A PRESIDENT SPENDS
HOURS A DAY WATCHING TV AND
ZAPPING PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
HE IS YOUR MAN.
DENYING, DISTRACTING AND
DEMEANING WORKS GREAT IF YOU ARE
TRYING TO ENTERTAIN OR INFLAME.
BUT IN A REAL CRISIS, IT
COLLAPSES LIKE A HOUSE OF CARDS.
COVID JUST DOESN'T RESPOND TO
ANY OF THAT.
TO BEAT IT, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY
GO TO WORK AND DEAL WITH THE
FACTS.
OUR PARTY IS UNITED AND -- IN
OFFERING YOU A VERY DIFFERENT
CHOICE, A GO TO WORK PRESIDENT,
A DOWN TO EARTH, GET THE JOB
DONE GUY, A MAN WITH A MISSION
TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, NOT
SHIFT BLAME, CONCENTRATE NOT
DISTRACT, UNITE NOT DIVIDE.
OUR CHOICES JOE BIDEN.
JOE HELPED WRING US BACK FROM A
RECESSION BEFORE AND HE CAN DO
IT AGAIN.
IN 2000 NINE, BARACK OBAMA AND
JOE BIDEN STARTED WITH THE WORST
ECONOMY SINCE THE GREAT
DEPRESSION.
WHEN THEY WERE DONE, THEY
DELIVERED MORE THAN SIX STRAIGHT
YEARS OF JOB GROWTH.
WHAT DID JOE DO?
HE ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR
IMPLEMENTING THE RECOVERY ACT.
HIS WORK CREATED A LOT OF NEW
JOBS AND STARTED MANY NEW
COMPANIES IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS
OUR COUNTRY.
NOW, HE IS COMMITTED TO BUILDING
AMERICA BACK AGAIN.
HOW?
HE HAS GIVEN US A SMART,
DETAILED PLAN TO INVEST IN AREAS
VITAL TO OUR FUTURE.
INNOVATIVE FINANCING FOR MODERN
FACTORIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES,
GOOD JOBS AND GREEN ENERGY AND
CONSERVATION TO COMBAT CLIMATE
CHANGE, A MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE
TO BRING SMALL-TOWN AND RURAL
AMERICA THE CONNECTIVITY OTHERS
TAKE FOR GRANTED, AND A PLAN TO
ENSURE THAT BLACK AND LATINO AND
NATIVE AMERICANS, WOMEN,
IMMIGRANTS, AND OTHER
COMMUNITIES LEFT BEHIND, ARE
FULL PARTICIPANTS IN OUR ECONOMY
AND OUR SOCIETY.
JOE BIDEN WANTS TO BUILD AN
ECONOMY FAR BETTER SUITED TO OUR
CHANGING WORLD, THAT ARE FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE, BETTER FOR
FAMILIES WORKING AND RAISING
KIDS, BETTER FOR PEOPLE WHO LOST
JOBS AND NEED NEW ONES, BETTER
FOR FARMERS TIRED OF BEING
COLLATERAL DAMAGE AND TRADE
WARS, BETTER FOR WORKERS CARING
FOR THE SICK, ELDERLY, AND
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
BETTER BECAUSE OF THE LIVING
WAGE AND ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE
HIGHER EDUCATION AND HEALTH
CARE, INCLUDING PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS.
AND CHILDCARE, A SECURE
RETIREMENT, AND FOR THE FIRST
TIME, PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL
LEAVE.
JOE WON'T JUST PUT HIS SIGNATURE
ON A CHECK OR TRY TO FOR YOU
INTO THINKING IT CAME FROM HIM.
HE WILL WORK TO MAKE SURE YOUR
PAYCHECK REFLECTS YOUR
CONTRIBUTION TO END YOUR STAKE
IN A GROWING ECONOMY.
IN THIS JOB INTERVIEW, THE
DIFFERENCE IS STARK.
YOU KNOW WHAT DONALD TRUMP WILL
DO WITH FOUR MORE YEARS.
BLAME, BULLY AND BELITTLE.
YOU KNOW WHAT JOE BIDEN WILL DO,
BUILD BACK BETTER.
IT IS TRUMP'S US VERSUS THEM
AMERICA AGAINST JOE BIDEN'S
AMERICA, WHERE WE LIVE AND WORK
TOGETHER.
IT IS A CLEAR CHOICE.
THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY IS
WRITING ON IT.
THANK YOU.
>> IT IS TIME TO CALL THE ROLL
AND OFFICIALLY NOMINATE THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
BUT THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST
TIME, THE ROLL CALL IS HEADING
OUT TO ALL 57 STATES AND
TERRITORIES, PLACES THAT
SHOWCASE OUR NATIONS NATURAL
BEAUTY, PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE
WORKING TOGETHER TO SECURE A
BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR COUNTRY
AND PLACES THAT ARE WORKING TO
REBUILD AND RECOVER, LIKE IOWA,
WHERE THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN LEFT
HOMELESS AND HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN LEFT WITHOUT
POWER IN THE WAKE OF LAST WEEK'S
TERRIBLE STORM.
OUR HEARTS ARE WITH YOU, IOWA.
THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON RIGHT
NOW.
TONIGHT, WE COME TOGETHER TO
NOMINATE A CANDIDATE WHO WILL
FIGHT FOR ALL OF US.
THE CONVENTION DELEGATES WILL DO
THE OFFICIAL NOMINATING, BUT YOU
CAN JOIN THEM BY SUPPORTING JOE
BIDEN.
TEXT "JOIN" TO 303 30 TO GET
INVOLVED.
NOW, THE CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL COMMITTEE, TOM PEREZ.
>> IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE IN
MILWAUKEE, A PROUD UNION TOWN
WITH GRIT AND CHARACTER THAT
REFLECT THE RESILIENCE OF OUR
PARTY AND OUR COUNTRY.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THESE LAST FEW
MONTHS HAVE BEEN TOUGH, BUT GOOD
LEADERSHIP MEANS BEING ABLE TO
ADAPT TO ANY SITUATION.
I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE OF
MILWAUKEE FOR BEING SUCH
GRACIOUS AND FLEXIBLE HOSTS.
IT IS ALSO GREAT TO BE BACK IN
WISCONSIN WHERE I WAS LUCKY
ENOUGH TO MARRY MY WIFE A LITTLE
MORE THAN THREE DECADES AGO.
PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT HAS DEEP
ROOTS HERE AND SINCE TODAY IS
THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
19TH AMENDMENT RATIFICATION, WE
SHOULD POINT OUT THAT WISCONSIN
WAS THE FIRST STATE TO RATIFY
IT.
WHAT'S MORE, IN ITS ONE-WORD
MOTTO, FORWARD, WISCONSIN
CAPTURES SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT
ABOUT AMERICA.
THE WAY THAT NO MATTER WHAT
CHALLENGES TODAY BRINGS, WE
ALWAYS BELIEVE A BETTER FUTURE
IS POSSIBLE.
THAT IS WHAT MY PARENTS BELIEVED
WHEN THEY IMMIGRATED TO THIS
COUNTRY NEARLY A SECT -- A
CENTURY AGO, FLEEING A BRUTAL
DICTATOR IN THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC.
THIS NATION WELCOMED THEM WITH
COMPASSION AND THEY QUICKLY
LEARNED THEIR HOPE OF A BETTER
LIFE THROUGH HARD WORK WAS
SHARED BY GENERATIONS OF
AMERICANS.
INDEED, EVERY AMERICAN'S STORY
IS A STORY ABOUT THAT HOPE, THAT
SENSE OF POSSIBILITY.
IT IS WHAT UNITES US, DEFINES US
, AND IT IS WHAT SUSTAINS US NOW
.
WE WILL WORK TO MEET OUR
EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES BECAUSE
PROGRESS IS MADE BY THE HOPEFUL,
NOT THE CYNICAL.
WE WILL DO THAT TOGETHER BECAUSE
MOVEMENTS ARE BUILT BY THE MANY,
NOT THE FEW.
AS YOU WATCH TONIGHT'S DECIDEDLY
UNCONVENTIONAL ROLL CALL AND
REFLECT ON THE DIVERSITY OF OUR
NATION, REMEMBER, YOU TOO ARE
PART OF THE AMERICAN STORY AND
NO MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM,
OR WHERE YOU ARE WATCHING FROM
TONIGHT, YOU HAVE A PLACE IN JOE
BIDEN'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
>> DELEGATES AND DISTINGUISHED
GUESTS, UNDER OUR PROCEDURAL
RULES, TWO DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
SUBMITTED NOMINATING DOCUMENTS
TOWER OUR CONVENTION SECRETARY
FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS AND VICE
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.
AS SUCH, EACH CANDIDATE HAS
PROVIDED NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS
WHO WILL MAKE NOMINATING AND
SECONDING SPEECHES ON THEIR
BEHALF.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH NOMINATING
AND SECONDING SPEECHES FOR
SENATOR SANDERS.
SPEAKING ON HIS BEHALF WILL BE
TWO PROGRESSIVE CHAMPIONS, BOB
KING AND REPRESENTATIVE
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ.
>> I AM BOB KING.
AS A PROUD UNION MEMBER AND
FORMER PRESIDENT OF A GREAT
AMERICAN UNION, THE UAW, I AM
HONORED TO NOMINATE BERNIE
SANDERS FOR PRESIDENT.
FOR DECADES, BERNIE HAS LED THE
FIGHT FOR WORKING FAMILIES,
FIGHTING FOR WORKERS RIGHTS TO
ORGANIZE UNIONS AND COLLECTIVELY
BARGAIN.
IN A TIME OF ENORMOUS
INEQUALITY, HE UNDERSTANDS THAT
WE MUST CONFRONT LARGE
CORPORATIONS WHICH HAVE PHARMA
IT -- FARM -- FAR TOO MUCH
CONTROL.
BERNIE BELIEVES HEALTH CARE IS A
HUMAN RIGHT AND SHOULDN'T BE
CONTINGENT ON A JOB.
HE KNOWS WE CAN REBUILD OUR
CURRENT -- CRUMBLING
INFRASTRUCTURE BY CREATING
MILLIONS OF PAYING UNION JOBS
WHILE COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE.
BERNIE'S MORAL CLARITY
EMBOLDENED THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY'S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE, THE
GRASSROOTS ENERGY OF HIS
SUPPORTERS HAVE MADE ADVANCES.
HE WILL DELIVER TRANSFORMATIONAL
CHANGE.
I AM EXCITED TO NAME A GREAT
CHAMPION OF THE WORKING CLASS,
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.
>> GOOD EVENING.
BIENVENIDOS AND THANK YOU TO
EVERYONE ENDEAVORING TOWARDS A
BETTER, MORE JUST FUTURE FOR OUR
COUNTRY AND OUR WORLD.
INFIDELITY AND GRATITUDE, TO --
IN FIDELITY AND GRADUATE --
GRATITUDE, LOOKING TO ESTABLISH
GUARANTEED HEALTH CARE, HIGHER
EDUCATION, LIVING WAGES, AND
LABOR RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE IN
THE UNITED STATES, A MOVEMENT
STRIVING TO RECOGNIZE AND REPAIR
THE WOUNDS OF RACIAL INJUSTICE,
COLONIZATION, MISOGYNY, AND
HOMOPHOBIA, AND TO PROPOSE AND
BUILD REIMAGINED SYSTEMS OF
IMMIGRATION AND FOREIGN POLICY
THAT TURN AWAY FROM THE VIOLENCE
AND XENOPHOBIA OF OUR PAST.
A MOVEMENT THAT REALIZES THE
UNSUSTAINABLE BRUTALITY OF AN
ECONOMY THAT REWARDS EXPLOSIVE
INEQUALITIES OF WEALTH FOR THE
FEW AT THE EXPENSE OF LONG-TERM
STABILITY FOR THE MANY, AND WHO
ORGANIZED THE HISTORIC
GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN TO RECLAIM
OUR DEMOCRACY.
IN A TIME WHEN MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE
LOOKING FOR DEEP, SYSTEMIC
SOLUTIONS TO OUR CRISES OF MASS
EVICTIONS, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND
LACK OF HEALTH CARE, AND OUT OF
A LOVE FOR ALL PEOPLE, I HEREBY
SECOND THE NOMINATION OF SENATOR
BERNARD SANDERS OF VERMONT FOR
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
>> THANK YOU, MR. KING AND
REPRESENTATIVE ACROSS IO CORTEZ.
WE NOW TURN TO NOMINATING AND
SECONDING SPEECHES FOR VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
IN A MOMENT WE WILL HEAR FROM
SENATOR CHRIS COONS, WHO HOLDS
THE DELAWARE SENATE SEAT ONCE
HELD BY THE VICE PRESIDENT AND
REPRESENTATIVE LISA ROCHESTER,
MY COLLEAGUE IN THE HOUSE.
FIRST, WE WILL HEAR FROM A
WORKING AMERICAN, JACQUELINE,
WHO MET JOE BIDEN IN AN
UNEXPECTED PLACE, THE ELEVATOR
SHE WORKED.
>> I TAKE POWERFUL PEOPLE ON MY
ELEVATOR ALL THE TIME.
