Kinder to myself to keep going to get back up. Like my dad has always done. He has taught me that *** courageous heart is *** miraculous thing. *** courageous heart can heal *** family, *** courageous heart can heal *** nation and maybe even the world. And now this election requires the courageous hearts of all of us. In 2020 my dad selected Kamala Harris to beat Donald Trump and he knows in 2024 she will beat Donald Trump again. So tonight, I am asking you if you stood with us in 2020 call upon your courageous heart, stand with us today. Work harder than you have ever worked before in your life. This is the fight of our lifetime, our freedom, our democracy, our reproductive rights, all of this, all of it is on the ballot. And I know together we can do this because my dad helped show us the way. And now I would like to introduce my father, your 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, right? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Flashing. Thank you. Thank you. No, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. That was my daughter. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you, Brill. I tell you what to my dearest daughter, Ashley. God, love you. You're incredible. Thanks for the introduction and for beating my courageous heart along with Hunter and our entire family and especially Rock Jill for those of you who know us, she still leaves me both breathless and speechless. Everybody knows her. I love her more than she loves me. She walks down the stairs and I still get that going. Boom, boom, boom, boom. You all know me? No, I'm not kidding. Let's give *** special round of applause to our first lady, Jill Biden. My dad, my dad used to have an expression for real. He'd say Joey family is the beginning, the middle and the end and I love you all. Oh, and America, I love you words. Let me ask you, let me ask you, are you ready to vote for freedom? Are you ready to vote for democracy and for America, let me ask you, are you ready to elect Kamala Harris? And Tim Walsh, my fellow democrats, my fellow Americans nearly four years ago in winter on the steps of the Capitol. On *** cold January day, I raised my right hand and I swore an oath to you and to God to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. And to faithfully execute the office of the President United States in front of me, in front of me was *** city surrounded by the National Guard behind me. *** capitol just two weeks before had been overrun by *** violent mob. But I knew then from the bottom of my heart that I do now, there is no place in America for political violence. None, you cannot say you love your country. Only when you win in that moment, I was looking to the past, I was looking into the future. I spoke to the work at hand. The moment we had to meet it was as I told you then *** winter of peril and possibility, apparel and possibility. We are in the grip of *** once in *** century pandemic, historic joblessness, *** call for racial justice long overdue Claire and present threats to our very democracy. Thank you yet. Yeah, I believe then and I believe now that progress was and is possible. Justice is achievable and our best days are not behind us. They are before us. Now. It's summer, the winter has passed and with *** grateful heart, I stand before you now on this August night to report that democracy prevail, democracy, democracy has delivered and now democracy must be preserved. You've heard me say it before we are face an inflection point. One of those rare moments in history when the decisions we make now will determine the fate of our nation and the world for decades to come. That's not hyperbole. I mean, it literally, we're in *** battle for the very soul, America. I ran for president in 2020 because of what I saw in Charlottesville in August of 2017, extremist coming out of the woods, carrying torches, their veins bulging from their necks, carrying Nazi swastikas and chanting the same exact anti Semitic Bile that was heard in Germany in the early thirties, neo Nazis, white supremacists and the Ku Klux Klan. So emboldened by *** president than in the White House that they saw as an ally. They didn't even bother to wear their hoods. Hate was on the March in America. All ghosts and new garments stirring up the oldest divisions stoking the oldest fears, giving oxygen to the oldest forces that they long sought to tear apart America. In the process. *** young woman was killed when I contacted her mother, I asked about what happened. She told me when the president was asked what he thought had happened. Donald Trump said, and I quote, there are very fine people on both sides. My God, that's what he said. That is what he said and what he meant. That's when I realized I had to listen to the admonition of my dead son. I could not stay on the sidelines. So I ran because I had no intention of running again. I just lost part of my soul, but I ran with *** deep conviction in America. I know and believe in, in America where honesty, dignity, decency still matter. And America where everyone has *** fair shot and hate has no safe harbor and America for the fundamental creed of this nation that all of us are created equal. He is still very much alive and *** broad coalition of Americans join with me. 81 million voters voted for us time in all of history because of all of you in this room and others. We came together in 2020 to save democracy. As your president, I've been determined to keep America moving forward, not going back to stand against hate and violence in all its forms to be *** nation where we not only live with but thrive on diversity, demonizing no one, leaving