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US ELECTION BARACK OBAMA IN DETROIT MeidasTouch: LIVE: Barack Obama and Eminem hold MAJOR RALLY in DETROIT PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGll1jRlyzE Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess
LIVE: Barack Obama and Eminem hold MAJOR RALLY in DETROIT MeidasTouch 3.25M subscribers Streamed live 13 hours ago Former President Barack Obama and Eminem hold a major rally in Detroit, Michigan. Transcript 0:03 and let me just say she's picked a hell of a running mate in Tim Walls together Kamila Harris and Tim Walls are going to work to make a real difference in your life they proposed plans to lower our costs to grow our economy and to protect protect good paying jobs and our fundamental freedoms from building three million homes to tax relief for a 100 million working and middle class families to loans to start the small business to in home care for seniors on Medicare to protections for women 1:00 workers and lgbtq plus communities they will fight they will fight for us because they have lived lives like ours you know Donald Trump doesn't get your life at all do you think he's ever had to take things out of the grocery cart in order to pay the the bill he doesn't pay the bill I mean you think he's well yeah you're right he doesn't pay the bills does he you think he's ever rushed out of the door to drive carpool come on he doesn't have a driver's license you think he's ever shoveled a neighbor's walkway 2:02 I mean you all know he doesn't even own a shovel right this guy has no idea what you go through every single day he will say whatever it takes to get himself elected and once he is he'll do nothing to help you or your family get ahead K Harrison on the other side on the other hand is going to fight for you because she's lived a life like you have like we have do you know that she moved in with her sister to help her take care of her kids did you know that she took care of her mom at the end of her life when she was dying of cancer you know she is the proud mamala to a beautiful blended family we need another other medic over here 3:06 please please raise your hands so we know where the medic needs to go thank you has the medic reached the person in need security we need security over here please oh I'm sorry they need a gurnie a stretcher 4:04 okay if everyone can just it's okay it's okay the the help is getting there I love you too so listen what we need in the White House is someone who understands our lives someone who understands how hard it is dayto day someone who understands every person deserves a path to prosperity and dignity and full fundamental rights you know Donald Trump talks a big game but he doesn't deliver you all remember when he told us not one Auto Plant would close the truth is six closed when Donald Trump was President he failed us he crashed our economy and he lost 280,000 Michigan 5:07 jobs it cost us dearly and we cannot let that happen again so we are not going back we're not going back on the other hand the Harris and Biden admin Administration has delivered for us just yesterday Hemlock semiconductor won a huge Federal investment to create thousands of jobs here in Michigan just think about that that's that's thousands of workers who can come home after a long day at work and Tuck their children in knowing that their family is going to be 6:01 okay because of the Biden Harris administration's investments in Michigan there are more Auto and construction workers there are more factories and housing being built more roads getting fixed more middle class jobs than when Trump was President damn now yes and we're fixing the damn roads that's right okay now we still have a lot of good work to do but places like Detroit are moving forward and Donald Trump just doesn't get that I know you all saw what he said about this beautiful city he called Detroit a failure and a mess proving proving he ain't firing on all cylinders he doesn't have a clue what the hell he 7:03 was talking about and you know what I think he ought to keep Detroit out of his mouth there is a woman with a t-shirt on that says make America Detroit again I got a great backup choir don't I you know this is a proud American city defined by grit and hustle and these might be characteristics Donald Trump doesn't even know about we have been underestimated before and we live to prove the haters wrong 8:07 right you are all here because you know the stakes but not everyone does and we got some work to do you know what really changes people's minds or gets them to turn out to vote is when they hear from their neighbors or their family members or their co-workers or their fellow Parish nurse medic we need a medic over here please give me a thumbs up when we've connected please 9:13 okay let's thank all the First Responders who are helping us out all right so what really matters to our fellow chanders as they are going to make their decision about this upcoming election is hearing from you from someone they love someone they trust someone they know and that's why you the people have the real power in this election the way we win this thing is by talking to people and sharing why we're voting your voice is the power and never forget it 10:06 now remember Donald Trump knows this that's why he tried to throw out your votes in 2020 he knows that when Detroit shows up he loses and he's about to find out detroiters don't play so it's up to you Detroit our choice is clear kamla Harris wants to move us forward and Donald Trump wants to take us back KLA Harris will protect our freedoms Donald Trump wants to take them away she solves problems and he is a problem so Detroit let's make sure the World Hears us come election day let's 11:02 get out the vote and let's make KLA Harris the next president of the United States thank you I love you big Gretch out 12:12 he me if you need to sit down feel free to sit down the last thing we need