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US ELECTION 2024 PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ABC News: FULL SPEECH: Barack Obama’s full speech at the DNC PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxxVM_Vfcck Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess
FULL SPEECH: Barack Obama’s full speech at the DNC ABC News Aug 20, 2024 17.2M subscribers ... 950,864 views The former president spoke during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Subscribe to ABC News on YouTube: https://abcnews.visitlink.me/59aJ1G ABC News Digital is your daily source of breaking national and world news, exclusive interviews and 24/7 live streaming coverage. Download the ABC News app for the latest headlines and alerts: https://abcnews.go.com/devices Watch 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events on ABC News Live: • LIVE: Latest News Headlines and Event... Watch full episodes of World News Tonight with David Muir here: • ABC World News Tonight with David Mui... Read ABC News reports online: http://abcnews.go.com ABC News is the home to the #1 evening newscast “World News Tonight” with David Muir, “Good Morning America,” “20/20,” “Nightline,” “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos, “ABC News Live Prime” with Linsey Davis, plus the daily news podcast “Start Here.” Connect with ABC News on social media: Facebook: / abcnews Instagram: / abcnews TikTok: / abcnews X: / abc Threads: https://www.threads.net/@abcnews LinkedIn: / abcnews Transcript 0:03 >> BEFORE I GO, I HAVE ONE MORE JOB TONIGHT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] YEAH. ONE MORE JOB. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE LOVE, BUT IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS A WHOLE LOT ABOUT HOPE. SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT HIS LIFE STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRACY AND LET ME TELL YOU, AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES WITH HIM, HE WAKES UP EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY, AND THINKS ABOUT WHAT IS BEST FOR THIS COUNTRY. PLEASE WELCOME AMERICA'S 44TH PRESIDENT AND THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. BARACK OBAMA. 1:01 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> INTRODUCING HER HUSBAND, FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND THE EMBRACE ON STAGE. THE FORMER FIRST LADY SAYING DON'T WAIT FOR AN OFFICIAL CALL FROM ANY CAMPAIGN AND SAID CONSIDER THIS MY OFFICIAL ASKED. SHE IS ASKING YOU TO DO SOMETHING, AND HER WORDS, TO PLAY A ROLE IN THIS DEMOCRACY. MANY ASKING HOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT WILL GREET THE FORMER FIRST LADY. LET'S LISTEN. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. 2:03 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ENOUGH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHICAGO. IT IS GOOD TO BE HOME. IT IS GOOD TO BE HOME. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I AM FEELING FIRED UP. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I AM FEELING READY TO GO. EVEN IF I AM THE ONLY PERSON STUPID ENOUGH TO SPEAK AFTER MICHELLE OBAMA. [LAUGHTER] I AM FEELING HOPEFUL. 