no one behind and becoming *** nation that we profess to be. I also ran to rebuild the backbone of America, the middle class. I made *** commitment to you that I be *** president for all Americans, whether you voted for me or not. We have done that study show the major bills we have passed actually delivered more to red states than blue because the job of the president is delivered to all of America. Oh, because of you and I'm not exaggerating because of you. We've had one of the most extraordinary four years of progress ever, period. Well, I say we, I mean, K and me just think about it. COVID no longer controls our lives. We've gone from economic crisis to the strongest economy in the entire world record, 60 million new jobs record small business growth, record high stock market record high 401 Ks wages up and inflation down, way down and continuing to go down the smallest racial wealth gap in 20 years. And yes, we both know we have more to do, but we are moving in the right direction. More Americans have peace of mind that comes from having health insurance. More Americans have health insurance today than ever before in American history. And after, as *** young senator beginning to fight, we've got in *** fight for 50 years to give Medicare the power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices. We finally beat big Pharma and guess who cast the tiebreaking vote? Vice president shouldn't be President Kamala Harris. And now it's the law of the land instead of paying $400 *** month for insulin and seniors with diabetes, we'll pay 35 *** month. The law he passed already closed. Started in January. Every senior's total prescription costs can be capped at $2000 no matter how expensive the drugs they have and what we don't focus on. And our Republican friends don't seem to understand our reforms don't just save seniors money. They save the American taxpayers money. You know what we just passed, saved it saved 100 and $60 billion over the next decade. That's not hyperbole. It's because Medicare no longer has to pay those exorbitant prices to the big farmer. Hello, four. Thank you, Kal too. Love folks. How can we have the strongest economy in the world without the best infrastructure in the world? Donald Trump promised infrastructure week every week for four years and he never built *** damn thing. But now because of what K I have done, remember we were told we couldn't get it done. Remember when we came into office, we couldn't get anything passed. But right now we're giving America an infrastructure decade, not weak. We're modernizing our roads, our bridges, our ports, our airports, our trains, our buses, removing every lead pipe from schools and homes so every child can drink clean water, providing affordable high speed internet for every American no matter where they live. Unlike not unlike what Roosevelt did with electricity and so much more, we are *** united country. We're growing our economy, we're improving our quality of life and we're building *** better America because that's who we are. How can we be the strongest nation in the world without leading the world in science and technology? After years of 40 90% of our semiconductor ships from abroad, which America invented that those chips, our chips and Science Act meant to private coming from around the world are now investing literally tens of billions of dollars to build new chip factories right here in America. And over that period, they'll create tens of thousands of jobs and many of those jobs are so-called fabs the building that make the chips are being constructed now. And guess what? The average salary in those fabs size of *** football field will be over $100,000 *** year. And you don't need *** college degree because of you. And so many elected out there, American manufacturers back, where are they to say? We wouldn't lead the world in manufacturing 800,000 new manufacturing jobs. Our Republican friends and others made sure they go abroad to get the cheapest labor. We used to import products and export jobs. Now we export American products and create American jobs right here in America for J Vong with every new job, with every new factory pride and hope is being brought back to communities throughout the country that were left behind. You know, you're from many of you, you know what it's like when that factory closed? Or your mother, your father, your grandmother, grandfather worked and now you're back providing once again, proving the Wall Street didn't build America, the middle class, built America and unions. Unions built the middle class. It's been my view since I came to the Senate and that's why I'm proud to have been the first president to walk *** picket line and be labeled the most pro union president in history and I accept it. That's *** fact because when unions do well, we all do well, you got it, man. You got it. I agree. I'm proud. Look, remember at all we couldn't get anything done because of the, we couldn't get anything done in the Congress with your support. We passed the most significant climate law in the history of mankind for $370 billion cutting carbon emissions in half by 2030 launching *** climate Corp similar to AmeriCorps Peace Corps creating tens of thousands of jobs for young people in the future who are going to make sure this continues creating hundreds of thousands of jobs and clean energy for American workers, including the IBW, installing 1,000,000 charging stations all across America and in the process reducing carbon emissions and we're seeing it, we're seeing to it that the first beneficiaries environmental initiatives are those fence line communities that have been