WHEN THEY GET OFF, THEY GO TO
THEIR IMPORTANT MEETINGS.
ME?
I HAD BACK TO THE LOBBY.
BUT IN THE SHORT TIME I SPENT
WITH JOE BIDEN, I COULD TELL HE
REALLY SAW ME.
THAT HE ACTUALLY CARED, THAT MY
LIFE MEANT SOMETHING TO HIM.
AND I KNEW EVEN WHEN HE WENT TO
HIS IMPORTANT MEETING, HE WOULD
TAKE MY STORY IN THERE WITH HIM.
THAT IS BECAUSE JOE BIDEN HAS
ROOM IN HIS HEART FOR MORE THAN
JUST HIMSELF.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT, AND
WE HAVE TOUGH DAYS AHEAD, BUT
NOMINATING SOMEONE LIKE THAT TO
BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE IS A GOOD
PLACE TO START.
THAT IS WHY I NOMINATE MY
FRIEND, JOE BIDEN, AS THE NEXT
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> I'M SENATOR CHRIS COONS FROM
DELAWARE.
A SMALL STATE, WHERE PEOPLE
EXPECT TO SEE THEIR SENATORS AND
EVEN SOMETIMES THERE VICE
PRESIDENT AT THE SUPERMARKET, AT
A CHURCH FESTIVAL COME OUT IN
THE COMMUNITY.
JOE FIGHTS FOR US BECAUSE HE
KNOWS OUR STRUGGLES AND HOPES.
HE KNOWS THE PAIN OF LOSS AND
THE WORRIES OF WORKING PARENTS,
AND HE HAS ALWAYS BROUGHT THAT
SAME PERSONAL CONCERN HE SHOWED
FOR JACQUELINE TO GETTING THINGS
DONE, AS ARE SENATOR AND THEN AS
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VICE
PRESIDENT.
JOE HAS TACKLED GUN VIOLENCE AND
CLIMATE CHANGE.
HE STOOD UP TO DICTATORS AND
SUPPORTED OUR TROOPS.
HE LED THE RECOVERY EFFORT AFTER
THE LAST RECESSION AND DELIVERED
ON A PROMISE TO MAKE OUR HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM FAIRER AND STRONGER.
THROUGH IT ALL, JOE BIDEN HAS
NEVER FORGOTTEN WHERE HE IS
FROM.
HE HAS BEEN SUSTAINED BY HIS
FAITH AND HIS FAMILY THROUGH THE
TOUGHEST OF TIMES, AND HE HAS
THE HEART AND THE COMPASSION FOR
THIS MOMENT.
FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS AND
MORE, IT IS MY HONOR TO SECOND
THE NOMINATION OF MY GOOD
FRIEND, JOE BIDEN, TO BE THE
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED
STATES.
>> I AM CONGRESSWOMAN LISA BLUNT
IN SOME HISTORY CLASS IN THE
FUTURE, CHILDREN ARE LEARNING
ABOUT THIS MOMENT.
THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT OUR
PAIN, OUR GRIEF, OUR WORRY.
THEY ARE ALSO LEARNING ABOUT A
MAN NAMED JOE BIDEN, ABOUT HOW
HE RESTORED DECENCY TO OUR
GOVERNMENT AND INTEGRITY TO OUR
DEMOCRACY.
ABOUT HOW WE BUILT OUR ECONOMY
BACK BETTER THAN BEFORE.
THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT HOW HIS
LEADERSHIP GAVE THEIR GENERATION
A FIGHTING CHANCE.
THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT US, TOO,
ABOUT THE RESOLVE IN UNITY WE
SHOWED AGAINST THE FORCES OF
HATRED AND DIVISION, ABOUT THE
WORK WE WILL DO OVER THE NEXT 11
WEEKS, AND ABOUT THE NIGHT WHEN,
DESPITE OUR DISTANCE, WE CAME
TOGETHER TO NOMINATE JOE BIDEN
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, A NOMINATION I AM
HONORED TO SECOND.
>> THANK YOU ALL.
PURSUANT TO OUR CONVENTION
RULES, WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO A
ROLLCALL BY STATES ON THE
SELECTION OF OUR PARTY'S
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
SECRETARY?
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, COMING TO YOU
LIVE FROM THE WISCONSIN CENTER,
IT IS TIME TO BEGIN OUR VIRTUAL
TRIP AROUND AMERICA.
OUR JOURNEY BEGINS AT THE SIGHT
OF A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN OUR
NATIONAL JOURNEY TOWARDS
JUSTICE.
LET'S GO TO ALABAMA.
>> JOHN LEWIS MARCHED ACROSS
THIS BRIDGE IN 1965 TO DEMAND
THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
A LIFETIME LATER, CIVIL RIGHTS
AND VOTING RIGHTS REMAIN
AMERICA'S GREAT UNFINISHED
BUSINESS.
FOR THOSE WHO WALKED THIS PATH
BEFORE US, THEY SHOWED US THE
WAY FORWARD.
IF WE WANT TO HONOR JOHN LEWIS'
INCREDIBLE LIFE, LET'S RESTORE
THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND ENSURE
OUR DEMOCRACY BELONGS TO ALL
AMERICANS.
ALABAMA CASTS EIGHT VOTES FOR
BERNIE SANDERS AND THE GREAT
STATE OF ALABAMA CASTS 52 VOTES
FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OF THESE
UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN.
>> ALASKA.
>> THE THINGS WE RELY ON TO FEED
OUR FAMILIES ARE THREATENED BY
CLIMATE CHANGE.
JOE BIDEN AND PRESIDENT OBAMA
MADE SURE ALASKA'S TRIBES HAD A
SAY ON HOW THE WATERS WERE
MANAGED.
DONALD TRUMP TOOK IT AWAY.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL
RESPECT OUR VOICES, PROTECT OUR
WATERS AND ADDRESS CLIMATE
CHANGE.
ALASKA CASTS SEVEN VOTES FOR
BERNIE SANDERS AND 12 VOTES FOR
THE NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> AMERICAN SAMOA.
>> WE TRUST JOE BIDEN TO SUPPORT
OUR COMMUNITY.
AS VICE PRESIDENT HE HELPED
EXPAND RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO
COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS.
AS PRESIDENT, HE WILL CONTINUE
TO STRENGTHEN RURAL AMERICA FROM
NEW ENGLAND TO THE PACIFIC.
>> ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNOR,
AND THE AMERICAN SAMOA
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WE PROUDLY
CAST 11 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA, JOE BIDEN.
>> ARIZONA.
>> AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER I
KNOW PUBLIC EDUCATORS ARE DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE
OUR STUDENTS HAVE QUALITY
LEARNING EXPERIENCES THIS FALL.
AS A MOTHER OF A HIGH SCHOOL
FRESHMAN, I KNOW THIS IS FAR
FROM PERFECT.
AS A UNION ORGANIZER, I WILL
FIGHT TO MAKE SURE IT IS
SCIENTISTS, PARENTS AND
EDUCATORS THAT DECIDE WHEN IT IS
SAFE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, NOT
POLITICIANS.
AS AN ARIZONA LATINA, I PROBABLY
CAST OUR VOTES, 29 FOR BERNIE
SANDERS AND 51 FOR OUR NEXT
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> ARKANSAS.
>> FEEDING PEOPLE IS AN ACT OF
LOVE AND I THINK WE COULD ALL
USE IN OUR -- A LITTLE EXTRA
LOVE.
WE TOOK OUR FOOD TRUCK TO THE
COMMUNITY TO DELIVER MEALS MADE
RIGHT HERE, FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN
NEED.
EVEN WHEN OUR LEADERS LET US
DOWN, AMERICANS KEPT LOOKING OUT
FOR EACH OTHER.
ARKANSAS CASTS NINE VOTES FOR
BERNIE SANDERS AND 27 VOTES FOR
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> CALIFORNIA.
>> CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT A HOAX.
IT IS REAL.
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HAVE BEEN
BEARING THE BRUNT OF THIS
REALITY FOR GENERATIONS.
JOE BIDEN'S PLAN TO CRACK DOWN
ON POLLUTERS TO PROTECT OUR AIR
AND WATER IS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.
>> PEOPLE PRIORITIZE EQUITY AND
BRING CLEAN ENERGY JOBS TO BLACK
AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE
THAT IS HOW WE BUILD BACK BETTER
.
>> CALIFORNIA, HOME TO OUR NEXT
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS,
CASTS 231 VOTES FOR BERNIE
SANDERS --
>> AND 263 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> COLORADO.
>> WE GREW UP IN POVERTY AS
IMMIGRANTS BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO MAKE A DECENT LIVING.
WE HAVE THREE FAMILY MEMBERS
THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID
AND IT DOESN'T FEEL SAFE TO PUT
OUR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL.
THIS WILL BE HARD ON THEM AND ON
US.
BUT MILLIONS OF WORKING FAMILIES
WILL HAVE IT MUCH HARDER.
I KNOW JOE BIDEN CARES ABOUT THE
STRUGGLES AND THAT IS WHY I
TRUST HIM TO FIGHT FOR US.
WITH ONE ABSTENTION, COLORADO
WILL CAST 36 VOTES FOR BERNIE
SANDERS AND 42 FOR OUR NEXT
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> CONNECTICUT.
>> FIREFIGHTERS ARE PROUD TO PUT
OUR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY
TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS.
IT IS A BADGE OF COURAGE.
WHILE WE ARE PROTECTING YOUR
FAMILIES, WE NEED A PRESIDENT
WHO IS COMMITTED PROTECTING
OURS.
THAT IS JOE BIDEN.
HE HAS THE COURAGE WE RESPECT
AND THE COMMITMENT TO WORKING
AMERICANS WE NEED NOW.
ON BEHALF OF OUR GOVERNOR, I AM
HONORED TO CAST CONNECTICUT'S 75
VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT,
JOE BIDEN.
>> DELAWARE.
>> DELAWARE PASSES.
>> DELAWARE PASSES.
DEMOCRATS ABROAD.
>> WE REPRESENT MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES.
AMERICANS ABROAD CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THE STATES THAT
WILL DECIDE THIS YEAR'S
ELECTIONS.
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO ELECT A
PRESIDENT WHO WILL RESTORE OUR
STANDING AROUND THE WORLD.
GO TO VOTE -- WE ARE CASTING 10
VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND
SEVEN VOTES FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
>> WELCOME TO THE BEST CITY IN
THE WORLD.
WASHINGTON, D.C. HAS RAISED
FAMILIES, PAID TAXES AND SERVED
IN THE MILITARY, JUST LIKE EVERY
AMERICAN IN THE 50 STATES.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUST PASSED AN HISTORIC PIECE OF
LEGISLATION TO MAKE WASHINGTON,
D.C. THE 51ST STATE.
FROM BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA,
WE PROUDLY CAST ONE VOTE FOR
BERNIE SANDERS AND 43 VOTES FOR
THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, JOE BIDEN.
>> FLORIDA.
>> WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS
MURDERED, JOE BIDEN CALLED TO
SHARE OUR FAMILIES GRIEF.
I QUICKLY LEARNED ABOUT HIS
DECENCY AND CIVILITY, BUT I ALSO
LEARNED ABOUT HIS TOUGHNESS AND
HOW HE HAS BEATEN THE NRA.
TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER VICTIMS
OF GUN VIOLENCE AND ARE NATHAN
-- OUR NATION'S YOUTH, JOE BIDEN
WILL WIN BACK OUR FREEDOM TO
LIVE WITHOUT FEAR.
FLORIDA CASTS 57 VOTES FOR
BERNIE SANDERS AND 192 VOTES FOR
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> GEORGIA.
>> MY MENTOR, CONGRESSMAN JOHN
LEWIS, NEW THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS
SACRED.
GEORGIANS KNOW OUR ABILITY TO
VOTE IS UNDER ATTACK.
LONG LINES, VOTER SUPPRESSION.
DONALD TRUMP IS EVEN TRYING TO
SLOW DOWN THE MAIL AND FORCE US
TO RISK OUR LIVES TO CAST A
BALLOT.
WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED.
TAKE OUT YOUR PHONE AND TEXT
VOTE TO 303 30 AND MAKE SURE
YOUR VOICE IS HEARD.
FROM THE CRADLE OF THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND IN THE
SPIRIT OF GOOD TROUBLE, GEORGIA
CASTS 117 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> GUAM.
>> 70 YEARS AGO, WE BECAME U.S.
CITIZENS.
WE ARE PROUD OF OUR RESILIENCE,
OUR INDIGENOUS HERITAGE, AND
PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS
HISTORIC MOMENT FOR OUR PARTY
AND OUR NATION.
THE LAND WHERE AMERICA'S DAY
BEGINS, GUAM CASTS TWO VOTES FOR
BERNIE SANDERS AND 11 VOTES FOR
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> HAWAII.
>> HAWAII IS THE LAND OF
INDIGENOUS NATIVE HAWAIIANS.
I WANT TO SPEAK TO MY FELLOW
IMMIGRANTS, TO ESSENTIAL
WORKERS, TO SERVICEMEMBERS WHO
WEAR THE FLAG, TO PARENTS WITH
BIG DREAMS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
NO MATTER WHERE WE CAME FROM,
IMMIGRANTS BELONG IN OUR
COUNTRY'S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE.