3:07 THIS CONVENTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRETTY GOOD TO KIDS WITH FUNNY NAMES WHO BELIEVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO ELECT SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT HER ENTIRE LIFE TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE THE SAME CHANCES AMERICA GAVE HER. SOMEONE WHO SEES YOU. AND HERE'S YOU. AND WILL GET UP EVERY SINGLE DAY AND FIGHT FOR YOU. THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, KAMALA HARRIS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IT HAS BEEN 16 YEARS SINCE I HAD THE HONOR OF ACCEPTING THIS PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR PRES 4:04 PRESIDENT. I KNOW THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT AGED A BIT. BUT IT IS TRUE. LOOKING BACK, I CAN SAY, WITHOUT QUESTION THAT MY FIRST BIG DECISION AS YOUR NOMINEE TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF MY BEST. THAT WAS ASKING JOE BIDEN TO SERVE BY MY SIDE AS VICE PRESIDENT. OTHER THAN SOME COMMON IRISH BLOOD, JOE AND I COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. WE BECAME BROTHERS. AS WE WORK TOGETHER FOR EIGHT, SOMETIMES PRETTY TOUGH EARS, WHAT I CAME TO ADMIRE MOST ABOUT JOE WASN'T JUST HIS SMARTS. 5:07 HIS EXPERIENCE. HIS UNSHAKABLE BELIEF THAT EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY DESERVES A FAIR SHOT. OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THOSE ARE THE VALUES AMERICA HAS NEEDED MOST. AT A TIME WHEN MILLIONS OF OUR CITIZENS WERE SICK AND DYING, WE NEEDED A LEADER WITH THE CHARACTER TO PUT POLITICS ASIDE AND DO WHAT WAS RIGHT. AT A TIME WHEN OUR ECONOMY WAS REELING, WE NEEDED A LEADER WITH THE DETERMINATION TO DRIVE WHAT WOULD BECOME THE WORLD'S STRONGEST RECOVERY. 50 MILLION JOBS, HIGHER WAGES. 6:01 THE TIME WHEN THE OTHER PARTY HAD TURNED INTO A CULT OF PERSONALITY. WE NEEDED A LEADER WHO WAS STEADY. AND BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER. AND WAS SELFLESS ENOUGH TO DO THE RAREST THING THERE IS IN POLITICS, PUTTING HIS OWN AMBITION ASIDE FOR THE SAKE OF THE COUNTRY. HISTORY WILL REMEMBER JOE BIDEN AS AN OUTSTANDING PRESIDENT WHO DEFENDED DEMOCRACY AT A MOMENT OF GREAT DANGER. I AM PROUD TO CALL HIM MY PRESIDENT BUT PROUDER TO CALL HIM MY FRIEND. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 7:09 NOW, THE TORCH HAS BEEN PASSED. NOW IT IS UP TO ALL OF US TO FIGHT FOR THE AMERICA WE BELIEVE IN. MAKE NO MISTAKE, IT WILL BE A FIGHT. FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE ENERGY WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GENERATE THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THE RALLIES, THE MEMES. THIS WILL STILL BE A TIGHT RACE IN A CLOSELY DIVIDED COUNTRY. A COUNTRY WERE TOO MANY AMERICANS ARE STILL STRUGGLING, WHERE A LOT OF AMERICANS DON'T BELIEVE GOVERNMENT CAN HELP. AS WE GATHER HERE TONIGHT, THE PEOPLE WHO WILL DECIDE THIS ELECTION ARE ASKING A SIMPLE 8:02 QUESTION. WHO WILL FIGHT FOR ME? WHO IS THINKING ABOUT MY FUTURE? ABOUT MY CHILDREN'S FUTURE, ABOUT OUR FUTURE TOGETHER? ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN. DONALD TRUMP IS NOT LOSING SLEEP OVER THAT QUESTION. HERE IS A 78-YEAR-OLD BILLIONAIRE, WHO HAS NOT STOPPED WHINING ABOUT HIS PROBLEMS SINCE HE RODE DOWN HIS GOLDEN ESCALATOR NINE YEARS AGO. IT HAS BEEN A CONSTANT STREAM OF GRIPES AND GRIEVANCES, IT HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE NOW THAT HE IS AFRAID TO LOSE. 9:09 THIS WEIRD OBSESSION WITH CROWD SIZES. [APPLAUSE] IT JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. THE OTHER DAY I HEARD SOMEONE COMPARE TRUMP TO THE NEIGHBOR WHO KEEPS RUNNING HIS LEAF BLOWER OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY. FROM A NEIGHBOR, THAT IS EXHAUSTING. FROM A PRESIDENT, IT IS DANGEROUS. THE TRUTH