to the Republicans and independents that have joined us have 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 too and uh I love but I 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 strengthened our alliances for peace and security he stood up for Ukraine trying desperately to get a ceasefire in the Middle East and then he did something that's really hard for a politician 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 want to thank him for his courage compassion his class his service his sacrifice Joe Biden he kept the faith that and he's infected a lot of the rest of us now let's cut to the chase I am too old to Gil the Lily two days ago I turned 78 the oldest man in my family of four
generation and the only personal vanity I want to assert is I'm still younger than Donald Trump last night last night in what I thought was a very moving series of episodes we nominated commel Harris and Tim Waltz and just think about that two leaders with all Amer 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 a is a a presidential election
is unique 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 cuz I try to apply this in every election will this President take us backward or forward will this President give our kids a brighter future depends will 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 at the candidates come at the candidates and they say as they're saying now here are our problems solve them here are our opportunities seize them here are our fears ease 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 Comm 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 Comm 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 wat 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 who 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 curates it 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 from 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 wait wait wait wait 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 yonder but common 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 does your opponent do with his voice he mostly talks about himself right so the next time you
hear him don't count the lies count the eyes hey eyes his vendettas his Vengeance his complaints his conspiracies he's like one of those teners opening up before he walks out on stage like I did trying to get his lungs open by saying me me me me me me when Cela Harris is President Every Day will'll begin with youu you you you so we got to ask ourselves the questions that 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 I triple checked it since the end of the Cold War in 1989 America has created about 51 million new jobs I swear I checked this 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 in what we know about football are eating other sport knows that if you're got 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 it's why the Democrats put a limit on monthly payments for insulin and a $2,000 a year 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 croaked 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 give him he's a good actor with it with a straight face he cited as evidence of the respect that existed for us when he was there the presidents 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 that here's where you are and what you believe what are they supposed
to make to these endless tributes to the late great Hannibal Lector I mean president Obama once gave me the great honor of saying I was the explainer and chief folks I thought and thought about it and I I don't know what to say like Hakeem Jeff I too want an America that's more joyful more inclusive more future folks foced just think what a burden it'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 KLA Harris will leave she's already made her first presidential decision and she knocked it out of the park when she asked Governor h w to be 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 all broke out with Brilliance you just look at Tim W listen to him follow his record as a teacher as a coach in the National Guard is a congressman where he was the only Democrat save one elected
in that District in more than a 100 years and he stayed a long time and then he became a great governor and by all accounts he was a crackshot 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 her first decision kamla 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's 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 in 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 KLA Harris has fought for kids their whole life that were left out and left behind she's taken on gangs trafficking across the Border she's fought to protect the rights of homeowners 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 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 he say that we got to make home ownership an achievable dream for everyone not just a privilege she said that it 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 deserved the right to vote the other day her opponent implied that it's his P vot if people voted one more time they'd be able to rig it from now on and they wouldn't have to vote again you think they're kidding but I know a lot of these folks and 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 should rig
the system I 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 overc competent 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 as it we're all so happy but you should never underestimate your adversary and these people are really good at distracting us at triggering doubt at triggering buyers 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 arkans and other places I 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 camela and ask them how can I help you we Democrats right now have a lot of hay in the barn we've got massive achievements massive advances but there's still a lot of slips between the day and election day that we have to navigate and so I want to say this from 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 since but no 72 Lord I'm getting know 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 will be proud of it for the rest of your life your children will be proud of it your grandchildren will be proud of it take it from a man who once had the honor to be called in this convention the man from hope we need we need camela Harris the president of Geor Bo to lead us so I'll be doing my part you do yours I'll see
you when we're making a real joyful noise noise when the votes are counted God bless you and God bless America