is somebody to get hurt thank you very much if you're feeling faint please sit down 13:03 head to the back we'll get you back up thank you so much let's have a safe night the program will begin very shortly 17:45 raised here in metro Detroit and I am proud to be working as a field organizer with the Michigan one campaign my journey into organizing developed from a deep purpose to serve others and to uplift those who are in 18:01 need which brings me to the very reason I am standing in front of all of you here today I truly love this community and I want to do all that I can to ensure that it's still going to be a growing one I know that the single best thing that we can do for this city is to help KLA Harris win this election but if we're going to do it then we need every single one of you to get involved every day we are reaching out to michig gers about the choice that they have in this election and right now we need your help there are so many ways that you can land in helping hand you can make calls you can knock doors in your neighborhood you can walk right into a field office and ask the organizer what do they need but unfortunately there are still a lot of people who have not made up their minds about this current election and they're not going to be convinced by another ad or another email they are going to get 19:03 out and vote because of people like you and me so with that being said politics is not a spectator sport if you're excited about KLA Harris but you're worried about the other side then it's not enough to watch the polls and stress about the news we need to put down our phones and to join the team so I'm here to ask each and every one of you will you help us win this race will you commit to doing your part will you sign up and volunteer so that we can do everything in our power to elect KLA Harris and Tim Wars so with us being two weeks away from election day we can't back down we have to do what Detroit does best and fight for what we believe in because Detroit when we 20:01 fight when we fight when we fight thank you Detroit we have two weeks to make history I'm going to fight them all I said the Nation Army couldn't hold me back they're going to rip it off taking that time right behind my back hello Detroit can't hear can you hear can you hear can you hear okay I'm going to eat this mic my name is Alysa slotkin I am so proud to be your nominee for the US 21:09 Senate I am so happy to be here tonight Detroit you're looking freaking good you're looking good word on the street is we have now hit 12,000 people so I just want to say we all know why we're here we know the mission we know our responsibilities we've talked about it we've cheered about it we've rallied about it and we know that our country has a choice to make in 14 days and we know what we're going to do to help the country turn the right way in that path in the woods the way we divert we know what we have to do we have to elect kamla Harris as our next 22:04 president we have to elect the first woman president in history of the United States and we're going to do it because Michigan is the center of the freaking Universe right now but don't worry Michigan understands our goals we understand what we have to do we know what our responsibilities are but let me just say this this is a real full circle moment for me because I get to be here on stage with my former boss Barack Obama and let me just say I you know I'm a former CIA officer a civil servant I work for both parties and I worked in the bush White House I was there the Friday he left office and I was there the Monday that Barack Obama walked in and it was 23:00 amazing things were a little different things were a little different I got to be Staffing as like a little nerd staffer that first day in office in the situation room and what I can tell you I saw up close was something that is missing from so much of politics Integrity in what we do and keeping that focus on the people and not yourself I also got to experience that lawyerly kind of Inquisition that he did to you as a staffer to make sure you knew your stuff I sat there right Yan you I sat there as he would just Grill me and Grill me and Grill me and what he focused on was the objective facts of a situation not the politics not what he should do but what was right for the American people I got to see it up close and learn from that and I'm proud to be 24:05 here as one of his alumni I will also say um that he's gotten a lot more chill like a lot I saw him at the convention he was wearing no socks he was chilling out so it is nice to see him I saw him backstage he is ready to go he is ready to fight in this election now I will just say that we all know that you're you know maybe you're here because you wanted to bring your kids or you wanted to see Obama up close or whatever but we know that at the end of the day you are here because you love your country and you want it to be better you want it to be better don't we believe Don't We Believe believe that America can live up to the 25:00 promise and be a better place don't we believe that so I could not be prouder to be here as your nominee for the US Senate because kamla Harris needs a positive Senate a supportive Senate in what she's going to do now before we get to uh the big guy I want to invite one other person up here someone who defines Pure Michigan someone who has brought attention to Detroit someone who believes in our state who believes in our teams who believes in Michigan to his core and has shown the whole world what Detroit and Michigan can do so without further Ado can the real Slim Shady please stand 26:02 up afid take a take a St everybody everybody come take my come take my We Walk This Road Together through the storm whatever weather cold or warm just let me know that you're not alone I if you feel like you and cut the crap I shouldn't have to rhy these words in the for you to know it's a r you said you was King you li through