IS, DONALD TRUMP SEES POWER AS NOTHING MORE THAN A MEANS TO HIS ENDS. HE WANTS THE MIDDLE CLASS TO PAY 10:03 THE PRICE FOR ANOTHER HUGE TAX CUT THAT WOULD MOSTLY HELP HIM. AND HIS RICH FRIENDS. HE KILLED A BIPARTISAN IMMIGRATION DEAL WRITTEN IN PART BY ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS THAT WOULD'VE HELPED SECURE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER, BECAUSE HE THOUGHT TRYING TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM WOULD HURT HIS CAMPAIGN. HE DOESN'T -- DO NOT BOOT. VOTE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HE DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE IF OUR WOMEN LOSE THEIR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM SINCE IT WON'T AFFECT HIS LIFE. MOST OF ALL, DONALD TRUMP WANTS US TO THINK THIS COUNTRY IS HOPELESSLY DIVIDED BETWEEN US 11:00 AND THEM. BETWEEN THE REAL AMERICANS, WHO SUPPORT HIM AND THE OUTSIDERS WHO DO NOT. HE WANTS YOU TO THINK YOU WILL BE RICHER AND SAFER IF YOU JUST GIVE HIM THE POWER TO PUT THOSE OTHER PEOPLE BACK IN PLACE. IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST TRICKS IN POLITICS, FROM A GUY WHO HAS GOTTEN PRETTY STALE. WE DO NOT NEED FOUR MORE YEARS OF BLUSTER AND BUMBLING AND CHAOS. WE HAVE SEEN THAT MOVIE BEFORE AND WE ALL KNOW THE SEQUEL IS USUALLY WORSE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AMERICA IS READY FOR A NEW CHAPTER. AMERICA IS READY FOR A BETTER 12:01 STORY. WE ARE READY FOR A PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND KAMALA HARRIS IS READY FOR THE JOB. THIS IS A PERSON WHO HAS SPENT HER LIFE FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE WHO NEED A VOICE. AS YOU HEARD FROM MICHELLE, SHE WAS NOT BORN INTO PRIVILEGE. SHE HAD TO WORK FOR WHAT SHE GOT. SHE CARES ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH. SHE IS THE NEIGHBOR RUSHING OVER TO HELP WHEN YOU NEED A HAND. SHE STOOD UP FOR CHILDREN WHO HAD BEEN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AS A PROSECUTOR. AS AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, SHE 13:05 THOUGHT BIG BANKS AND FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES, SECURING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE PEOPLE THEY HAD SCANNED. SHE PUSHED ME AND MY ADMINISTRATION HARD TO MAKE SURE HOMEOWNERS GOT A FAIR SETT SETTLEMENT. IT DIDN'T MATTER THAT I WAS A DEMOCRAT, THAT SHE KNOCKED ON DOORS FOR MY CAMPAIGN. SHE WAS GOING TO FIGHT TO GET AS MUCH RELIEF AS POSSIBLE FOR THE FAMILIES WHO DESERVED IT. AS VICE PRESIDENT, SHE HELPED TAKE ON THE DRUG COMPANIES TO CAP THE COST OF INSULIN AND LOWER THE COST OF HEALTH CARE, GET FAMILIES WITH KIDS A TAX CUT AND SHE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT WITH PLANS TO LOWER COSTS EVEN MORE AND PROTECT MEDICARE AND MEDICAID &-AMPERSAND A LAW TO GUARANTEE EVERY WOMAN'S RIGHT TO MAKE HER OWN HEALTH CARE DECISIONS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 14:14 IN OTHER WORDS, KAMALA HARRIS WON'T BE FOCUSED ON HER PROBLEMS. SHE WILL BE FOCUSED ON YOURS. AS PRESIDENT, SHE WILL NOT JUST CATER TO HER OWN SUPPORTERS AND PUNISH THOSE WHO REFUSE TO KISS THE RINGR BEND THE KNEE. SHE WILL WORK ON BEHALF OF EVERY AMERICAN. THAT IS WHO KAMALA HARRIS IS. IN THE WHITE HOUSE, SHE WILL HAVE AN OUTSTANDING PARTNER IN GOVERNOR TIM WALZ. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. I LOVE THIS GUY. 15:03 HE IS THE KIND OF PERSON WHO SHOULD BE IN POLITICS. BORN IN A SMALL TOWN, SERVED HIS COUNTRY, TAUGHT KIDS, COACHED FOOTBALL, TOOK CARE OF HIS NEIGHBORS. HE KNOWS WHO HE IS. HE KNOWS WHAT'S IMPORTANT. YOU CAN TELL THOSE FLANNEL SHIRTS HE WEARS DON'T COME FROM SOME POLITICAL CONSULTANT, THEY COME FROM HIS CLOSET AND THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME STUFF. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME STUFF. TOGETHER, LOVE KARIS AND TIM HAVE KEPT FAITH WITH AMERICA'S CENTRAL STORY THAT SAYS WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL. 16:02 ALL OF US ENDOWED WITH CERTAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT EVERYONE DESERVES A CHANCE, THAT WHEN WE DON'T AGREE WITH EACH OTHER, WE CAN FIND A WAY TO LIVE WITH EACH OTHER. THAT IS HER VISION. THAT IS TEN'S VISION. THAT IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S VISION. OUR JOB OVER THE NEXT 11 WEEKS IS TO CONVINCE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO VOTE FOR THAT VI VISION. IT WON'T BE EASY. THE OTHER SIDE KNOWS IT IS EASIER TO PLAY ON FEARS AND CYNICISM. THEY WILL TELL YOU GOVERNMENT IS CORRUPT, THAT THE SACRIFICE AND GENEROSITY ARE FOR SUCKERS. AND SINCE THE GAME IS RIGGED, IT IS OKAY TO TAKE WHAT YOU WANT AND LOOK AFTER YOUR OWN. 17:04 THAT IS THE EASY PATH. WE HAVE A DIFFERENT TASK. OUR JOB IS TO CONVINCE PEOPLE DEMOCRACY CAN DELIVER. AND IN DOING THAT, WE CAN POINT TO WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED, WE CANNOT JUST RELY ON THE IDEAS OF THE PAST. WE NEED TO CHART A NEW WAY FORWARD. TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY AND SHE UNDERSTANDS THIS. SHE KNOWS IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BUY A HOME, WE NEED TO BUILD MORE UNITS AND CLEAR AWAY SOME OF THE OUTDATED LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT MADE IT HARDER TO BUILD HOMES FOR WORKING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. THAT IS A PRIORITY AND SHE HAS PUT OUT A BOLD NEW PLAN TO DO THAT. ON HEALTH CARE, WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF THE ENORMOUS PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE THROUGH THE 18:04 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. PROVIDING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE COVERAGE, PROTECTING MILLIONS MORE FROM UNSCRUPULOUS INSURANCE PRA PRACTICES. I HAVE NOTICED, BY THE WAY, SINCE IT HAS BECOME POPULAR, THEY DON'T CALL IT OBAMACARE NO MORE. BUT, SHE KNOWS WE CAN'T STOP THERE, WHICH IS WHY SHE WILL KEEP WORKING TO LIMIT OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS. SHE KNOWS IF WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE GET AHEAD, WE NEED TO PUT A COLLEGE DEGREE WITHIN REACH OF MORE AMERICANS. BUT SHE ALSO KNOWS, COLLEGE SHOULD NOT BE THE ONLY TICKET TO THE MIDDLE CLASS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF 19:00 GOVERNORS LIKE TIM WALZ WHO SAID IF YOU HAVE THE SKILLS IN THE DRIVE, YOU SHOULDN'T NEED A DEGREE TO WORK FOR STATE GOVERNMENT. AND IN THIS NEW ECONOMY, WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO CARES ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHO WAKE UP EVERY SINGLE DAY TO DO THE ESSENTIAL, OFTEN THANKLESS WORK, TO CARE FOR OUR STREETS, TO DELIVER OUR PACKAGES. WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL SSTAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS TO BARGAIN FOR BETTER WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS AND SHE WILL BE THAT PRESIDENT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] YES, SHE CAN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 20:08 [CROWD CHANTING