WE BELONG IN THE AMERICA WE ARE
BUILDING TOGETHER.
HAWAII, BIRTHPLACE OF PRESIDENT
OBAMA, CASTS NINE VOTES FOR
BERNIE SANDERS AND 23 VOTES FOR
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> IDAHO.
>> WE ARE NOT WAITING FOR
WASHINGTON TO ACT ON CLIMATE
CHANGE.
HERE IN BOISE, WE KNOW CLEAN
ENERGY DOESN'T JUST MEAN A
HEALTHIER PLANET, IT MEANS GOOD
PAYING JOBS.
IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD DO WITH
THE PRESIDENT THAT LISTENS TO
SCIENCE AND LEADS WITH COURAGE.
IDAHO CASTS NINE VOTES FOR
BERNIE SANDERS AND 16 FOR OUR
NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> ILLINOIS.
>> THIS ADMINISTRATION DENIED
TOO MANY BLACK AMERICANS THE
CHANCE TO OWN A HOME AND BUILD
MORE.
JOE BIDEN HAS A PLAN TO END
RACIST LENDING PRACTICES AND
HELP MORE PEOPLE ACHIEVE THE
AMERICAN DREAM OF OWNING A HOME.
THIS IS ABOUT COMMUNITY, AND
MORE ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR
WORKING FAMILIES.
ILLINOIS CASTS 59 VOTES FOR
BERNIE SANDERS AND 122 VOTES FOR
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> INDIANA.
>> IN SOUTH BEND, WE ONCE FEARED
OUR BEST DAYS WERE BEHIND US.
THEN WE REIMAGINED OUR ECONOMY
WITH NEW JOBS AND EVEN NEW
INDUSTRIES.
THE HOOSIER STATE IS READY TO
LEAD AMERICA'S RECOVERY WITH OUR
DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, OUR
TALENTED WORKERS, AND OUR BEST
IN THE WORLD AGRICULTURE.
JOE BIDEN'S PLAN GIVES US A
BLUEPRINT TO REVITALIZE
INDUSTRIAL CITIES AND RURAL
AREAS ALIKE.
INDIANA CASTS 86 VOTES FOR THE
NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> IOWA.
>> WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
BIOFUELS, BUT THE POWERFUL STORM
THAT SWEPT THROUGH LAST WEEK HAS
TAKEN A TERRIBLE TOLL ON OUR
FARMERS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND
FAMILIES WERE STILL WITHOUT
POWER.
>> WHILE WE HAVE THE HONOR OF
CASTING I WAS VOTES, 11 FOR
BERNIE SANDERS AND 38 FOR JOE
BIDEN, WE WANT TO ASK TO KEEP
YOU TO KEEP ISLANDS IN YOUR
THOUGHTS.
>> KANSAS.
>> I AM A FOURTH-GENERATION
FARMER BUT I WORRY ABOUT THE
NEXT GENERATION.
MANY OF OUR YOUNG FOLKS ARE
MOVING FROM RURAL COMMUNITIES TO
FIND JOBS.
JOE BIDEN HAS A PLAN TO HELP NEW
FARMERS GET A GOOD START, AND BY
FUNDING HEALTH CARE, HE WILL
MAKE SURE RURAL COMMUNITIES
REMAIN GREAT PLACES TO LIVE,
WORK, AND RAISE A FAMILY FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME.
KANSAS PROUDLY CAST 10 VOTES FOR
BERNIE SANDERS AND 35 VOTES FOR
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> KENTUCKY.
>> ONE DAY WHEN I WAS 14, MY MOM
WOKE UP CALLING 911 -- MY MOM
WOULDN'T WAKE UP.
I CALLED 911 AND I WAS SCARED
BECAUSE WE COULDN'T AFFORD THE
BILL.
THANK GOD SHE SURVIVED.
PRESIDENT OBAMA GOT BUSY PASSING
OBAMA CARE.
TWO YEARS AGO WHEN MOM HAD A
HEART ATTACK, WE ONLY HAD TO
WORRY ABOUT HER GETTING BETTER
BECAUSE JOE KEPT HIS PROMISE.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
CASTS 60 VOTES FOR THE NEXT
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> LOUISIANA.
>> THIS USED TO BE AN ABANDONED
BUILDING.
NOW IT IS A THRIVING ART STUDIO,
A COMMUNITY HUB, A PLACE WHERE
INDEPENDENT ARTISTS CAN MAKE
THEIR NAME AND PARENTS CAN BRING
THEIR KIDS DURING THESE
DIFFICULT DAYS OF REMOTE
LEARNING.
>> OUR CITIES ARE STRONG BECAUSE
OUR PEOPLE MAKE THEM STRONG.
AND OUR ECONOMY WILL COME BACK
BECAUSE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES
WILL BRING IT BACK.
>> LOUISIANA CASTS ALL 60 OF OUR
VOTES FOR MY FRIEND AND THE NEXT
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> MAINE.
>> MY AMERICAN DREAM, I AM
LIVING IT.
A 25 ACRE ORGANIC FARM ON A LAKE
, A FARM STAND IN THE BED AND
BREAKFAST.
MY HUSBAND AND I AREN'T
CORPORATE TYCOONS, WE JUST WANT
TO MAKE AN HONEST LIVING.
SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE OURS ARE
THE BACKBONE OF RURAL ECONOMIES.
JOE BIDEN HAS A PLAN TO HELP
MORE AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY
PEOPLE OF COLOR, START
BUSINESSES.
MAIN CASTS NINE VOTES FOR BERNIE
SANDERS AND 22 VOTES FOR OUR
NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> MARYLAND.
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER AND WHEN
IT COMES TO RACIAL JUSTICE BLACK
OPPORTUNITY MATTERS.
>> JOE BIDEN WON'T LEAVE ANYONE
BEHIND.
HIS PLAN WILL HELP BLACK
ENTREPRENEURS.
>> OR FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS.
>> PAYING EVERY WORKER A FAIR
WAGE.
>> THAT IS BUILDING BACK BETTER.
>> MARYLAND CASTS ONE VOTE FOR
BERNIE SANDERS AND 119 VOTES FOR
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> MASSACHUSETTS.
>> WE NEED A PLAN TO GET THE
ECONOMY GOING AGAIN.
JOE BIDEN WILL GET THE PANDEMIC
UNDER CONTROL, CREATE NEW JOBS
IN MANUFACTURING AND CLEAN
ENERGY, HELP SMALL BUSINESSES
AND OUR RESTAURANTS RECOVER, AND
BUILD BACK BETTER SO OUR ECONOMY
IS STRONGER AND FAIRER THAN IT
WAS BEFORE.
MASSACHUSETTS CASTS 30 VOTES FOR
BERNIE SANDERS AND 83 VOTES FOR
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> MICHIGAN.
>> MICHIGAN AUTO WORKERS OF THE
BEST IN THE WORLD.
WE WOULD BE NOWHERE WITHOUT JOE
BIDEN AND A LOT OF FOLKS WANTED
TO LET DETROIT GO BANKRUPT BUT
JOE BIDEN BELIEVED IN US AND
TOGETHER, WE FOUGHT TO SAVE OUR
AUTO INDUSTRY.
>> NOW HE HAS A PLAN TO CREATE A
MILLION NEW AUTO JOBS BY
INVESTING IN CLEAN ENERGY.
HE BELIEVES IN AMERICAN WORKERS.
HE HAS OUR BACK AND WE HAVE HIS.
>> MESSAGE AGAIN -- MICHIGAN
CASTS 92 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> MINNESOTA.
>> I AM IN MINNESOTA, THE HOME
OF THE HEADWATERS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
WE KNOW A BRIDGE SHOULDN'T FALL
DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF AMERICA,
BUT IT DID AND WE CAME TOGETHER
TO REBUILD IT.
THAT IS WHAT WE DO IN AMERICA.
THAT IS WHAT JOE BIDEN WILL DO
AS PRESIDENT.
HE WILL BUILD BACK BETTER.
HE WILL CROSS THE RIVER OF OUR
DIVIDE AND UNITE THIS COUNTRY
FROM OUR CITY'S TOWER SUBURBS TO
OUR RURAL AREAS.
NOW, WE WILL VIRTUALLY CROSS THE
GREAT MISSISSIPPI TO ST. PAUL
AS THE 40 MAYOR, I AM PROUD TO
CAST OUR VOTE FOR BERNIE SANDERS
AND FOR OUR NEXT U.S. PRESIDENT,
JILL BIDEN.
>> MISSISSIPPI.
>> WE REFLECT THE PEOPLE.
CONTRIBUTING TO MISSISSIPPI AND
THE WORLD, OUR ALUMNI ARE
LEADERS LIKE CONGRESSMAN
THOMPSON.
JOE BIDEN ONCE TO INVEST $17
BILLION.
IMAGINE WHAT IMPACT THAT COULD
HAVE.
IMAGINE WHAT IMPACT IT COULD
HAVE ON AMERICA.
RECAST TO GET VOTES FOR OUR NEXT
PRESIDENT, JILL BIDEN.
>> AS A MEMBER OF THE
INTERNATIONAL UNION, I LOVE
WALKING AROUND THE CITY AND
SEEING THE CONTRIBUTION THAT MY
BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE NEED.
WE STAND READY TO BE OUR
NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE WILL CREATE MILLIONS OF NEW
JOBS, BUILDING BACK BETTER.
THE COST -- CAST 50 VOTES FOR
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JILL BIDEN.
>> I CAME HOME TO MY PARENT'S
SENIOR RANCH.
WITHOUT RELIABLE INTERNET, THERE
IS NO REMOTE LEARNING.
IT CAN BE A REAL GAME CHANGER.
JOE BIDEN HAS A PLAN TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
>> NEBRASKA.
>> I WORK AT A MEET PACKING
PLANT.
WE GET TREATED LIKE WE ARE
EXPENDABLE.
WORKERS ARE DYING FROM COVID.
A LOT OF US DO NOT HAVE QUALITY
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
WE ARE NOT DISPOSABLE.
WE WANT TO KEEP HOPING THAT YOU
WILL FEED OUR FAMILY, BUT NEED A
PRESIDENT WHO WILL HAVE OUR
BACK.
>> WORKING PEOPLE ON THE BACK
BONE TO OUR RECOVERY.
JILL BIDEN KNOWS THAT IT IS NOT
ENOUGH TO PRAISE THEM.
LET'S RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE AND
EMPOWER WORKERS TO WORK FOR
BETTER BENEFIT AND SAFER WORK
LACES.
MAKE IT EASIER TO PAY FOR HEALTH
CARE.
I AM PROUD TO CAST 25 VOTES FOR
OUR NEXT DATE, JILL BIDEN.
>> ME TRUST JOE BIDEN.
HE WILL ABIDE THE LEADERSHIP
NECESSARY TO BRING US BACK FROM
THE PANDEMIC.
JOE WILL RESTORE HONESTY,
DECENCY AND THE WHITE HOUSE.
HE WILL UNITE ALL AMERICANS AND
BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR US
ALL.
24 DELEGATES TO THE NEXT
PRESIDENT OF THE U.S., JILL
BIDEN.
>> WE HAVE BEEN HIT HARD COVID,
BUT WE ARE COMING BACK, BUT WE
HAVE TO BE SMART.
WE HAD TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO
HAS A PLAN.
A MEMORY OF ALL WE LOST, IN
SOLIDARITY WITH ALL THOSE WHO
ARE SICK OR STRUGGLING, IN
ETERNAL GRATITUDE FOR FRONT-LINE
WORKERS, NEW JERSEY CAST 139
VOTES FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF
THE U.S., JILL BIDEN.
>> -- JOE BIDEN.
>> I AM COMING TO YOU ON THE
HOMELAND OF MY.
NEW MEXICO IS A DIVERSE STATE.
WE HAVE A RICH MULTICULTURAL
HISTORY.
WE BELIEVE THAT WE ONLY TO THE
NEXT GENERATION TO PROTECT THE
CULTURAL RESOURCES THAT ARE
THERE INHERITING.
AND ALSO RESPECT TRIBAL
SOVEREIGNTY.
WE CAST 42 VOTES FOR THE NEXT
PRESIDENT OF THE USA, JILL
BIDEN.
>> I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF
AMERICA'S FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
, BUT MANY HEALTH CARE WORKERS
DO NOT GET PAID HEALTH CARE --
SICK LEAVE OR HAVE ENOUGH
EQUIPMENT.
I HAVE A MOTHER WHO IS HIGH
RISK.
I WORRY EVERY DAY ABOUT BRINGING
THIS VIRUS HOME TO THEM.
JOE BIDEN WILL HELP TO TAKE CARE
OF YOUR LOVED ONE.
I CAST NEW YORK'S VOTE, 34 VOTES
FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 277 FOR
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JILL BIDEN.
IT IS JOE TIME.
>> NORTH CAROLINA.
>> BLACK PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY
BLACK LEMON ARE THE BACKBONE OF
THIS PARTY.
IF WE DO NOT SHOW UP, NO
DEMOCRATS GET ELECTED.
