After the last two days. Aren't you proud to be a Democrat? And I am very grateful to the Republicans and independents that have joined us, who've been up here on the stage, and I hope they feel better about it.
Now. Because I've seen all these things that even I have to be reminded of from time to time when I get my spirits down. I love seeing the Obamas here.
I love seeing President Biden. And. I thought Hillary gave a great speech to and I love.
But I love seeing all these young leaders. Bunch of them are coming up after me. They look better.
They sound better, and they'll be exciting. I do want to say one word about President Biden. Remember?
He had an improbable. Turn that made him president. And we were in the middle of a pandemic and an economic crash.
He healed our sick and put the rest of us back to work. And. He strengthens our alliances for peace and security.
He stood up for Ukraine, trying desperately to get a cease fire in the Middle East. And then he did something. It's really hard for competition to do.
He voluntarily gave up political power and. George Washington knew that. And he did it.
And he set the standard for us, serving two terms before it was mandatory. It helped his legacy, and it will enhance Joe Biden's legacy. And you.
And it's a stark contrast to what goes on in the other party. So I want to thank him for his courage, compassion, his class, his service, his sacrifice. Joe Biden.
Thank you. And. He kept the faith, and he's infected a lot of the rest of us.
Now, let's cut to the chase. I am too old to kill the lily. Two days ago, I turned 78.
The oldest man in my family. The fourth generation. And the only personal vanity I want to assert is I am still younger than Donald Trump.
Last night. Last night, in what I thought was a very moving series of episodes, we nominated Kamala Harris and Tim Waltz and. Just think about that.
Two leaders with all American but still improbable life stories. It could only happen here. Their careers, after all, started in community courtrooms and classrooms.
Two leaders who spent a lifetime getting the good job done. Now, one of the things that I've noticed over my increasingly long life that up is that a presidential election is unique in several ways. First of all, it's the greatest job interview for the greatest job in the world.
Secondly. The Constitution says we the people get to do the hiring. And the third thing is.
That every four years we get to change the requirements for the job. So here's what I'm thinking because I try to apply this in every election. Well, this president take us backward or forward.
Will this president give our kids a brighter future? Depends. Well, this president bring us together or tear us apart.
Will the president increase the peace, security and stability and freedom that we enjoy and extend it to others as we can? We, the people. We have to make a decision about these kind of questions.
And every four years it's a little different because the people come out, the candidates come at the candidates and they say, as they're saying now, here are our problems solved, here are our opportunities, seized them. Here are our fears, eased them. Here are our dreams.
Help them come true. A president can answer that call by saying, I'll do my part. But you have to help me.
We have to work together. Or you can dodge what needs to be done by dividing, distracting, and diverting us. So in 2024, we got a pretty clear choice.
It seems to me. Kamala Harris, for the people. And.
The other guy who's proved even more than the first go around that he's about me, myself and I. I know which one I like better for our country. Kamala Harris will work to solve our problems, seize our opportunities, ease our fears, and make sure every single American, however they vote, has a chance to chase their dreams.
You know. When she was young, she worked at McDonald's, and she greeted every person with that thousand watt smile and said, how can I help you? Now she's at the pinnacle of power and she's still asking, how can I help you?
I will be. I'll be so happy when she actually enters the white House as president, because she will break my record as the president. I spent the most time at McDonald's.
Now. But we got an election to win. And remember, we've got a guy that's pretty good at what he does.
Donald Trump has been a paragon of consistency. He's still dividing. He's still blaming.
He's still belittling other people. He creates chaos. And then he sort of curated.
As if it were precious art. Let me say not a single day goes by. Even though I've been gone for well over 23 years in the white House.
Not a day goes by that I don't thank the Lord for the chance I had to serve, and what it meant. And. One of the reasons.
Thank you. For. Which?
One of the reasons. One of the reasons. I love the job so much.
Is that in the toughest times, even on the darkest days, if you tried hard enough, there was always something good you could do for somebody else. Now. Some days that's not easy to do.
You got to deal with all these emergencies or there's something going on here. There are yonder. But Kamala Harris is the only candidate in this race who has the vision, the experience, the temperament, the will, and, yes, the sheer joy to get something done.
I mean, look, what is her opponent do with his voice? He mostly talks about himself, but. So the next time you hear him, don't count the lies.
Count the eyes. Healthy, His vendettas, his vengeance. His complaints, his conspiracies.
He's like one of those tenors opening up for. He walks out on stage like I did, trying to get his lungs open by singing. Me me me me me me.
When Kamala Harris is president, every day will begin with you, you you you. So. We gotta ask ourselves the questions if we're going to hire a president.
Do you want to build a strong economy from the bottom up in the middle, out, or do you want to spend the next four years talking about crowd size? You're going to have a hard time believing this, but. So help me.
triple checked. Since the end of the Cold War in 1989, America has created about 51 million new jobs. I swear, I checked it three times.
Even I couldn't believe it. What's the score? Democrats 50, Republicans one.