smothered by the legacy of pollution, Louisiana and Delaware Row nine. All the factors, all those chemical factors are right next to the poorest neighborhoods. They're the ones we're gonna bring back. And how, how can we be the greatest nation in the world without the best education system in the world. Donald Trump and the Republican friends. They not only can't think they can't read very well seriously. Think about it. Look at their project 2025. I want to do away with the Department of Education. Well, during the pandemic, common law helps states and cities get back their schools back open and we gave public school teachers *** raise. We created apprenticeships with business in the communities, putting students on *** path to *** good paying job, whether or not they go to college. And by the way, we're making college *** hell of *** lot more affordable increasing pell dress by $900. Over $15 billion trace BC US, minority servers including Hispanic institutions and tribal colleges. We kept our commitment to provide more student relief than ever by lifting the burden of helping millions of families so they can get married, start *** family, buy *** home and begin to build family wealth and contribute to the community and grow our economy. It's not costing us. It's creating more wealth. We fundamentally transformed how our transformed, how our economy grows from the middle out and the bottom up instead of the top down. You know, my dad used to say there wasn't *** whole hell of *** lot to drop down on my kitchen table. At the end of the month, I come from basic middle-class family, three bedroom house, four kids, *** grandpa living with us, decent neighborhood, but never *** penny to spare. And look that top down notion, never worked. *** lot of democrats didn't think it was thought it worked, but it doesn't. And when we did all that, what we've done, everybody can do. Well, everybody. Donald Trump calls America *** failing nation. No, I'm sure. But think about this. Think about this. He publicly says to the whole world, I'm gonna say something outrageous. I know more foreign leaders by their first names and know them well than anybody live just because I'm so damn old. But I'm not joking, think of the message he sends around the world when he talks about America being *** failing nation. He says we're losing, he's the loser. He's dead wrong. Many of you are very successful. People who travel the world name me *** country in the world that doesn't think we're the leading nation in the world without America. Not *** joke. Think about it. I mean, literal who could lead the world other than the United States of America. Well, guess what America is winning and the world is better off for it. America is more prosperous and America are safer today than under Donald Trump. Trump continues to lie about crime in America like everything else. Guess what? On his watch, the murder rate went up 30%. The biggest increase in history. Meanwhile, we made the largest investment K and I in public safety ever. Now, the murder rate is falling faster than any time in history. Violent crime has dropped to the lowest level of more than 50 years and crime will keep coming down when we put *** prosecutor in the oval office instead of *** convicted felon and folks distinguished senator from the sea senator from California. And I passed the first ban on assault weapons and guess what it worked. If we care about public safety, we need to prevent gun violence. And it makes me ashamed when I travel the world, which I do more Children in America are killed by *** gunshot than any other cause in the United States or die from *** bullet and cancer accidents or anything else in the United States of America. My God, that's why Kamala are proud. We beat the NR *** when we passed the first major bipartisan gun on in 30 years. I'm serious. That comes from here and now it's time to ban assault weapons again and demand universal background checks. It's hard. I never thought I'd stand before *** crowd of Democrats and refer to *** president as *** liar so many times now, I'm not trying to be funny. It's sad. Trump continues to lie about the border. Here's what he won't tell you. Trump killed the strongest bipartisan border deal in the history of the United States that we negotiated with the Senate Republican. It took four months, four weeks once it passed and never acknowledged those expansive border change in American history. He called senators to say, don't support the bipartisan bill because he said it would help me politically and hurt him politically. My God. No, I'm serious. Think about it. Not *** joke. Ask even the press who don't like me, they'll tell you that's true. Typically Trump once again putting himself first and America last then I had to take executive action. The result of the executive action I took border and counters have dropped over 50%. In fact, there are fewer border crossings today than when Donald Trump left office. And unlike Trump, we will not demonize immigrants saying they're the poison of blood of America, poison the blood of our country. Kamal. I are committed to strengthening legal immigration, including protecting dreamers and more. And here's what else I believe in protecting your freedom. You're freedom to vote, you're afraid you will love who you love and your freedom to choose. It's, it's *** decision over attorney Robie Wade that you heard earlier tonight, the United States Supreme Court majority wrote the following quote, women are not without electrical, not, not allowed, not without electro electoral or political power. No kidding. Ma Republicans found out the power of women in 