your tee for that your feelings instead of Detroit what up though so look I wrote down a few things I wanted to say I love you too thank you I'm here tonight for a couple of important reasons as most of you know the city of Detroit and the whole state of Michigan mean a lot to me and going into this 27:06 election the spotlight is on us more than ever and I think it's important to use your voice so I'm encouraging everybody to get out and vote please I also think that people shouldn't be afraid to express their opinions and I don't think anyone once in America where people are worried about retribution of what people will do if you make your opinion known I think vice president Harris supports a future for this country where these freedoms and many others will be protected and upheld and here to tell you much more about that President Barack Obama 28:04 sh Miss chance to blow this opportunity gos once in a lifetime you better lose his in the music the moment you want it you better never let it go you only get one shot do not miss your chance to blow this opportunity grow once in a lifetime do better hello Detroit you fired up are you ready to go hey I've got to say let let me just say uh let let me just say I 29:07 I uh I I I I I got to say you know I I have done a lot of rallies so I don't usually get nervous but I was feeling some kind of way following Eminem I notice my palms are sweaty knees weak arms are heavy vom on my sweat ready mom spaghetti I'm nervous but on the surface I look calm and ready to drop bombs but I keep B forget him 30:03 I thought Eminem was going to be performed I was going to jump out love love me some Eminem I love you back all right I love you back it is good to be back in Michigan good to be back in Motor City now I heard there was another rally here on Friday night but it was a little smaller than this one I don't boo now vote don't boo I'm telling you right now don't boo they can't hear your booze but they can hear your votes 31:02 and I am here today for a very important reason to ask you to vote for your Congressman Shri tananda for your next Senator Alysa slackin for the next president of the United States KLA Harris and I know you've heard this already but it is worth repeating here in Detroit early in-person voting has already started if you are not registered you can do it right before you vote at any early voting site early in person voting begins all across Michigan on October 26th and if you have an absentee ballot just go ahead and return it don't be waiting just go ahead and do that find out where to vote early where to 32:03 register if you need to find out uh uh where the where there's a ballot dropbox near you all that information's at I will vote.com Michigan all right and then you help your friends and family make a plan to vote too because together Detroit we have a chance to choose a new generation of leadership in this country to start building a better and stronger and fairer and more hopeful America and let me tell you your vote is going to matter because we know this election is going to be tight and it's going to be tight because a lot of Americans are still struggling and I miss you too but but hold on we can we can we can we can catch up 33:06 later as a a as a country hold on a second a as a country we've been through a lot together these last few years there was a historic pandemic and it wrecked havoc on our communities and our families and our businesses disruptions from the pandemic Thena caus prices to hike and that put a strain on family budgets and people started feeling like no matter how hard they worked they're just treading water so I get why people are looking to shake things up I understand that but what I cannot understand is why anybody would think that Donald Trump will shake things up in a way that is good for you 34:00 because there is absolutely no evidence that this man thinks about anybody but himself I I I have said it before Donald Trump is a 78y old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problems since he wrode down his golden escalator nine years ago and when he's not complaining when he's not doing some strange tweet he's trying to sell you stuff I I mean who who who is hawking merch when they're running for president I mean he's trying to sell you golden sneakers he's trying to sell you $100,000 watch says it's made in Switzerland but nobody really 35:04 knows and then listen up my favorite is the Trump Bible don't Boo don't boo boot he wants Gideon gives the Bible out for free he wants he wants to sell you the word of God Donald Trump addition he's got his name right there next to Matthew and Luke and I'll give you one guess where those bibles are made he he's Mr tough guy on China except when he can make a few bucks listen you cannot make this stuff up I if if if if this was a routine on Saturday Night Live you'd be all like no you know that's going too far but it's all 36:04 true and the reason he's doing it is because all he cares about is his ego and his money and his status he's not thinking about you for him power is nothing more than a means to his ends he wants the middle class to pay the price for another huge tax cut that would mostly help him and his country club buddies he doesn't care if he costs women their Reproductive Rights cuz he figures it won't make a difference in his life and and and this is the most important thing I want everybody to listen up Donald Trump wants us to think that this country is hopelessly divided between us and them and and us for him is the quote real Americans who support him and everybody else who doesn't that's them that's the 37:04 enemy and and he does this because he understands that dividing people making people angry that boosts his chances of being elected so so that's his mindset those are his intentions and then there is also the question of his competence now y'all y'all have an example of confidence in your outstanding Governor