WE ARE GOING ALL OVER NORTH
CAROLINA TO HELP ORGANIZE
BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT EVERYBODY SHOWS UP FOR JOE
BIDEN.
HE WOULD SHOW UP FOR US.
WE CAST 80 VOTES FOR THE NEXT
PRESIDENT OF THE U.S., JILL
BIDEN.
>> WELCOME TO THE HOMELAND.
I GRADUATED FROM THE CLASS OF
FOUR STUDENT AND I DRIVE THREE
HOURS JUST TO TAKE THE SATS, BUT
I KNEW THAT COLLEGE WAS THE
LATTER THAT COULD TAKE YOU
ANYWAY.
AS A PROUD TRIBAL MEMBER, AS A
HARVARD ADJUVANT, I AM PROUD TO
CAST NORTH DAKOTA'S VOTE.
>> HELLO FROM PARADISE.
WE MIGHT BE FARAWAY, BUT WE ARE
AMERICANS AND FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN DECADES, WE FINALLY HAVE A
DEMOCRATIC SLEEP BECAUSE
DEMOCRATS ORGANIZED EVERYWHERE
WE DO NOT GET TO VOTE FOR
PRESIDENT, SO PLEASE DO NOT
WASTE YOURS.
WE CAST NINE VOTES FOR OUR NEXT
PRESIDENT, JUSTICE WRITING.
THANK YOU.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME
WORKING PEOPLE BELIEVE IN A
DONALD TRUMP PROMISE, THEY WIND
UP GETTING SCREWED.
JOE BIDEN HAS MORE THAN A
PROMISE.
HE HAS A PLAN TO BRING JOBS BACK
TO AMERICA.
HE WILL CREATE SKILLED JOBS FOR
UNION WORKERS AND THE FUTURE
WILL BE MADE IN AMERICA.
WE CAST 134 VOTES FOR THE NEXT
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> VIOLENT DEVASTATED A THRIVING
BLACK COMMUNITY.
HATRED STILL LIVES IN OUR
NATION, BUT SO DOES RESOLVED.
OUR NATION MUST TURN BACK THE
TIDE OF VIOLENCE, NOW.
OKLAHOMA CASTS 24 VOTES FOR OUR
NEXT PRESIDENT, JILL BIDEN.
>> AS BLACK AMERICANS STANDING
ON NATIVE LAND, WE PROUDLY
REPRESENT OREGON.
RACISM LAID BARE.
>> WE WENT TO BRIDGE DIVIDES AND
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAD
ACCESS TO QUALITY CARE.
TODAY ORGAN CASTS 16 VOTES FOR
BERNIE SANDERS.
>> AND WE CAST 57 VOTES JOE
BIDEN.
>> PENNSYLVANIA.
>> WHEN JOE BIDEN WAS YOUNG, HIS
FATHER SAT DOWN ON JILL'S BED
AND TOLD HIM HE LOST HIS JOB.
RIGHT NOW, ACROSS AMERICA,
WORKING FAMILIES I EXPERIENCE
THE SAME FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY.
JOE BIDEN HAS A PLAN TO BUILD
BACK BETTER.
SOME MORE PARENTS CAN TELL THEIR
KIDS WHAT HIS DAD SAID ALL THOSE
USE AGO.
WE CAST 175 VOTES FOR THE NEXT
PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.,
SCRANTON'S OF JOE BIDEN.
>> [SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> RHODE ISLAND.
>> RHODE ISLAND, THE OCEAN
STATE.
OUR RESTAURANT AND FISHING
INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN DECIMATED BY
THIS PANDEMIC.
WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE A GOVERNOR
WHO LET FISHERMEN SELL THEIR
CATCHES DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC.
WE CAST ONE VOTE BERNIE SANDERS
AND 34 VOTES FOR THE NEXT
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> SOUTH CAROLINA.
>> I AM JAMIE HARRISON.
SPEAKING FOR THE CAMPUS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY.
THE ALMA MATER AND FOR WHOM THE
HONORS COLLEGE IS NAME.
22 GENERAL OFFICERS TO OUR
SERVICE.
15 FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 49 FOR
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.,
JOE BIDEN.
>> SOUTH DAKOTA.
>> AS A CITIZEN OF THE TRIBE, I
WELCOME YOU TO THE BLACK HILLS,
THE SITE OF MY CREATIONS AND THE
GREAT SIOUX NATION.
WE ARE ALL RELATED.
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT MUST LEAD BY
THIS PHILOSOPHY FOR THE
BETTERMENT OF THE NEXT SEVEN
GENERATIONS.
WE CAST 17 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT,
JILL BIDEN.
-- JOE BIDEN.
>> TENNESSEE BECAME THE 36TH AND
DECIDING STATE TO RATIFY THE
19TH AMENDMENT, GRANTING WOMEN
THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
THIS YEAR, I AM TESTING MY FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN.
WE WILL REPLACE DONALD TRUMP
WITH A PRESIDENT WHO RESPECTS US
TENNESSEE CASTS 50 VOTES FOR OUR
NEXT PRESIDENT, MR. JOSEPH
BIDEN.
>> A YEAR AGO, WE WERE TARGETED
BY AN ARSONIST AND IT DEVASTATED
ALL OF US.
IN THE FACE OF HE, WE CHOOSE
LOVE.
IN THE FACE OF CONTINUED GUN
VIOLENCE IN AMERICA, WE DEMAND
CHANGE.
THE TIME,.
WE CAST 161 VOTE FOR OUR NEXT
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> IN UTAH, WE HAVE HAD MAIL-IN
VOTING FOR YEARS.
HE AUTOMATICALLY GET SENT A
BALLOT.
IT IS FAST.
WE HAD TURN OUT WELL OVER 80%.
THIS YEAR, WE ARE EXPECTING EVEN
HIGHER.
MAIL-IN VOTING STRENGTHENS OUR
DEMOCRACY.
UTAH COST 17 VOTES FOR BERNIE
SANDERS.
>> THE STATE OF VERMONT STRONGLY
BELIEVING AN ECONOMIC JUSTICE,
SOCIAL JUSTICE, RACIAL JUSTICE
AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE,
PROBABLY.
IMMINENTLY OPPOSED TO
AUTHORITARIANISM IS PROUD TO
CAST 15 VOTES FOR VERMONT
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS AND NINE
VOTES FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> AND RECOGNITION, I WILL
DEDICATE.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
MITES AND BEACHES AND FRIENDLY
PEOPLE.
>> VIRGINIA.
>> CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA WAS
ATTACKED BY WHITES ASSIST AND A
YOUNG WOMAN WAS KILLED.
WE WERE ATTACKED AGAIN WHEN
DONALD TRUMP PRAISED THOSE RACES
, TURNING HIS BACK ON A
COMMUNITY THAT JUST WANTED.
THAT IS WHEN JOE BIDEN DECIDED
TO JOIN THE BATTLE.
WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIS SOUL.
HE WILL BRING THIS NATION
TOGETHER.
91 VOTE FOR OUR PRESIDENT, JOE
BIDEN.
>> AS A REFUGEE FROM, I KNEW
THAT EDUCATION WAS THE KEY.
WHEN HAVING CHILDREN OF MY OWN,
I BECAME AN ADVOCATE.
DEMOCRATS INVEST IN EDUCATION
BECAUSE WE ARE COMMITTED TO
FIGHTING FOR ALL KIDS.
66 VOTES TO OUR NEXT PRESIDENT,
JOE BIDEN.
>> WEST VIRGINIANS HAVE CHANGED
THE NARRATIVE.
PARENTS, TEACHERS AND PERSONNEL
HAVE WORKED TOGETHER.
SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR CLASSROOM
EQUIPMENT AND FAIR WAGES FOR
TEACHERS AND SCHOOL SERVICE
PERSONNEL.
LET'S KEEP FIGHTING TO GUARANTEE
A QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL
CHILDREN AND
A PRESIDENT WHO WILL FIGHT
ALONGSIDE AS.
WE CAST READY FOR VOTES FOR NEXT
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> AFTER OUR SON'S DEATH, JILL
BIDEN HELPED -- JOE BIDEN HELPED
TO PASS LEGISLATION.
WE SEE IN HIM SO MUCH OF WHAT
NEEDED MATT'S LIFE SO SPECIAL.
HIS PASSION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
AND HIS COMPASSION FOR OTHERS.
>> WYOMING CASTS 11 VOTES FOR
THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.,
JILL BIDEN -- JOE BIDEN.
>> WELCOME BACK TO WISCONSIN.
IT IS A PLACE WHERE I WAS BORN
AND RAISED.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS
BEEN FACED WITH SIGNIFICANT
CHALLENGES BUT WHAT MANY DO NOT
SEE IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT RELY
ON THIS COMMUNITY.
WE ARE HARD-WORKING PEOPLE,
FIGHTING TO PROVIDE FOR OUR
FAMILIES.
WE KNOW THAT WE BUILD A BETTER
FUTURE BY CHANNELING WISCONSIN'S
LEGACY AS THE PROGRESSIVE
MOVEMENT AND UNITING AROUND
AGENDA THAT UPLIFTS EVERY
COMMUNITY.
ONE THAT RECOGNIZES HEALTH CARE
IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND TAKING ON
RACIAL AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICE.
WISCONSIN CASTS 67 VOTES FOR THE
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE USA,
JOSEPH BIDEN.
>> DELAWARE.
>> LONG BEFORE THIS TRAIN
STATION FOR HIS NAME, SEE JOE
BIDEN APPEAR.
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIS NORTH
STAR.
WORKING PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE AND
SACRIFICE TO BUILD A BETTER
LIFE.
NO ONE HAS EVER HAD TO WONDER
WHO JOE IS AND IT FOR.
>> I HAVE KNOWN JOE FOR 40
YEARS.
WHAT IS MORE, SHE IS HUMBLE,
TELLS THE TRUTH AND TREATS
EVERYONE WITH RESPECT.
HE IS A LEADER MADE FOR THIS
MOMENT AND THE FINEST PUBLIC
SERVANT I HAVE EVER KNOWN.
>> WE ARE PROUD CAST OUR VOTE.
JOE BIDEN.
♪
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR
DELEGATIONS.
I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS
OFFICIALLY BEEN NOMINATED BY THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR OUR
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
USA.
HE IS NOW INVITED TO DELIVER AN
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART,
THANK YOU ALL.
IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME AND MY
FAMILY.
I WILL SEE YOU ON THURSDAY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
♪
>> THAT WAS SO SWEET WITH THE
GRANDKIDS.
NOW WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL NOMINEE.
ONTO THE NEXT STEP.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A PLAN
TO THE.
TEXT THE TO FIND OUT HOW.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A
TOPIC THAT TOUCHES ALL OF OUR
LIVES, HEALTH CARE.
THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAS GAME
CHANGING.
JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO
PROTECT AND IMPROVE A.
BRINGING DOWN HEALTH CARE COSTS
HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR
JOE BIDEN BECAUSE FOR JOE AND
FOR ALL OF US, HEALTH CARE IS
PERSONAL.
>> IT IS THE TOUGHEST BATTLES
THAT CALL FOR STEADY LEADERSHIP.
THEY WERE TOLD TO GIVE UP ON
AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE.
THEY KNEW THAT IT WOULD COST
THAN POLITICALLY.
BUT NOT NEARLY AS MUCH AS IT
WOULD COST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
IF THEY DID NOTHING.
>> WE WILL NOT SLOW UP ON
PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE
FOR AMERICANS.
>> GIVING UP ON THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT WOULD HAVE MEANT
LEAVING MANY OUT IN THE COLD,
BUT JOE BIDEN WAS NOT ABOUT TO
GIVE UP BECAUSE HE KNEW WHAT IT
WAS LIKE TO STAND IN THEIR
SHOES.
HE WAS SWORN INTO THE NEXT TO A
HOSPITAL BED.
HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER HAD BEEN
KILLED IN A CAR CRASH.
LYING AND NOT DEAD WERE HIS TWO
SONS.
40 YEARS LATER, ONE OF THOSE
LITTLE BOYS, HIS SON, WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND GIVEN
ONLY MONTHS TO LIVE.
IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE A GREATER
GRIEF THAN TO LOSE A CHILD.
BUT HE ALWAYS KNEW THAT HIS
FAMILY WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY
ONES.
AFTER THE ACCIDENT, HIS SON GOT
40 MORE YEARS OF LIFE BECAUSE HE
HAD HEALTH CARE.
>> THE MOTION IS LAID ON THE
TABLE.
>> NOW IT IS UNTHINKABLE THAT
DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING TO TAKE
THAT HEALTH CARE AWAY.
IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, HE
IS TRYING TO GET RID OF THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
THIS FIGHT IS PERSONAL FOR JOE.
WHEN HE SAYS HE HAS A PLAN TO
STRENGTHEN THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT, PROTECT THOSE WITH
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS AND
EXPAND ACCESS, HE IS THINKING
ABOUT HOW HAVING HEALTH CARE
HELP TO SAVE HIS BOYS.
HE IS INKING ABOUT HIS SON, WHO
SPENT HIS FINAL DAYS IN COMFORT
BECAUSE HE WAS INSURED.