2022 and Donald Trump is going to find out the power of women in 2024 right? And we're Trump as mega republican right wingers seek to race history. We Democrats continue to write history and make more history. I'm proud, I'm proud to have kept my commitment to appoint the first black woman in the United States Supreme Court for Taji Brown Jackson, *** symbol for every young woman in America that you could do anything. I'm proud that I've kept my commitment to have an administration that looks like America and it taps in to the full talent of our nation, most diverse cabinet in history, including the first black woman of South Asian descent to serve as vice president and will soon serve as the 47th president of the United States. She is good. Look. Thank you, Kamala folks. I've long said we have many obligations as *** nation. Well, I got in trouble years ago for saying I'd make no apologies. We have only one truly sacred obligation to prepare and equip those we send to war and care for them and their families when they come home and when they don't, that's why I'm so proud to have written and signed the Pact Act. One of the most significant loss ever helping veterans and their families exposed to toxic materials like burnt pri in Asian Orange. I was around during the Vietnam war. It's hard. Nobody was able to prove that there's illness was the consequence of agent Orange and no one was able to prove initially that because they lived in burn pitch, like my son lived next to in Iraq for *** year. That is the cause of their illness. But because of the Pact Act, *** surviving spouse with two Children is now eligible for *** stipend about $3000 *** month. And those Children who lost ***, *** parent are eligible for tuition benefits to go to college and to get job training. It's already helping over 1 million veterans and their families just so far. Well, I love them and I'm so proud of my son's service. We get it, but guess who doesn't get it and doesn't respect our veterans. We know from his own chief of staff, the four star General John Kelly, that Trump went in Europe would not go to the grave sites in one of those in France. The brave service members who gave their lives in this country. He called them suckers and losers. Who in the hell does he think he is? Who does he think he is? There's no words for *** person. They are not the words of *** person, not worthy of being the commander in chief, period. Not then, not now whatever. I mean that, I mean that from the bottom of my heart, just as no commander in chief should ever bow down to *** dictator the way Trump bows down to Putin, I never have and I promise you, Kamala Harris will never do, it will never bow down when Trump left office Europe and NATO was in tatters. Not *** joke. America first doctrine changed our whole image of the world. Well, I spent, they gave the hours about 100 and 90 hours. Some total. Me and my counterparts are heads of state in Europe to strengthen NATO. We did, we united Europe like it hadn't been united for years adding Finland and Sweden to NATO 10 days before he died. Henry kisses her called and said not sense. Not since Napoleon as Europe not looked over the shoulder at Russia with dread until now until now. Well, guess what, Putin thought he'd take Kiev in three days, three years later, Ukraine is still free when I came to office. The conventional wisdom was that China would inevitably surpass the United States. They haven't noticed no one's saying that now I will keep working to bring hostages home and end the war in Gaza and bring peace and security to the Middle East. As you know, I wrote *** peace treaty for Gaza *** few days ago, I put forward *** proposal that brought us closer to doing that than we've done since October 7th. We're working around the clock, my Secretary of State to prevent *** wider war and reunite hostages with their families and surge humanitarian health and food assistance into Gaza. Now, ben the civilian suffering of the Palestinian people and finally finally, finally deliver *** ceasefire and end this war. Those protesters out in the street, they have *** point. *** lot of innocent people are being killed on both sides. Jesse worked around the clock to bring home wrongfully detained Americans and others from Russia. One of the most complicated swaps in history, but they're home. K and I are gonna keep working to make all Americans dr rooted veins around the world home. I mean, it folks, I've got five months left in my presidency. I've got *** lot to do. I intend to get it done. It's the, it's been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. I love the job, but I love my country more. I love my country more. And all this talk about how I'm angry with all those people who said I should step down. It's not true. Thank you. I love my country more and we need to preserve our democracy in 2024 we need you to vote. We need you to keep the Senate. We need you to win back the House of Representatives. And above all, we need you to beat Donald Trump. Oh, look, come and Tim President and vice president of the United States of America. Look, they'll continue to lead America forward, creating more jobs standing up for workers growing the economy lower the cost American families. So they just have *** little more breathing room. We made incredible process progress. We have more work to do and K and Tim will continue to take on corporate greed and bring down cost of food. They'll keep taking out big farm or making insulin $35 *** month, not just for seniors, but for everyone in America and cappi prescription drug costs *** total of $2000 not just for seniors but for everyone. And