Gretchen Whitmer that's what competence is getting stuff done on the other hand have you seen Mr Trump lately he's out there just He he'll he'll give like two and a half hours speeches just a word salad you don't know what the heck he's saying the other day he had a town hall meeting now I've had a lot of town hall 38:02 meetings and and the point is that you're supposed to listen and then answer questions from your constituents about like about 45 minutes into he just said you know what I don't feel like taking questions no more and then he just played music for half an hour he's he's just up there swaying to AB Maria and YMCA can you imagine if if if Alissa or I or or Gretchen did that now I I will say our playlist might be better I I'd have Lose Yourself on there in at one of his relies recently he called himself the father of ibf now I I have no idea what that means and you don't 39:06 either he said January 6th was a day of Love made it sound like Woodstock made it sound like Coachella here's the point Detroit if if your grandpa was acting like this you'd be worse you you you you'd call up you'd call up your your sister your brother your cousin you be all like let me holl at you have you noticed Grandpa he acting a little funny but this is somebody who wants unchecked power we do not need to see what an older lonar d Trump looks like with no guard rails America's ready to turn the page we're ready for a better 40:04 story Michigan we are ready for a president Comm Harris and the good news is KLA Harris is ready for the job this is a leader who has spent her life fighting on behalf of people who need a voice need a champion somebody who was raised in the middle class she worked at McDonald's when she was in college to pay her expenses she did not pretend to work at McDonald's when it was closed this is somebody who believes in the values that built this country and she is as prepared as any 41:06 nominee for president has ever been that's who kamla is and in the White House she'll have an outstanding partner in Governor Tim wals now before before I came here I was in Madison Wisconsin and and Tim Walls was there and I love that dude he he he's he's a veteran he's a teacher he's a coach a marksman he's been a great governor and he can he's a car guy he can even take a vintage truck apart and put it back together again now do you do you think Donald Trump can do that do you think Donald Trump has ever even changed a tire in his life let me let me tell you if that man 42:06 if if that man gets a flat tire what's the matter we got we need an EMT I think we may need an EMT back there that's all right this always happens everybody bend your knees a little bit yeah you got to keep moving a little bit don't lock those knees EMT right back there please now I am telling you he has not ever changed the flat tire he has his chauffeur change a tire he says jees that jees change that tire that's what he calls them jees I I don't know if his name's actually ge's but that's how I imagine 43:06 it that the the point is if you elect kamla and Tim they will not be focused on their problems they'll be focused on your problems they they can see you and relate to you because they've lived like you have and they understand that too many folks in Michigan and across the country are still struggling to pay the bills Now understand wages are steadily growing inflation is slowing but the price of everything from Health Care to housing to groceries still too high and that hurts the question is who's actually going to do something about it all right yall already know the answer but let me give it to you anyway do so and and this is you have to 44:03 do a little bit of homework kind of examine their plans so Donald Trump's plan is to give another massive tax cut to billionaires and big corporations do not boo now now I I'll I'll be honest with you I've been talking to people around the country and sometimes I hear people say well you know yeah I know Trump's kind of goofy but I I I do remember the economy when he first came in it was pretty good and I say yeah yeah it was good because it was my economy I know y'all remember it I know folks I know folks in Detroit remember it I I spent 8 years cleaning up the mess that the 45:02 Republicans left me y'all remember the Auto industry in America was flat on its back they didn't want to lift a finger to help and we made the Investments to reopen those factories and put people back to work and by the time I left office I handed over to Donald Trump 75 straight months of jobs growth yeah the economy was good cuz we did the work and all all he did was give a tax cut to people who didn't need one drove up the deficit in the process now he wants to do it again do not fall for that oky do don't re 46:02 Bamboozled all right so so so that's on the economy when it comes to healthc care Donald Trump's only only answer is to end the Affordable Care Act Now do not boo now if you ask him hold on hold on hold on if you ask him he doesn't really even know why he wants to end it except for the fact that I did it so but the problem he's got the problem Vance has got is it's now popular right cuz 50 million people have gotten Health Care from it that didn't have it before so so you y'all yall remember this couple weeks ago uh his running mate is debating Tim and and his running mate says has the nerve has the hpah has the 47:03 G to say Donald Trump quote salvaged the affordable carot Donald Trump spent his entire presidency trying to tear that thing down and he couldn't even do that right and now eight years after he was elected the moderator in the debate y'all remember this moderator says all right well if you if you take down the Affordable Care Act what what are you going to do he he said well I've got concepts of a plan for how we replace it concepts of a plane now I I I want yall to think about this let's say you're boss gives you an assignment says look I need it by 48:03 Friday