>> THIS IS MY PROMISE TO YOU.
WHEN I AM PRESIDENT, I WILL TAKE
CARE OF YOUR HEALTH CARE
COVERAGE AND YOUR FAMILY, THE
SAME WAY I WOULD MY OWN.
THAT IS WHAT THE PRESIDENCY IS,
THE DUTY TO CARE, TO CARE FOR
ALL OF US.
THIS JOB IS NOT ABOUT ME.
IT IS ABOUT YOU AND US.
>> HOW ARE YOU, YOU HANDSOME
BOY?
>> HE WAS BORN WITH A HEART
CONDITION.
HE ENDED UP REQUIRING A
TRANSPLANT.
NOW, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
THINK ABOUT ALL THE TIME,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE POTENTIAL
COVERAGE.
>> I REMEMBER INKING, AS HE LAY
DYING IN BED, THINKING TO
MYSELF, WHAT WOULD I DO IF THE
DOCTOR WALKED IN AND SAID, I'M
SORRY.
YOU HAVE REACHED YOUR CAP.
SUFFER THE LAST FEW MONTHS OF
YOUR LIFE ON YOUR OWN.
>> BASICALLY EVERYONE WAS A
REPUBLICAN AND I WAS A
REPUBLICAN.
WE PUT OFF GOING TO THE DOCTOR
BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE HEALTH
INSURANCE.
WE FINALLY GOT SOME BUT A LOOK
AT MY THROAT AND THEY SAID, YOU
HAVE CANCER.
MY WIFE APPLIED FOR AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT AND MY COVERAGE BEGAN
APRIL 1 2012.
THAT SAME DAY, THEY STARTED MY
RADIATION AND IT SAVED MY LIFE.
I AM HERE TODAY.
>> YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
PEOPLE SPIRITUALLY, BUT ALSO
OTHER AREAS OF THEIR LIFE.
THAT INCLUDES THEIR
PHYSIOLOGICAL WELL-BEING BECAUSE
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY
AND IN MY CHURCH WHO CANNOT TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF IT BECAUSE THEY DO
NOT HAVE HEALTH CARE.
THAT IS DISCOURAGING TO ME.
>> A LOT OF OUR MEDICATION, WE
HAVE TO FIGHT FOR.
WE WORRIED ABOUT THE
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS FOR
CHILDREN.
WE WORRIED ABOUT AGE BECAUSE
HAVING THE COST OF MEDICATION,
WE WOULD HAVE REACHED THAT
MILLION-DOLLAR CAP END TIME.
ONCE IT PASSED, WE NO LONGER HAD
NOT CAP.
>> THE FEAR THAT YOU ALL LIVE IN
, IF THEY SAID, NO INSURANCE,
YOU ARE NOT COVERED.
IT IS JUST DEVASTATING.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
GOD LOVE YOU, BUT DOING IT ALL,
TRUMP WAS TRYING TO RIP AWAY
YOUR COVERAGE.
I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST
HAVE BEEN MY, GO TO SLEEP AT
NIGHT AND WONDERING WHAT YOU ARE
GOING TO DO.
>> EVERY NIGHT, I GO TO BED,
CONCERNED ABOUT NEWS I WOULD GET
IN THE MORNING.
EVEN TODAY, THEY ARE STILL
TRYING TO TAKE AWAY OUR HEALTH
CARE.
>> WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE DO
NOT IS THAT.
ANY STATE WHERE IF YOU QUALIFY
FOR MEDICAID AND THE STATE HAS
NOT PROVIDED IT, WE WILL
AUTOMATICALLY ENROLL.
WE LOOK, SEE YOU --
>> I MET HIM AT A CAMPAIGN
EVENT.
INDEED, I HAVE WHAT HAS BEEN
DIAGNOSED AS TERMINAL CANCER.
THE EMPATHY AND HUMAN LOVE HE
HAS SHARED WITH ME HAS KEPT ME
GOING.
>> IT WAS PROVIDED BY THE CARE
ACT.
I FINISHED MY COURSE OF
TREATMENT AND INSTEAD, I HAVE
BEEN CANCER FREE.
>> I WATCHED WITH EMANATION AS
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
DISMANTLED THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT.
>> MY PURPOSE IN LIFE IS TO
DEVOTE ALL MY ENERGY TO GET JOE
ELECTED.
>> I JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO
BECOME A BITING DELEGATE.
>> BY THAT TIME YOU ARE WATCHING
THIS, YOU WILL HAVE GROWN UP TO
BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS.
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER
I WILL BE AROUND FOR YOU.
>> ALS, WHICH IS A DEADLY,
DEBILITATING DISEASE.
AFTER I WAS DIAGNOSED, THE
PRESIDENT PASSED A TAX BILL THAT
PUT MY HEALTH CARE RISK.
SO I WENT TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
.
>> MY NEXT GUEST MADE HEADLINES
WHEN HE CONFRONTED A REPUBLICAN
SENATOR ON AN AIRPLANE.
>> I WANTED TO HELP CREATE A
BETTER COUNTRY FOR YOU TO LIVE
IN.
>> AMERICA IS BEAUTIFUL!
AMERICA IS BEAUTIFUL.
>> ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME IS TO
MAKE YOU PROUD, BECAUSE I AM
ALREADY SO PROUD OF YOU.
♪
>> HELLO, AMERICA.
I AM SPEAKING TO YOU THROUGH
THIS COMPUTER VOICE BECAUSE I
HAVE BEEN PARALYZED BY A
MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS CALLED 
ALS.
LIKE SO MANY OF YOU, I HAVE
EXPERIENCED THE RAISE OUR HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM IS FUNDAMENTALLY
BROKEN.
ENORMOUS COSTS, DENIED
CLAIMS.
SINCE MY SHOCKING DIAGNOSIS, I
HAVE TRAVELED THE COUNTRY
MEETING COUNTLESS PATIENTS LIKE
ME, DEMANDING MORE OF OUR
REPRESENTATIVES AND OUR
DEMOCRACY.
TODAY WE ARE WITNESSING THE
TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF OUR
FAILING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC,
NEARLY 100 MILLION AMERICANS DO
NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT HEALTH
INSURANCE, AND EVEN GOOD
INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER
ESSENTIAL NEEDS LIKE LONG-TERM
CARE.
OUR LOVED ONES ARE DYING IN
UNSAFE NURSING HOMES.
OUR NURSES ARE OVERWHELMED AND
UNPROTECTED, AND OUR ESSENTIAL
WORKERS ARE TREATED AS
DISPENSABLE.
WE LIVE IN THE RICHEST
COUNTRY IN HISTORY AND YET WE DO
NOT GUARANTEE THIS MOST BASIC
HUMAN RIGHT.
EVERYONE IN AMERICA SHOULD GET
THE HEALTH CARE THEY NEED,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT
STATUS OR ABILITY TO PAY.
EVEN DOING THIS CRISIS, DONALD
TRUMP THE REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS
ARE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE'S HEALTH INSURANCE.
WITH THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT OF
ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF THIS
PRESIDENT, WE HAVE THE PROFOUND
OBLIGATION TO ACT, NOT ONLY TO
VOTE, BUT TO MAKE SURE OUR
FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND NEIGHBORS
PHOTO AS WELL.
WE MUST ELECT JOE BIDEN.
EACH OF US MUST BE A HERO FOR
OUR COMMUNITIES, FOR OUR
COUNTRY, AND THEN WITH THE
COMPASSIONATE AND INTELLIGENT
PRESIDENT, WE MUST ACT TOGETHER
AND PUT ON HIS DESK A BILL THAT
GUARANTEES US ALL THE HEALTH
CARE WE DESERVE.
TEXT VOTE TO 30330M TO LEARN HOW
TO VOTE SAFELY, BECAUSE OUR
LIVES DEPEND ON IT.
TRACEE: POLITICS AND ELECTIONS
CAN SEEM LIKE THESE FARAWAY
THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE
THE POWER TO CHANGE.
BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW MAKES IT CLEAR
HOW PERSONAL POLITICS ARE.
I DISCOVERED THAT WHEN I GET
INFORMED AND PARTICIPATE, MY
FEAR GETS SMALLER.
VOTING IS A BIG PART OF THAT.
SO KNOWING THE CHANGE YOU WANT,
VOTE FOR THE LEADERS YOU THINK
WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND IF YOU
ARE ABLE, IF YOU CAN, HELP FUND
THIS CAMPAIGN.
PLEASE GO TO JOEBIDEN.COM AND
CHIP IN WHATEVER YOU CAN.
WITH LEADERS LIKE JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS, WE CAN BUILD BACK
BETTER HERE AT HOME AND ONCE
AGAIN STRENGTHEN OUR NATION'S
SECURITY AND STANDING IN THE
WORLD.
♪ 
>> MY NAME IS DEMARCUS, I AM 34
YEARS OLD, AND I CURRENTLY LIVE
IN LOS ANGELES.
I AM A GRADUATE OF THE U.S.
NAVAL ACADEMY IN ANNAPOLIS, AND
I SERVED   THE MARINE CORPS
IS AN OFFICER FOR SIX YEARS.
I TOOK AN OATH TO SUPPORT
AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
AND I KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN TOOK A
SIMILAR OATH, AND HE UNDERSTANDS
THAT SITUATION OF MEN AND WOMEN
IN UNIFORM OVERSEAS RIGHT NOW
FIGHTING FOR THE IDEALS OF THIS
NATION, THAT LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
CAN BE EXTENDED TO ALL PEOPLE.
I KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN
UNDERSTANDS ABOUT AT HIS CORE.
I TRUST HIM TO LEAD US ON DAY
ONE INTO A GREATER FUTURE.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT
FOR ME RIGHT NOW THAN MAKING
SURE THAT WE RESTORE THE SOUL OF
OUR NATION, AND I THINK JOE
BIDEN IS THE BEST PERSON TO DO
THAT.
THANKS, JOE.
♪
>> HI,, I AM JOHN KERRY.
FOR THE EIGHT YEARS OF THE
OBAMA-BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, WE
LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
I LIMITED THE THREAT OF IRAN
WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPON, WE FORGED
A COALITION TO DESTROY ISIS, WE
ATTACKED CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE STOPPED EBOLA BEFORE HE
BECAME A PANDEMIC.
DONALD TRUMP INHERITED A GROWING
ECONOMY AND A MORE PEACEFUL
WORLD, AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE
HE INHERITED, HE BANKRUPTED IT.
WHEN THIS PRESIDENT GOES
OVERSEAS, IT ISN'T A GOODWILL
MISSION, IT IS A BLOOPER REEL.
HE BREAKS UP WITH OUR ALLIES AND
WRITES LOVE LETTERS TO
DICTATORS.
AMERICA DESERVES A PRESIDENT WHO
IS LOOKED UP TO, NOT LEFT AT.
DONALD TRUMP PRETENDS RUSSIA DID
NOT ATTACK OUR ELECTIONS, AND
NOW HE DOES NOTHING ABOUT RUSSIA
PUTTING A BOUNTY ON OUR TROOPS.
HE WILL NOT DEFEND OUR COUNTRY,
HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO DEFEND
OUR TROOPS.
ON THE PERSON HE IS INTERESTED
AT DEFENDING IS HIMSELF.
THIS IS THE BOTTOM LINE, OUR
INTERESTS, OUR IDEALS, AND OUR
BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM
CANNOT AFFORD FOUR MORE YEARS OF
DONALD TRUMP.
OUR TROOPS CANNOT GET OUT OF
HARM'S WAY BY HIDING IN THE
BUNKER, THEY NEED A PRESIDENT
WHO WILL STAND UP FOR THEM, AND
PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL.
JOE'S MORAL COMPASS IS ALWAYS
POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION,
FROM THE FIGHT TO BREAK
APARTHEID, TO THE STRUGGLE TO
WAKE UP THE WORLD TO GENOCIDE IN
THE BALKANS.
JOE UNDERSTANDS THAT NONE OF THE
ISSUES IN THIS WORLD, NOT
NUCLEAR WEAPONS, NOT THE
CHALLENGE OF BUILDING BACK
BETTER AFTER COVID, NOT
TERRORISM AND CERTAINLY NOT THE
 CLIMATE CRISIS CAN
BE DONE WITHOUT BRINGING PEOPLE
TOGETHER IN STRENGTH THAT
HUMILITY.
HE UNDERSTANDS THOSE VALUES
DON'T LIMIT OUR POWER, THEY
MAGNIFY IT.
HE KNOWS YOU CAN'T SPREAD
DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD IF
YOU DON'T PRACTICE IT AT HOME,
AND HE KNOWS THAT EVEN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NEEDS
FRIENDS ON THIS PLANET.
BEFORE DONALD TRUMP, WE USED TO
TALK ABOUT AMERICAN
EXCEPTIONALISM.
THE ONLY THING EXCEPTIONAL ABOUT
THE INCOHERENT TRUMP FOREIGN
POLICY IS THAT IT HAS MADE OUR
NATION MORE ISOLATED THAN EVER
BEFORE.
JOE BIDEN KNOWS WE ARE NOT
EXCEPTIONAL BECAUSE WE BLUSTER
THAT WE ARE, WE ARE EXCEPTIONAL
BECAUSE WE DO EXCEPTIONAL
THINGS.