folks that's gonna save America again. Tens of billions of dollars. Folks, they'll make housing more affordable, building 3 million new homes, providing $25,000 down payment assistance for the first time home buyer more than the 10 we approved. Donald Trump wants new tax on imported goods, food, gas, clothing and more. You know what that would cost the average family according to the experts, $3900 *** year in *** tax. No, it's, it's *** fact. Car and Tim will make the childcare tax rate *** permanent lifting millions of Children out of poverty and helping millions of families get ahead. But you know what Trump has? He put the cut, he created the largest debt any president had in four years with his $2 trillion tax cut for the wealthy. Well, Trump has *** new plan. He wants to provide *** $5 billion tax cut for corporations that are very wealthy. R it put us further in debt. And folks, you know, we have 1000 trillion bi we have 1000 billionaires in America. You know what their average tax rate they pay 8.2%. If we just increase our taxes, we proposed to 25% which isn't the highest tax rate even. It would raise 500 billion new dollars over 10 years. They'd still be very wealthy. Look, Kamala and Tim, we're gonna make them pay their fair share. They'll protect social security. And Medicare. Trump wants to cut social security. Medicare, come on, Tim protect your freedom, the protector vote, right? You're right to vote the protector, civil rights. And you know, Trump will do everything to ban abortion nationwide. Oh, he will, you know, Carl and Tim will do everything they possibly can. That's why you have to elect the Senate and the House to restore Roe V Wade. The ancient Greeks taught us the character is Destiny. Character is Destiny. For me and Jill, we know K and Doug are people of character. It's been our honor to serve alongside them. And we know that Tim and Gwen Walz are also people of great character. Selecting Kamala was the very first decision I made before I became when I became our nominee. And it was the best decision I made my whole career. We've not only gotten to know each other. We've become close friends. She's tough, she's experienced and she has enormous integrity, enormous integrity. Her story represents the best American story and like many of our best presidents, she was also vice president. That's *** joke, but she'll be *** president. Our Children can look up to. She would be *** president, respected by world leaders because she already is. She'll be *** president we can all be proud of and she will be an historic president who puts her stamp on America's future. This will be the first presidential election since January 6th. On that day, we almost lost everything about who we are as *** country and that threat. This is not hyperbole, that threat is still very much alive. Donald Trump says he will refuse to accept the election. Result if he loses again. Think about that. He means it. Think about that. He's probably seen *** bloodbath if he loses in his words and that he'll be *** dictator on day one in his own words. By the way, this sucker means it. No, I'm not joking. Think about it. Anybody else said that in the past that he was crazy. He is crazy. But you think it was an exaggeration but he means it. We can't let that happen. Folks, all of us carry *** special obligation, independents. Republicans Democrats. We saved democracy in 2020 now we must save it again. In 2024 load of each just cast this year will determine whether democracy and freedom will prevail. It's that simple. It's that serious and the power is literally in your hands. History is in your hands, not hyperbole, it's in your hands. America's future is in your hands. Let me close with this. Nowhere else in the world could *** kid with *** stutter and modest beginnings in Scranton, Pennsylvania and Claremont Delaware grow up to sit behind the resolute desk in the oval office. That, that's because America is and always has been *** nation of possibilities. Possibilities. We must never lose that never. Kal and Tim understand that this nation must continue to be *** place of possibilities, not just for the few of us, but for all of us, join me and promising your whole heart to this effort. And when my heart will be, I promise I'll be the best volunteer Harrison Walsh has cam never ever seen each of us as *** part in the American story for me, my family. There's *** song that means *** lot to us that captures the best of who we are as *** nation. The song is called American anthem. There's one verse that stands out and I can't sing with the dam. So I'm not gonna try, I'll just quote it. The work and prayers of centuries have brought us to this day. What shall our leg our legacy be? What will our Children say? Let me know in my heart when my days are through America. America. I gave my best to you. I mean, I made *** lot of mistakes in my career, but I gave my best to you for 50 years. Like many of you, I've given my heart and soul to our nation and I've been blessed *** million times in return for the support of the American people. I really been too young to be in the Senate because I wasn't 30 yet and too old to stay as president. But I hope, you know how grateful I am to all of you. I can honestly say, and I mean, this in the bottom, give you my word as *** Biden. I can honestly say, I'm more optimistic about the future than I was when I was elected as *** 29 year old United States Senator. I mean, it vote. We just have to remember who we are. We're the United States of America and there's nothing we cannot do when we do it together. God bless you all. And may God protect our troops. Oh. Oh.