YES SHE CAN] >> THEY CAN HELP US MOVE PAST SOME OF THE TIRED, OLD DEBATES THAT KEEP STIFLING PROGRESS BECAUSE AT THEIR CORE, THEY UNDERSTAND WHEN EVERYBODY GETS A FAIR SHOT, WE ARE ALL BETTER O OFF. THEY UNDERSTAND WHEN EVERY CHILD GETS A GOOD EDUCATION, THE WHOLE ECONOMY GETS STRONGER. WHEN WOMEN ARE PAID THE SAME AS MEN FOR DOING THE SAME JOB, ALL FAMILIES BENEFIT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THEY UNDERSTAND WE CAN SECURE OUR BORDERS WITHOUT TEARING KIDS AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS, JUST LIKE WE CAN KEEP OUR STREETS SAFE WHILE ALSO BUILDING TRUST 21:01 BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE AND ELIMINATING BIAS. THAT WILL MAKE IT BETTER FOR EVERYBODY. DONALD TRUMP AND HIS DONORS DON'T SEE THE WORLD THAT WAY. FOR THEM, ONE GAME IS ANOTHER GROUP'S LOSS. FOR THEM, FREEDOM MEANS THE POWERFUL CAN DO WHAT THEY PL PLEASE. WHETHER IT IS FIRE WORKERS TRYING TO ORGANIZE A UNION, OR PUT POISON IN OUR RIVERS OR AVOID PAYING TAXES LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO DO. WE HAVE A BROADER IDEA OF FREEDOM. WE BELIEVE IN THE FREEDOM TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY IF YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK HARD. THE FREEDOM TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR AND DRINK CLEAN WATER AND SEND 22:01 YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL WITHOUT WORRYING IF THEY WILL COME HOME. WE BELIEVE TRUE FREEDOM GIVES EACH OF US THE RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT OUR OWN LIFE. HOW WE WORSHIP, WHAT OUR FAMILY LOOKS LIKE, HOW MANY KIDS WE HAVE, WHO WE MARRY. AND WE BELIEVE FREEDOM REQUIRES US TO RECOGNIZE THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO MAKE CHOICES THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN OURS. THAT IS OKAY. THAT IS THE AMERICA KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ BELIEVE IN. AN AMERICA WHERE WE THE PEOPLE INCLUDES EVERYONE. BECAUSE, THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THIS AMERICAN EXPERIMENT WORKS. 23:01 DESPITE WHAT OUR POLITICS MIGHT SUGGEST, MOST AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THAT. DEMOCRACY ISN'T JUST A BUNCH OF ABSTRACT PRINCIPLES AND DUSTY LAWS AND SOME BOOKS SOMEWHERE. IT IS THE VALUES WE LIVE BY. IT IS THE WAY WE TREAT EACH OTHER. INCLUDING THOSE WHO DO NOT LOOK LIKE US OR PRAY LIKE US OR SEE THE WORLD EXACTLY LIKE WE DO. THAT SENSE OF MUTUAL RESPECT HAS TO BE PART OF OUR MESSAGE. OUR POLITICS HAVE BECOME SO POLARIZED THESE DAYS. ALL OF US ACROSS THE SPECTRUM SEEM SO QUICK TO ASSUME THE WORST IN OTHERS, UNLESS THEY AGREE WITH US ON EVERY SINGLE 24:01 ISSUE. WE START THINKING THE ONLY WAY TO WIN IS TO SCOLD AND SHAME AND OUT YELL THE OTHER SIDE. AFTER A WILD, REGULAR FOLKS TUNE IT OUT. OR THEY DON'T BOTHER TO VOTE. THAT APPROACH MAY WORK FOR THE POLITICIANS WHO WANT ATTENTION AND THRIVE ON DIVISION. BUT IT WON'T WORK FOR US. TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE THINGS WE CARE ABOUT, THE THINGS THAT REALLY AFFECT PEOPLE'S LIVES. WE NEED TO REMEMBER WE ALL HAVE OUR BLIND SPOTS AND CONTRADICTIONS AND PREJUDICES. AND THAT IF WE WANT TO WIN OVER THOSE WHO ARE NOT YET READY TO SUPPORT OUR CANDIDATES, WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS. AND MAYBE LEARN SOMETHING IN THE PROCESS. AFTER ALL. IF A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT SAYS 25:04 SOMETHING THAT MAKES US CRINGE, WE DON'T ASSUME THEY ARE BAD PEOPLE. WE RECOGNIZE THE