ON JUNE 6, 1944, YOUNG AMERICANS
GAVE THEIR LIVES ON THE BEACHES
OF NORMANDY TO LIBERATE THE
WORLD FROM TYRANNY.
OUT OF THE ASHES OF THAT WAR, WE
MADE PEACE AND REBUILDS THE
WORLD.
-- REBUILT THE WORLD.
THAT WAS AND REMAINS
EXCEPTIONAL.
IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYTHING
DONALD TRUMP STANDS FOR.
THIS MOMENT IS A FIGHT FOR THE
SECURITY OF AMERICA AND THE
WORLD.
ONLY JOE BIDEN CAN MAKE AMERICA
LEAD LIKE AMERICA AGAIN.
IF YOU AGREE, TEXT JOIN TO 30330
.
THANK YOU.
>> IN THE SITUATION ROOM,
PRESIDENTS MAKE DECISIONS OF WAR
AND PEACE, SO WHEN BIDEN WALKED
INTO THE SITUATION ROOM, FIRST
AND FOREMOST ON HIS MIND IS, HOW
WILL MY DECISION IMPACT THE
LIVES OF AMERICAN PEOPLE?
>> HE IS EXPERIENCED.
HE HAS MADE THE TOUGH CALLS.
>> HE'S GOT COVERAGE.
TREMENDOUS COURAGE, CHARACTER
AND JUDGMENT, AND HE CAN BE
TOUGH I WITNESSED IT CLOSE UP.
>> HE IS DECISIVE AND
WELL-PREPARED FOR ANY ISSUE.
>> THERE IS NO ONE MORE
QUALIFIED THAN JOE BIDEN TO BE
SET UP THE HEAD OF THE TABLE IN
THE SITUATION ROOM, MAKING
DECISIONS FOR THIS COUNTRY
HAVING SENT.
>> HIS SON TO WAR, I DON'T THINK
ANYONE CAN BE MORE READY THAN
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
>> HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT IS AT
STAKE WHEN HE SENDS OUR TROOPS
OVERSEAS.
>> BIDEN UNDERSTANDS HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE ALLIES
STANDING WITH US.
THEY ARE FORCE MULTIPLIERS.
>> JOE BIDEN HAS A UNIQUE
APOLOGY TO CONNECT TO PEOPLE.
HE KNOWS LEADERS AND HE KNOWS
WHAT MAKES THEM TICK.
>> THEY TRUST HIS JUDGMENT AND
THEY KNOW THAT HIS WORD IS GOOD.
>> I KNOW THAT BIDENS PERSONAL
DIPLOMACY WILL SAVE AMERICAN
LIVES.
>> TO BUILD THESE RELATIONSHIPS
TAKES DECADES, AND TO TEAR THEM
DOWN, ALL IT TAKES IS A TWEET.
>> THANKS TO DONALD TRUMP, OUR
ADVERSARIES ARE STRONGER AND
BOLDER.
>> DONALD TRUMP HAS THE NOT BEEN
STANDING UP TO THE DICTATORS IN
CHINA AND RUSSIA.
>> I SERVED FOR 36 YEARS.
I HAVE LED SPACE CORPS DRONES,
NUCLEAR MISSILE QUADRANTS AND I
NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE A
PRESIDENT WHO IS A DANGER TO
NATIONAL SECURITY.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DEGRADED
AND DO BASED THE PRESIDENCY AND
OUR COUNTRY IN THE EYES OF THE
WORLD.
>> THEM BOUNTIES ON THE U.S.
SOLDIERS, I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I
READ THAT.
BUT THE PRESIDENT DID NOT EVEN
ASK PRESIDENT PUTIN ABOUT IT.
>> THAT IS UN-AMERICAN.
THAT IS A DERELICTION OF DUTY.
YOU ARE FEELING THE TROOPS AND
THE COUNTRY.
>> FIRST BEING THE PRESIDENT'S
TO DO IS FIND OUT WHAT THE FACTS
ARE.
THIS PRESIDENT IS NOT CARE ABOUT
FACTS.
>> BIDEN CARES ABOUT THE SAFETY
AND WELFARE OF AMERICAN
SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN.
>> WE HAVE A POLICY TO MAINTAIN
A PRESENCE IN SYRIA.
WE ACTUALLY CAME TO THE AID AND
STOP THE ADVANCE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD US SIMPLY,
ABANDON THE KURDS.
SHAMEFUL.
>> JOE BIDEN WILL BE STRONGER
AGAINST DICTATORS.
>> I HAVE HEARD THEM ON THE
PHONE WITH SOME PRETTY TOUGH
CHARACTERS.
YOU TALK ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S
SYMPATHY AND DECENCY, BUT JOE
BIDEN IS TOUGH AS NAILS AND
EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.
>> HE WILL DO THE RIGHT THING
THE MATTER THE POLITICAL COST.
>> I HAVE SERVED WITH TWO
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT AND ONE
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT.
I HAVE SEEN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION MAKE DECISIONS
WITHOUT ANY THOUGHT, ANY
PREPARATION, THAT HAVE LIFE AND
DEATH CONSEQUENCES.
>> AT ONE OF THE MOST DEFINING
TIMES IN THE HISTORY OF THE
WORLD, JOE BIDEN IS UNIQUELY
QUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
>> IF YOU WANT A STRONG AMERICA,
YOU WANT JOE BIDEN.
>> HI, I AM FORMER SECRETARY OF
STATE COLIN POWELL.
100 YEARS AGO, A YOUNG IMMIGRANT
LEFT A DIRT FIRM IN JAMAICA AND
SET OUT FOR AMERICA.
THREE YEARS LATER, A SHIP PULLED
INTO NEW YORK HARBOR, A YOUNG
JAMAICAN WOMAN GAZED INTO THE
STATUE OF LIBERTY FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
THEY BECAME MY PARENTS AND THEY
INSPIRED ME TO JOIN COLLEGE AND
FINISH THE ARMY -- TO FINISH
COLLEGE AND JOIN THE ARMY.
THIS BEGAN SERVICE UP THE REST
TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT
CHIEFS OF STAFF, AND SECRETARY
OF STATE.
THE VALUES I LEARNED GROWING UP
IN THE SOUTH BRONX AND SERVING
IN UNIFORM WERE THE SAME VALUES
THAT JOE BIDEN'S PARENTS
INSTILLED IN HIM IN SCRANTON,
PENNSYLVANIA.
I SUPPORT JOE BIDEN FOR THE
PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES
BECAUSE THOSE VALLEYS STILL DO
FIGHT HIM AND WE NEED TO THE
WHITE HOUSE -- VALUES TO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
-- BECAUSE THOSE VALUES STILL
DEFINE HIM AND WE NEED TO
RESTORE THOSE VALLEYS TO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
IT COMES FROM THE EXPERIENCE HE
SHARES WITH MILLIONS OF MILITARY
FAMILIES, SENDING HIS BELOVED
SON OFF TO WAR AND PRAYING TO
GOD HE WOULD COME HOME SAFE.
JOE BIDEN WILL BE A PRESIDENT WE
WILL ALL BE PROUD TO SALUTE.
WITH BIDEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE,
YOU WILL NEVER DOUBT THAT HE
WILL STAND WITH OUR FRIENDS AND
STAND UP TO OUR ADVERSARIES,
NEVER THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
HE WILL TRUST OUR DIPLOMATS AND
OUR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, NOT
THE FLATTERY OF DICTATORS AND
DESPOTS.
HE WILL MAKE IT HIS JOB TO KNOW
THAT WHEN ANYONE DARES TO
THREATEN US, HE WILL STAND UP TO
OUR ADVERSARIES WITH STRENGTH
AND EXPERIENCE.
THEY WILL KNOW HE MEANS
BUSINESS.
I SUPPORT BIDEN BECAUSE THE
BEGINNING OF DAY ONE, HE WILL
RESTORE AMERICA'S LEADERSHIP AND
MORAL AUTHORITY.
HE WILL BE A PRESIDENT WHO KNOWS
THAT AMERICA IS STRONGEST WHEN,
AS HE HAS SAID, YOU NEED BOTH
WITH POWER AND EXAMPLE AND WAS
AN EXAMPLE OF POWER.
HE WILL RESTORE AMERICA'S
LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD AND
RESTORE THE ALLIANCES WE NEED TO
ADDRESS THE DANGERS THAT
THREATEN OUR NATION, FROM
CLIMATE CHANGE TO NUCLEAR
PROLIFERATION.
TODAY WE ARE A COUNTRY DIVIDED,
AND WE HAVE A PRESIDENT DOING
EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO MAKE
IT THAT WAY AND KEEP US THAT
WAY.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT WILL MAKE
TO MAKE A PRESIDENT -- TO HAVE A
PRESIDENT WHO UNITE US AND
RESTORES OUR STRENGTH AND OUR
SOUL.
I STILL BELIEVE THAT IN OUR
HEARTS WE ARE THE SAME AMERICA
THAT OUGHT MY PARENTS TO OUR
SHORES.
AN AMERICA THAT INSPIRE FREEDOM
AROUND THE WORLD.
JOE BIDEN WILL LEAD AS AMERICA'S
PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> IT WAS A FRIENDSHIP THAT
SHOULD NOT HAVE WORKED.
JOHN, A FORMER NAVY PILOT, JUST
RELEASED FROM THE NORTH
VIETNAMESE PRISON.
JOE, A YOUNG SENATOR FROM
DELAWARE.
BUT IN THE 1970'S, JOE WAS
 ASSIGNED AS A MILITARY
AIDE.
>> I WAS A LIAISON AND THE USE
TO CARRY BAGS ON OVERSEAS TRIPS.
>> THE SON OF A GUN NEVER CARRY
MY BAG.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO CARRY MY BAG
BUT HE NEVER CARRY MY BAG.
[LAUGHTER]
♪ 
>> JOHN AND JOE TRAVELED
THOUSANDS OF MILES TOGETHER.
THEIR FAMILIES GOT TO KNOW EACH
OTHER, GATHERING FOR PICNICS IN
THE BIDENS' BACKYARD.
>> THEY WOULD JUST SIT AND JOKE.
IT WAS LIKE A COMEDY SHOW
SOMETIMES TO WATCH THE TWO OF
THEM.
>> BUT WHEN JOHN WAS ELECTED TO
THE SENATE AS A REPUBLICAN FROM
ARIZONA, THEY FOUND THEMSELVES
ON THE OPPOSING SIDES.
♪
>> WE ARE IN DIFFERENT PARTIES,
WE HOLD DIFFERENT VIEWS ON MANY
ISSUES.
>> THEY WOULD GO OUT ON THE
FLOOR AND YOU WOULD THINK, THESE
GUYS MUST REALLY, REALLY, REALLY
DISLIKE EACH OTHER.
THAN THEY WOULD BE HAVING
DINNER.
>> SENATOR BIDEN HAD GREAT
RESPECT FOR THE INSTITUTION OF
THE SENATE.
HE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS THAT WERE
CORDIAL, THAT WERE PERSONAL.
MR. BIDEN: WE THOUGHT THAT OTHER
GUY WAS RIGHT, YOU CROSS YOUR
EYES AND LOCK ARMS.
IT IS GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY.
>> IT TAKES TRUST TO GET THINGS
DONE IN A DIVIDED GOVERNMENT.
I THINK WHEN JOE BIDEN WAS
TELLING YOU THAT YOUR POINTS
WERE EQUALLY VALID TO HIM.
>> IT WAS ALWAYS JOE WHO TRIED
TO CROSS THE AISLE.
>> HE WAS LIKE A NATURAL FOR
THAT.
HE JUST HAD AN ABILITY TO FIND A
COMMON GROUND BUT NEVER GIVE UP
PRINCIPLES.
>> FOR THREE DECADES, JOE WAS
ABLE TO MOVE HIS COLLEAGUES AND
FIND A WAY FORWARD.
ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN,
BANNING CHEMICAL WEAPONS,
ASSAULT WEAPONS, AND CONTROLLING
NUCLEAR ARMS.
>> WITH A STYLE OF LEGISLATING
AND LEADERSHIP THAT YOU DON'T
FIND MUCH ANYMORE.
>> AND WHEN MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS WERE FACED WITH LOSING
THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE, IT WAS
JOE'S FRIEND WHO SAVED OBAMACARE
BY CROSSING THE AISLE.
>> MCCAIN CAST HIS VOTE WITH A
THUMB DOWN.
>> JOHN AND I HAVE BEEN GIVEN
SEVERAL AWARDS ABOUT
BIPARTISANSHIP.
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU
SHOULD GET AN AWARD FOR
BIPARTISANSHIP.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXAMPLE.
I AM PROUD TO REMAIN THE SAME
GOOD GUY THAT YOU WERE WHEN YOU
FIRST GOT HERE.
MOST OF ALL, FOR YOUR
FRIENDSHIP, MY LIFE AND THE
LIVES OF MANY HAVE BEEN ENRICHED
BY IT.
♪
>> GOOD DAY, SUNSHINE♪
GOOD DAY SUNSHINE.