I'm glad. That we've got a championship winning coach on our team. But even the most limited of us and what we know about football or any other sport, knows that if you're God, 50 and the other side's got one, you're ahead.
What about affordable housing? It's a terrible problem in America. Now we need more and.
Affordable health care. That's why the Democrats put a limit on monthly payments for insulin and a $2,000 right here out of pocket limit. And are trying to cover more drugs by bargaining for prices.
We need more financing for small businesses. We need still to strengthen our alliances. I almost broke in the first debate of this election season, when President Trump said nobody respected America anymore like they did when he was president.
Wait, wait. And with a straight face. Look, you got to get him.
He's a good actor, whether it's with a straight face. He's cited as evidence of the respect that existed for us when he was there. The president's of North Korea and Russia.
I'd rather have the people who respect us now and one of the things. One of the things is when you send a signal to the other countries, you want them to know whether they agree with you or not, at least that you're on the level. Here's where you are and what you believe.
What are they supposed to make to these endless tributes to the late, great Hannibal Lecter? I mean, President Obama well, that's gave me the great honor of saying I was the explainer in chief, folks. I thought and thought about it, and I don't know what to say.
Like I came Jeffrey's eye to one in America that's more joyful, more inclusive, more future focused. Just think what a burden that's been on us to get up day after day after day after day, buried in meaningless hot rhetoric when there's so many opportunities out there, so many problems that need to be solved, I want that, and that's the America Kamala Harris need. And.
She's already made her first presidential decision, and she knocked it out of the park when she asked Governor Tim Wolf to be here, her nominee for vice president. As they used to say, when I was a young man growing up in Arkansas, you do not have to be. Oh, broke out with brilliance.
You just look at Tim Walz, listen to him follow his record as a teacher, as a coach and the National Guard. As a congressman, where he was the only Democrat to save one elector in that district in more than 100 years. And he stayed a long time.
And then he became a great governor. And. By all accounts, he was a crack shot who had the courage.
Among his rural constituents to say, we do not need these assault weapons available to people who can kill our kids in school. So, armed with a reversed decision. Kamala Harris confronts an interesting dilemma.
We're going to walk out of here feeling pretty good. I think. We've got energy.
We are happy. We feel like a load off our shoulders. And we know we're just being asked to fight the same fight that the forces of progress have had to fight for 250 years.
And the face of stiff and often violent. Opposition. We have to find a way to go forward together.
Where we, the people, make our union more perfect. So. That's a good thing.
How could we possibly lose? Kamala Harris has fought for kids her whole life and were left out and left behind. She's taken on gangs trafficking across the border.
She's fought to protect the rights of home owners. She's been our leader in the fight for reproductive freedoms, and we know a majority of the American people are with us on that. And she's gained an invaluable amount of experience as vice president, advancing our values and interests around the world.
She's already said she's going to work really hard to make sure that no American working full time lives in poverty, or has to worry about their children living in poverty. She says that we got to make homeownership an achievable dream for everyone, not just a privilege. She said that, and this meant a lot to me, that she would protect everybody's right to vote, whether or not they voted for her.
They were a citizens and they deserve the right to vote. The other day, her opponent implied that as his beautiful people voted one more time, they'd be able to rig it from now on and they wouldn't have to vote again. If you think they're kidding.
But I know all of these folks, most of them are really good people, but some of them think that they are bound to dominate America politically, economically, and socially, and they have to use politics to do it. And they said rigged the system. I don't believe that.
And so here's what I want to tell you. We've seen more than one election slip away from us when we thought it couldn't happen, when people got distracted by phony issues or overconfident. This is a brutal, tough business.
I want you to be happy. One of the reasons that president to be Harris is doing so well is it? We're all so happy.
But you should never underestimate your adversary. And these people are really good at distracting us and triggering doubt and triggering buyer's remorse. As the Obama said so eloquently last night, they are human.
You know, they're bound to make a mistake now and then. We got to be tough. And so.
As somebody who spends a lot of time in small towns and rural areas in New York and Arkansas and other places, I want. I urge you to talk to all your neighbors. I urge you to meet people where they are.
I urge you not to demean them, but not to pretend you don't disagree with them. If you do, treat them with respect, just the way you'd like them to treat you. Ask for their help and then follow our leader Kamala and ask them, how can I help you?
We Democrats right now have a lot of hay in the barn. We got massive achievements, massive advances, but there's still a lot of slips between today and Election Day that we have to navigate. And so.
I want to say this on the bottom of my heart, I have no idea how many more of these I'll be able to come to. I started in 76 and I've been to everyone said, but no. 72.
Lord, I'm getting no. But here's what I want you to know. If you vote for this team.
If you can get them elected and let them bring in this breath of fresh air. You'll be proud of it for the rest of your life. Your children will be proud of it.
Your grandchildren will be proud of. Take it. From a man who once had the honor to be called in this convention.
The man from Hope. We need. We need Kamala Harris, a president of Joy, to lead us.
So. I'll be doing my part. You do yours.
I'll see you when we're making a real joyful North noise. When the votes are counted. God bless you and God bless America.