WORLD IS MOVING FAST. THEY NEED TIME AND MAY BE A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT TO CATCH UP. OUR FELLOW CITIZENS DESERVE THE SAME GRACE WE HOPE THEY WILL EXTEND TO US. THAT IS HOW WE CAN BUILD A TRUE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY. ONE THAT CAN GET THINGS DONE. AND BY THE WAY, THAT DOES NOT JUST MATTER TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. THE REST OF THE WORLD IS WATCHING TO SEE IF WE CAN PULL THIS OFF. 26:04 NO NATION, NO SOCIETY HAS EVER TRIED TO BUILD A DEMOCRACY AS BIG AND AS DIVERSE AS OURS BEFORE. ONE THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT OVER DECADES HAVE COME FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE. ONE MORE HOUR ALLEGIANCES AND OUR COMMUNITY ARE NOT DEFINED BY RACE OR BLOOD, BUT BY A COMMON CREED. WHEN WE UPHOLD OUR VALUES, THE WORLD IS A LITTLE BRIGHT. WHEN WE DON'T, THE WORLD IS A LITTLE DIMMER. DICTATORS AND AUTOCRATS FEEL EMBOLDENED AND OVER TIME WE BECOME LESS SAFE. WE SHOULD NOT BE THE WORLD'S POLICEMAN BUT WE CANNOT ERADICATE EVERY CRUELTY AND INJUSTICE IN THE WORLD BUT AMERICA CAN BE AND MUST BE A FORCE FOR GOOD. 27:02 DISCOURAGING CONFLICT, FIGHTING DISEASE, PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS, PROTECTING THE PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, DEFENDING FREEDOM, BROKERING PEACE. THAT IS WHAT KAMALA HARRIS BELIEVES AND SO DO MOST AMERICANS. I -- I KNOW THESE IDEAS CAN FEEL PRETTY NAIVE. WE LIVE IN A TIME OF SUCH CONFUSION AND RANCOR. WITH A CULTURE THAT PUTS A PREMIUM ON THINGS THAT DON'T LAST. MONEY, FAME, STATUS LIKES. 28:02 WE CHASE THE APPROVAL OF STRANGERS ON OUR PHONES. WE BUILD ALL MANNER OF WALLS AND FENCES AROUND OURSELVES AND WONDER WHY WE FEEL SO ALONE. WE DON'T TRUST EACH OTHER AS MUCH BECAUSE WE DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO KNOW EACH OTHER. IN THAT SPACE BETWEEN US, POLITICIANS AND ALGORITHMS TEACH US TO CARICATURE EACH OTHER, CONTROL EACH OTHER. AND FEAR EACH OTHER. HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS, CHICAGO. ALL ACROSS AMERICA, IN BIG CITIES AND SMALL TOWNS, AWAY FROM THE NOISE, THE TIES THAT BIND US TOGETHER ARE STILL TH THERE. WE STILL COACHED LITTLE LEAGUE AND LOOK OUT FOR OUR ELDERLY NEIGHBORS. WE STILL FEED THE HUNGRY IN 29:00 CHURCHES AND MOSQUES AND SYNAGOGUES AND TEMPLES. WE SHARE THE SAME PRIDE WHEN OUR OLYMPIC ATHLETES COMPETE FOR THE GOLD. BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF US DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT IS BITTER AND DIVIDED. WE WANT SOMETHING BETTER. WE WANT TO BE BETTER. THE JOY AND THE EXCITEMENT WE ARE SEEING AROUND THIS CAMPAIGN TELLS US WE ARE NOT ALONE. I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS THESE PAST FEW MONTHS BECAUSE AS MICHELLE MENTIONED, THIS SUMMER WE LOST HER MOM. I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY HAS EVER LOVED THEIR MOTHER-IN-LAW ANY MORE THAN I LOVED MINE. MOSTLY IT IS BECAUSE SHE WAS 30:04 FUNNY AND WISE AND THE LEAST PRETENTIOUS PERSON I KNEW. THAT, AND SHE ALWAYS DEFEND AND MEET WITH MICHELLE WHEN I MESSED UP. I WOULD HIDE BEHIND HER. BUT I ALSO THINK, ONE OF THE REASONS WE BECAME SO CLOSE WAS BECAUSE SHE REMINDED ME OF MY GRANDMOTHER. THE WOMAN WHO HELPED RAISE ME AS A CHILD. ON THE SURFACE, THE TWO OF THEM DID NOT HAVE A LOT IN COMMON. ONE WAS A BLACK WOMAN. SOUTHSIDE OF CHICAGO, WRITE DOWN THE WAY. WENT TO INGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. THE OTHER WAS A LITTLE WHITE LADY BORN