>> I HAVE A RULE THAT I NEVER
THINK OF ANYTHING NEGATIVE AND I
AM RUNNING.
>> ♪ WHEN THE SUN IS OUT ♪ 
>> WHEN I SET MY MIND TO
SOMETHING, I FIND A WAY TO GET
IT DONE.
MR. BIDEN: SHE IS SO TOUGH AND
LOYAL.
WHEN I MET JILL, I DO YOU.
MY BROTHER SAID, THIS WOMAN, YOU
REALLY LIKE HER.
SO I GIVE HER A CALL, AND SHE
HAD A DATE THAT NIGHT.
>> HE SAID, DO YOU THINK YOU
COULD BREAK YOUR DATE?
FMR. VICE PRES. BIDEN: AND WHAT
DID YOU DO?
>> I CALLED AND TOLD THE GUY
THAT I HAD A FRIEND IN FROM OUT
OF TOWN, AND I WENT OUT WITH
JOE.
♪
MR. BIDEN: I WAS 30 AND I WAS A
SENATOR AND THE WIDOWER.
SEVEN YEARS EARLIER, A
TRACTOR-TRAILER BROADSIDED MY
WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN.
MY WIFE WAS KILLED AND MY
DAUGHTER WAS KILLED.
I WASN'T BIG ON THE WHOLE DATE
SCENE THING.
BUT WHEN I MET JILL, I FELL IN
LOVE WITH HER WHEN I SAW HER.
>> ♪ I'VE GOT SUNSHINE ON A
CLOUDY DAY.
>> HE SAID, I'D REALLY LIKE TO
SEE YOU AGAIN.
HE IS LOOKING AT HIS CALENDAR
AND HE IS, OH, THURSDAY, I AM
BUSY.
NO, I AM BUSY FRIDAY.
HOW ABOUT TOMORROW?
AND I THOUGHT, BUDDY, YOU JUST
BLOW YOUR COVER.
[LAUGHTER]
MR. BIDEN: THE BOYS FELL IN LOVE
WITH JILL TOO.
I AM BRUSHING MY TEETH ONE
MORNING AND THEY CAME RUNNING IN
AND BLOW SAID, DAD, WE THINK IT
IS TIME YOU MARRY JILL.
[LAUGHTER]
I ASKED HER TO MARRY ME FIVE
TIMES.
>> IT WASN'T JUST MY HEART THAT
WAS ON THE LINE.
I LOVED THE BOYS SO MUCH, I HAD
TO BE SURE THAT IT HAD TO BE
FOREVER.
MR. BIDEN: NOW I AM GOING TO ASK
YOU ONE MORE TIME, WILL YOU
MARRY ME?
SHE GOES LIKE THIS -- OK.
[LAUGHTER]
>
 ♪ SOMEDAY, WE WILL PUT IT
TOGETHER AND WE WILL GET IT
UNDONE 
MR. BIDEN: SHE PUT US TOGETHER.
SHE GIVE ME BACK MY LIFE AND SHE
GAVE US BACK A FAMILY.
WE WERE RAISED WITH THE SAME
VALUES.
>> I GREW UP IN PENNSYLVANIA,
RIGHT OUTSIDE OF PHILLY.
MY MOM WAS ENGLISH-SCOTTISH, AND
MY DAD WAS ITALIAN.
MY GRANDMOTHER MADE THE HOMEMADE
NOODLES THAT WOULD HANG.
SHE WOULD BE DRYING HER NOODLES.
MR. BIDEN: VERY CLOSE FAMILY.
>> SHE IS KIND OF LIKE THE
GODMOTHER OF ALL OF US.
[LAUGHTER]
>> I THINK WE HAVE ALL SEEN THE
FEISTINESS IN HER.
>> THERE WAS A BULLY IN MY
SCHOOL, SHE MARCHED UP THE
STREET AND KNOCKED ON HIS DOOR,.
>> AND I PUNCHED HIM RIGHT IN
THE FACE.
♪
♪
>> MY FATHER FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR
II.
HE WAS IN THE NAVY.
AND HE WAS VERY PATRIOTIC.
HE WOULD TAKE US TO WATCH THE
BLUE ANGELS, AND HE WAS SO
PROUD.
WE WORSHIPED OUR MOTHER.
>> I CAN PICTURE HER SO WELL,
READING FOR HOURS.
, SHE JUST LOVES TO READ.
THAT HAD A GREAT INFLUENCE ON
ME.
I WENT TO COLLEGE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE THEN I
WENT AND TAUGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I GOT UP EVERY SINGLE DAY SO
EXCITED TO GO TEACH.
WHEN I MARRIED JOE, I TOOK OFF
TIME TO ESTABLISH MYSELF AS THE
BOYS' MOM.
WE DON'T USE THE TERM
STEPMOTHER.
MR. BIDEN: BEAU AND HUG SAID NO,
WE HAVE A MOM AND THE MUMMY.
OUR MUMMY DIED.
THIS IS OUR MOM.
THEN ALONG CAME ASHLEY.
>> AND OUR FAMILY WAS COMPLETE.
MR. BIDEN: YEAR.
>> WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, MOM
WAS FUN.
>> IT STARTED WHEN I WAS A
TEENAGER.
IT WAS IN PUBLIC.
SHE DRILLED WITH IT BY TAKING UP
RUNNING.
SHE STARTED TO BASICALLY RUN
MARATHONS.
♪
MR. BIDEN: I NEVER DOUBTED THAT
ANYTHING SHE SET HER MIND
TO, SHE COULD DO.
SHE GOT HER DOCTORATE DEGREE IN
EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
DELAWARE.
>> TURN IT POSITIVE, SO.
>> SAY, SHE IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE
GRANDMOTHER.
>> YEAH.
SHE IS THE GRANDMOTHER WHO WAKES
YOU UP AT 5:00 A.M.
[LAUGHTER]
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF STORIES.
>> SHE IS A PRANKSTER.
[LAUGHTER]
WHEN SHE GOES ON A RUN,
SOMETIMES SHE WILL FIND LIKE A
DEAD SNAKE AND SHE WILL PICK IT
UP AND PUT IT IN HER BAG AND USE
IT TO SCARE SOMEONE.
>> OH!
THAT IS A CLASSIC JILL.
>> SHE WASN'T REALLY A
WASHINGTON PERSON.
I DON'T THINK SHE EVER IMAGINED
HERSELF BEING LIKE THAT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WHEN JOE WAS SELECTED TO VICE
PRESIDENT, I JUST THOUGHT, HEY,
I'VE GOT TO STEP IT UP HERE,
BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS I
REALLY CARE ABOUT.
HAVING HAD HIS FATHER IN
THE MILITARY, HAVING A SON
DEPLOYED IN IRAQ, I FOUND THE
NEED TO SUPPORT MILITARY
FAMILIES.
>> DR. BIDEN COULD DRAW ANYONE
IN AND THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE
TALKING TO AN OLD FRIEND.
THAT IS ONE OF HER SUPERPOWERS.
>> WHEN SHE WAS SECOND LADY, JOE
TOLD ME -- JILL TOLD ME THAT SHE
WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TEACHING
AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
I SAID, THAT IS INSANE, YOU
CANNOT POSSIBLY DO THAT.
>> I SAID, I KNOW I CAN DO BOTH
JOBS.
>> I NEVER SAW HER ON ANY DAY OF
THE WEEK WHICH IT WAS NOT
CARRYING A HUGE STACK OF PAPERS
TO GRADE.
MR. BIDEN: AS SECOND LADY, SHE
WAS TEACHING FULL-TIME FOR EIGHT
YEARS 15 CREDITS A SEMESTER.
>> THESE WERE STUDENTS WHO
WANTED TO BE IN YOUR CLASSROOM
AND I SAW THEIR TENACITY,.
THEY WERE TAKING CARE OF
CHILDREN JUST LIKE I HAD DONE.
>> YOU GET 100% FROM HER.
SHE IS A GREAT TEACHER.
MR. BIDEN: TEACHING IS NOT WHAT
JILL DOES, IT IS WHO SHE IS.
JILL SIMPLY CARES.
.
SHE HEARS ABOUT PEOPLE -- CARES
ABOUT PEOPLE.
♪
>> WHEN BEAU WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH CANCER, NOBODY KNEW WHAT WE
WERE GOING THROUGH.
THE SECRET SERVICE COME LET YOU
KNOW, THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO
REACT TO YOUR LIFE ARE WHAT YOU
ARE DOING.
>> MOM, IT IS YOUR STRENGTH THAT
HOLDS THE FAMILY TOGETHER AND I
KNOW THAT YOU WILL MAKE US WHOLE
AGAIN.
♪ 
>> YOU NEVER STOP GRIEVING,
EVER, BUT YOU DO NEED TO FIND
PURPOSE.
>> PLEASE WELCOME MY HUSBAND,
JOE BIDEN!
[APPLAUSE]
>> RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, IT IS
TOUGH TO NOT BE TOGETHER.
>> THE FUTURE FIRST LADY OF THE
UNITED STATES.
>> THERE YOU GO.
[APPLAUSE]
>> IF DR. BIDEN IS OUR FIRST
LADY, THE COUNTRY WILL BE
GETTING ONE OF THE BEST HUMANS
THAT WE HAVE.
>> SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH SOME
REALLY TOUGH THINGS IN HER OWN
LIFE AND SHE KNOWS HOW HARD IT
CAN BE.
MR. BIDEN: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
IN THEIR HEART KNOW SHE WILL
FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THEM.
>> WE ALL NEED COMMUNITY.
WE NEED TO DEPEND ON OTHERS FOR
OUR STRENGTH.
ALL AMERICAN FAMILIES, WE ALL
NEED EACH OTHER'S STRENGTH.
♪
>> NOW, PLEASE WELCOME DR. JILL
BIDEN.
MRS. BIDEN: I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED
THE SOUNDS OF THE CLASSROOM.
THE CLIENT THAT SPARKS WITH
POSSIBILITY JUST BEFORE STUDENTS
SHUFFLE IN.
THE RUMOR OF IDEAS BOUNCING
BACK-AND-FORTH AS WE EXPLORE THE
WORLD TOGETHER, THE LAUGHTER AND
TINY MOMENTS  THAT YOU FIND IN
MATERIALS YOU HAVE TAUGHT A
MILLION TIMES.
WHEN I TAUGHT ENGLISH YEAR AT
BRANDYWINE HIGH SCHOOL, I WOULD
SPEND MY SUMMER PREPARING FOR
THE SCHOOL YEAR ABOUT TO START
FILLED WITH ANTICIPATION.
BUT THIS CLIENT IS HEAVY.
YOU COULD HEAR THE ANXIETY THAT
ECHOES DOWN EMPTY HALLWAYS.
THERE IS NO SMELL OF NEW
NOTEBOOKS OR 
FRESHLY WA FLOORS.
THAT BRIGHT FACES OF THAT SHOULD
FILL THE ROOMS ARE CONFINED TO
BOXES ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN.
I HEAR IT FROM SO MANY OF YOU,
THE FRUSTRATION OF PARENTS
JUGGLING WORK WELL THE SUPPORT
THEIR CHILDREN'S LEARNING.
AFRAID THAT THEIR KIDS MIGHT GET
SICK FROM SCHOOL.
THE CONCERN OF EVERY PERSON
WORKING WITHOUT ENOUGH
PROTECTION.
THE DESPAIR IN THE LINES THAT
STRETCH OUT BEFORE FOOD BANK'S.
S.
AND THE INDESCRIBABLE SORROW
THAT FOLLOWS EVERY LONELY LAST
BREATH WHEN THE VENTILATORS TURN
OFF.
AS A MOTHER AND A GRANDMOTHER,
AS AN AMERICAN, I AM HEARTBROKEN
BY THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS LOSS,
BY THE FAILURE TO PROTECT OUR
COMMUNITIES, BUT EVERY PRECIOUS
AND IRREPLACEABLE LIFE GONE.
LIKE SO MANY OF YOU, I AM LEFT
ASKING, HOW DO I KEEP MY FAMILY
SAFE?
YOU KNOW, MOTHERHOOD CAME TO ME
IN A WAY THAT I NEVER EXPECTED.
I FELL IN LOVE WITH A MAN AND
TWO LITTLE BOYS STANDING IN THE
WRECKAGE OF UNTHINKABLE LOSS,
MOURNING A WIFE AND A MOTHER,
AND DAUGHTER AND A SISTER.
I NEVER IMAGINED AT THE AGE OF
26 I BE ASKING MYSELF, HOW DO
YOU MAKE A BROKEN FAMILY WHOLE?
STILL, JOE ALWAYS TOLD THE BOYS,
MOMMY SENT JILL TO US.
AND HOW COULD I ARGUE WITH HER?
SO WE FIGURED IT OUT TOGETHER,
IN THOSE BIG MOMENTS THAT WOULD
GO BY TOO FAST -- THANKSGIVINGS
AND STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS,
BIRTHDAYS AND WEDDINGS, IN THE
MUNDANE DAYS WHERE WE DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW WERE SHAPING OUR
LIVES, READING STORIES PILED ON
THE COUCH, ROWDY SUNDAY DINNERS
AND SILLY ARGUMENTS.