IN A TINY TOWN IN 31:03 KANSAS. I KNOW THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE FROM THERE. AND YET, THEY SHARED A BASIC OUTLOOK ON LIFE. THEY WERE STRONG, SMART, RESOURCEFUL WOMEN, FULL OF COMMON SENSE, WHO, REGARDLESS OF THE BARRIERS THEY ENCOUNTERED, WOMEN GROWING UP IN THE 1940s AND 1950s, 1960s, THEY ENCOUNTERED BARRIERS AND WENT ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS WITHOUT FUSS OR COMPLAINT AND PROVIDED AN UNSHAKABLE FOUNDATION OF LOVE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN. IN THAT SENSE, THEY BOTH REPRESENTED AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF WORKING PEOPLE WHO, THROUGH WAR AND DEPRESSION, DISCRIMINATION AND LIMITED OPPORTUNITY, HELPED BUILD THIS COUNTRY. 32:06 A LOT OF THEM TOILED EVERY DAY JOBS THAT WERE TOO SMALL FOR THEM. AND DID NOT PAY A LOT. THEY WILLINGLY WENT WITHOUT JUST TO KEEP A ROOF OVER THE FAMILY'S HEADS, TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN SOMETHING BETTER. THEY KNEW WHAT WAS TRUE. THEY KNEW WHAT MATTERED. THINGS LIKE HONESTY AND INTEGRITY. KINDNESS AND HARD WORK. THEY WEREN'T IMPRESSED WITH THE BRAGGARTS OR. THEY DIDN'T THINK PUTTING OTHER PEOPLE DOWN LIFTED YOU UP OR MADE YOU STRONG. THEY DIDN'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME OBSESSING ABOUT WHAT THEY DID NOT HAVE. 33:05 INSTEAD, THEY APPRECIATED WHAT THEY DID. THEY FOUND PLEASURE IN SIMPLE THINGS, A CARD GAME WITH FRI FRIENDS. A GOOD MEAL, LAUGHTER AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE. HELPING OTHERS. AND, MOST OF ALL, SEEING THEIR CHILDREN DO THINGS AND GO PLACES THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED FOR THEMSELVES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WHETHER YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT OR A REPUBLICAN, OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN OUR LIVES. PEOPLE LIKE KAMALA HARRIS' PARENTS WHO CROSSED OCEANS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN THE PROMISE OF AMERICA. PEOPLE LIKE TIM'S PARENTS, WHO TAUGHT HIM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVICE. 34:05 GOOD, HARDWORKING PEOPLE, WHO WEREN'T FAMOUS OR POWERFUL, BUT WHO MANAGED IN COUNTLESS WAYS TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY -- LEAVE THIS COUNTRY A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THEY FOUND IT. AS MUCH AS ANY POLICY OR PROGRAM, I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT WE YEARN FOR. A RETURN TO AN AMERICA WHERE WE WORK TOGETHER AND LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. A RESTORATION OF WHAT LINCOLN CALLED ON THE EVE OF CIVIL WAR OUR BONDS OF AFFECTION. WHAT HE CALLED THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE. THAT IS WHAT THIS ELECTION IS 35:00 ABOUT. I BELIEVE THAT IS WHY, IF WE EACH DO OUR PART OVER THE NEXT 77 DAYS, IF WE KNOCK ON DOORS, MAKE PHONE CALLS, TALK TO OUR FRIENDS, IF WE LISTEN TO OUR NEIGHBORS, IF WE WORK LIKE WE HAVE NEVER WORKED BEFORE, IF WE HOLD FIRM TO OUR CONVICTIONS, WE WILL ELECT KAMALA HARRIS AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND TIM WALZ AS THE NEXT VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WE WILL ELECT LEADERS UP AND DOWN THE VALLEY WHO WILL FIGHT FOR THE HOPEFUL, FORWARD-LOOKING AMERICA WE ALL BELIEVE IN AND TOGETHER WE TOO WILL BUILD A COUNTRY THAT IS MORE SECURE AND MORE JUST, MORE EQUAL, AND MORE FREE. LET'S GET TO WORK. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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