LISTENING TO THE SOUNDS OF
LAUGHTER THAT WOULD FLOAT
DOWNSTAIRS AS JOE PUT THE KIDS
TO BED EVERY NIGHT WHILE I
STUDIED FOR GRAD SCHOOL OR
GRADED PAPERS UNDER THE PALE
YELLOW KITCHEN LAMP, THE DINNER
DISHES WAITING IN THE SINK.
WE FOUND THAT LOVE HOLDS A
FAMILY TOGETHER.
LOVE MAKES US FLEXIBLE AND
RESILIENT.
IT ALLOWS US TO BECOME MORE THAN
OURSELVES TOGETHER.
AND ALTHOUGH IT CAN'T PROTECT US
FROM THE SORROWS OF LIFE, IT
GIVES US REFUGE, A HOME.
HOW DO YOU MAKE A BROKEN FAMILY
WHOLE?
THE SAME WAY YOU MAKE A NATION
WHOLE, WITH LOVE AND
UNDERSTANDING AND WITH SMALL
ACTS OF KINDNESS.
WITH BRAVERY, WITH UNWAVERING
FAITH.
YOU SHOW UP FOR EACH OTHER IN
BIG WAYS AND SMALL ONES, AGAIN
AND AGAIN.
IT IS WHAT SO MANY OF YOU ARE
DOING RIGHT NOW FOR YOUR
R
COMPLETE STRANGERS, FOR YOUR
COMMUNITIES.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO WANT TO TELL
US THAT OUR COUNTRY IS
HOPELESSLY DIVIDED, THAT OUR
DIFFERENCES ARE IRRECONCILABLE,
BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT I HAVE SEEN
OVER THESE LAST FEW MONTHS.
WE ARE COMING TOGETHER AND
HOLDING ONTO EACH OTHER.
WE ARE FINDING MERCY AND GRACE,
AND THE MOMENTS WE MIGHT HAVE
ONCE TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
WE ARE SEEING THAT OUR
DIFFERENCES ARE PRECIOUS AND OUR
SIMILARITIES INTIMATE.
WE HAVE
DR. BIDEN: WE HAVE SHOWN THAT
THE HEART OF THIS NATION STILL
BEATS WITH KINDNESS AND COURAGE.
THAT'S THE SOUL OF AMERICA JOE
BIDEN IS FIGHTING FOR NOW.
AFTER OUR SON DIED OF CANCER, I
WONDERED IF I WOULD EVER SMILE
OR FEEL JOY AGAIN.
IT WAS SUMMER, BUT THERE WAS NO
WARMTH LEFT FOR ME.
FOUR DAYS AFTER HIS FUNERAL, I
WATCHED JOE SHAVE, PUT ON HIS
SUIT.
I SAW HIM STEEL HIMSELF IN THE
MERE, TAKE A BREATH, PUT HIS
SHOULDERS BACK AND WALK OUT INTO
A WORLD EMPTY OF OUR SON.
HE WENT BACK TO WORK.
THAT'S JUST WHO HE IS.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I COULDN'T
EVEN IMAGINE HOW HE DID IT, HOW
HE PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF
THE OTHER AND KEPT GOING.
BUT I'VE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD WHY
HE DID IT.
FOR THE DAUGHTER WHO CONVINCES
HER MOTHER TO GET A BREAST
CANCER SCREENING.
FOR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENT WHO HAS SURVIVED
HOMELESSNESS AND ABUSE, BUT
FINDS THE GRIT TO FINISH HER
DEGREE AND MAKE A GOOD LIFE FOR
HER KIDS.
FOR THE LITTLE BOY WHOSE MAMA
SERVING AS A MARINE IN IRAQ WHO
PUTS ON A BRAVE FACE IN HIS
VIDEO CALL AND DOES NOT COMPLAIN
WHEN THE ONLY THING HE WANTS FOR
HIS BIRTHDAY IS TO BE WITH HER.
FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE JOE GIVES
HIS PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER TWO AT
EVENTS, THE ONES HE TALKS TO FOR
HOURS AT DINNER, HELPING THEM
SMILE THROUGH THEIR LOSS,
LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY
AREN'T ALONE.
HE DOES IT FOR YOU.
JOE'S PURPOSE HAS ALWAYS DRIVEN
HIM FORWARD.
HIS STRENGTH OF WILL IS
UNSTOPPABLE AND HIS FAITH IS
UNSHAKABLE.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN POLITICIANS
OR POLITICAL PARTIES OR EVEN IN
HIMSELF, IT'S IN THE PROVIDENCE
OF GOD.
HIS FAITH IS IN YOU, IN US.
YES, SO MANY CLASSROOMS ARE
QUIET RIGHT NOW.
THE PLAYGROUNDS ARE STILL.
BUT IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY, YOU
CAN HEAR THE SPARKS OF CHANGE IN
THE AIR.
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, EDUCATORS,
PARENTS, FIRST RESPONDERS,
AMERICANS OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE
ARE PUTTING THEIR SHOULDERS
BACK, FIGHTING FOR EACH OTHER.
WE HAVEN'T GIVEN UP!
WE JUST NEED LEADERSHIP WORTHY
OF OUR NATION, WORTHY OF YOU.
HONEST LEADERSHIP TO BRING US
BACK TOGETHER, TO RECOVER FROM
THIS PANDEMIC AND PREPARE FOR
WHATEVER ELSE IS NEXT.
LEADERSHIP TO REIMAGINE WHAT OUR
NATION WILL BE.
THAT'S JOE.
HE AND KAMALA WILL WORK AS HARD
AS YOU DO EVERY DAY TO MAKE THIS
NATION BETTER.
AND IF I HAVE THE HONOR OF
SERVING AS YOUR FIRST LADY, I
WILL, TOO.
AND WITH JOE AS PRESIDENT, THESE
CLASSROOMS WILL RING OUT WITH
LAUGHTER AND POSSIBILITY ONCE
AGAIN.
THE BURDENS WE CARRY ARE HEAVY
AND WE NEED SOMEONE WITH STRONG
SHOULDERS.
I KNOW THAT IF WE ENTRUSTED THIS
NATION TO JOE -- ENTRUST
THIS NATION TO JOE, HE WILL
BRING US TOGETHER AND MAKE US
WHOLE, CARRY US FORWARD IN OUR
TIME OF NEED, KEEP THE PROMISE
OF AMERICA FOR ALL OF US.
[LAUGHTER]
MR. BIDEN: HOW ARE YOU?
HEY, EVERYONE.
I AM JILL BIDEN'S HUSBAND.
SHE NEVER GIVES HERSELF MUCH
CREDIT, BUT THE TRUTH IS, SHE IS
THE STRONGEST PERSON I KNOW.
SHE HAS A BACKBONE LIKE A
RAMROD.
SHE LOVES FIERCELY, CARES
DEEPLY.
NOTHING STOPS HER WHEN SHE SETS
HER MIND TO GETTING SOMETHING
RIGHT.
FOR ALL OF YOU ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, JUST THINK OF YOUR
FAVORITE EDUCATOR WHO GAVE YOU
THE CONFIDENCE TO BELIEVE IN
YOURSELF.
THAT'S THE KIND OF FIRST LADY,
LADY, LADY THIS JILL BIDEN WILL
BE, GOD WILLING.
DR. BIDEN: GO TO JOEBIDEN.COM TO
JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN.
MR. BIDEN: THANK YOU FOR
WATCHING.
SEE YOU SOON.
♪
[APPLAUSE]
♪
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A
PART OF THIS NIGHT.
AS DR. BIDEN JUST REMINDED US,
JOE IS A STEADY AND EXPERIENCED
LEADER WHO CAN BRING US TOGETHER
AND HELP US HEAL, WHO WILL
SUPPORT US IN GETTING BETTER.
REMEMBER, WE BEND THE ARC OF
JUSTICE IF WE PARTICIPATE, IF WE
VOTE.
THIS MOMENT IS NOT BEYOND YOU.
IT IS UP TO YOU.
TOMORROW NIGHT, WE WILL MEET
JOE BIDEN'S CHOICE FOR VICE
PRESIDENT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT
THEIR VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF
THE COUNTRY.
WE WILL ALSO HEAR FROM SENATOR
ELIZABETH WARREN AND PRESIDENT
BARACK OBAMA, PLUS PERFORMANCES
FROM BILLIE ELISH AN JENNIFER
HUDSON -- AND JENNIFER HUDSON.
NOW, HERE IS JOHN LEGEND.
♪
♪ WE GOT A GOOD THING, BABY ♪
♪ WHENEVER LIFE IS HARD, WE WILL
NEVER LOSE OUR WAY, BECAUSE WE
BOTH KNOW WHO WE ARE ♪
♪ WHO KNOWS ABOUT TOMORROW ♪
♪ I JUST KNOW I WILL ALWAYS
FOLLOW THE LIGHT IN YOUR HEART ♪
♪ I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT ♪
♪ WE KNOW HOW THIS STORY ENDS ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER BREAK, WE WILL
NEVER BREAK ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER BREAK, AS THE
WATER RISES AND THE MOUNTAINS
SHAKE ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER BREAK ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER BREAK ♪
♪ BUILDS OUR FOUNDATION STRONG
ENOUGH TO STAY ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER BREAK, AS THE
WATER RISES AND THE MOUNTAINS
SHAKE ♪
♪ OUR LOVE WILL REMAIN ♪
♪
♪ ♪
>> TO NINE IS ALL ABOUT
LEADERSHIP -- TONIGHT IS ALL
ABOUT LEADERSHIP.
>> WE WILL MEET TO MEET ARC
START -- WORK TO MEET OUR EXPORT
AND OR CHALLENGES --
EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES.
>> FACED WITH A PRESIDENT OF
COWARDICE, JOE BIDEN IS A MAN
WITH PROVEN COURAGE.
HE WILL RESTORE OUR MORAL
COMPASS BY CONFRONTING OUR
CHALLENGES, NOT BY HIDING FROM
THEM OR UNDERMINING OUR
ELECTIONS TO KEEP HIS JOB.
>> WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO
RESPECTS OUR LAWS AND THE
PRIVILEGE OF PUBLIC SERVICE, WHO
REFLECTS OUR VALUES AND CARES
ABOUT OUR PEOPLE.
>> IN THIS JOB INTERVIEW, THE
DIFFERENCES START -- DIFFERENCE
IS STARK.
YOU KNOW WHAT JOE BIDEN WILL DO,
BUILD BACK BETTER.
>> JOE UNDERSTANDS OUR VALUES
DON'T LIMIT OUR POWER, THEY
MAGNIFY THEM.
HE KNOWS YOU CANNOT SPREAD
DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD IF
YOU DO NOT PRACTICE IT AT HOME.
JOE BIDEN WILL BE A PRESIDENT WE
WILL ALL BE PROUD TO SALUTE.
>> I KNOW THAT IF WE ENTRUST
THIS NATION TO JOE, HE WILL DO
FOR YOUR FAMILY WHAT HE DID FOR
OURS, BRING US TOGETHER, AND
MAKE US WHOLE, CARRY US FORWARD
IN OUR TIME OF NEED, KEEP THE
PROMISE OF AMERICA FOR ALL OF
US.
♪
>> I AM THE BISHOP OF THE A
PISCOPO DIOCESE OF WASHINGTON,
D.C. AND I AM HONORED TO OFFER
THE BENEDICTION TONIGHT.
HEAR THESE WORDS FROM PASTOR,
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, AND PEACE
ACTIVIST.
MAY GOD GIVE YOU THE GRACE NEVER
TO SELL YOURSELF SHORT, GRACE TO
DO SOMETHING BIG FOR SOMETHING
GOOD, GRACE TO REMEMBER THAT THE
WORLD IS TOO DANGEROUS NOW FOR
ANYTHING BUT TRUTH AND TWO SMALL
FOR ANYTHING BUT -- TOO SMALL
FOR ANYTHING BUT LOVE.
NOW, MAY THE BLESSING OF GOD,
THE SOURCE ABOUT GOODNESS,
TRUTH, AND LOVE INSPIRE US ALL
TO REALIZE DR. KING'S DREAM OF
THE BELOVED COMMUNITY,
CONGRESSMAN LEWIS' DREAM OF A
JUST SOCIETY, PRESIDENT
LINCOLN'S DREAM OF A MORE
PERFECT UNION IN THIS COUNTRY IN
OUR TIME.
AMEN IN OUR TIME.
>> DELEGATES AND DISTINGUISHED
GUESTS, THAT WILL HAVE CONCLUDED
THIS EVENING'S CONVENTION
PROGRAM.
WE WILL STAND IN RECESS UNTIL
TOMORROW EVENING.
>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE
LAST 2.5 HOURS, YOU HAVE SEEN
SPEECHES BY COLIN POWELL, JOHN
KERRY, TWO FORMER PRESIDENT AND
JILL BIDEN, ALONG WITH A CAMEO
BY JOE BIDEN.
YOU ALSO SAW THE ROLL CALL,
WHERE THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
OFFICIALLY NOMINATED JOE BIDEN
TO BE THEIR CANDIDATE.
TIME FOR YOUR REACTION.
202 IS THE AREA CODE.