so Friday rolls around your boss says did you finish that project and you say well actually I haven't started but I do have a concept of a plan or or or you could try it at home honey did you do the dishes I have a concept of a plan to do the dishes how's that going to go over if it would not work for you why should it work for the president of the United States and the good news is the good news is that KLA Harris does not have concepts of a plan she has an actual plan to make your 49:06 life better to bring down the cost of things like groceries she'll go after corporations that are trying to jack up prices just like she went after the big Banks and for-profit colleges when she was the Attorney General in California to lower housing costs come is going to cut red tape and work with state and local governments and the private sector to build 3 million new homes she'll give firsttime home buyers up to $25,000 to help with a down payment concrete plans to lower health care costs KLA has already worked with Joe Biden to bring down the cost of insulin and more than 50 prescription drugs she's going to do more as president she will not stop working so limit out of pocket cost and protect your care and instead of giving more tax cuts 50:03 to billionaires raising prices on Working Families KLA is going to give a tax cut to people who need it a 100 million working class and work uh middle class and work working people here in America you know that that's who comma is that's that's what she stands for not concepts of a plan but actual plans now if you challenge Trump or Vance on these quote unquote Concepts then they'll fall back on one answer this is their go-to about everything blame immigrants he wants you to believe that if if you let him round up whoever he wants and ship them out all your problems will be solved now now hold on a second listen up there going to be a couple times where I I really want to key in on this cuz this is a big issue that's driving a 51:06 lot of folks to think about voting for this guy so I want I want everybody to pay attention and and I want you to to to to say this when you're talking to folks who are concerned about immigration immigration is a real issue at our borders we are a nation of immigrants and we are a nation of laws and we have to make sure the system works the way it's supposed to and it's orderly that's true but here's the thing I do I don't understand him and Vance are always talking about well KY you've been vice president for four years let me tell you something what wasn't Donald Trump president for four years wasn't he in charge for four years if rounding up and deporting millions of desperate people many of them who who are who are women and children if that's the answer to 52:05 everything why is it that the number of undocumented immigrants basically stayed the same when he left office as when he took office he did not solve the problem and I'll tell you why because he does not have a real plan he has concepts of a plan and it's a mean and ugly plan designed to make people resentful and angry so I'll tell you what an actual plan is there was an actual plan to bring order at the border and fix our immigration system a bipartisan deal that Comm Harris supported even though it was written by one of the most conservative republicans in Congress it was ready for a vote and Donald Trump decided to tank that bill he called up and pressured Republicans do not vote for this because he wanted the issue for the election he thought it would be helpful to him when he ran for 53:05 president think about that we do not need a president who will make problems worse just to make his politics better we need a president who wants to solve problems and make your life better and that's what kis is going to do and to help her do it she will need a senate full of public servants like Alissa SL now some of you may not be aware Alyssa and I go way back she was in the administration she was sitting in the situation room she delivered national security briefings on some of the toughest issues we were dealing with Alysa don't 54:02 play she is serious and and and and and on some of these key issues I'd have her negotiate on my behalf because she understood when you had to compromise and when you had to stand firm and in Congress she's been working on the issues that matter to you like bringing down the cost of prescription drugs and bringing Supply chains back to the US and creating good jobs right here in Michigan working with state government this is the kind of person we need in Washington cuz presidents can't do it alone she will help kamla and Tim get stuff done somebody who shares our values and wants to move the country forward and not 55:00 back now one of those values we share that we talk about that we worked on that all of you care deeply about is freedom so let me talk about that just for a second I I don't think we've ever had an election with candidates whose conception whose understanding of freedom is so different because for Donald Trump and his cronies Freedom basically just means getting away with stuff exactly he wants to be able to like fire workers bust unions and get away with it or allow companies to pollute our water and our air and get away with it he said in the middle of the pandemic when people were dying and hospitals were being overrun he actually said I do not take any responsibility at all I I I do not believe any American 56:00 president has ever uttered those words before but that's his idea of freedom I he gets to do what he wants and he's not responsible for anything I we we we have a broader idea of freedom we believe in the freedom if we're willing to work hard to provide for our families we believe in the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and send our kids to school without worrying if they're going to come home we believe the true Freedom gives each of us the right to make decisions about our own lives and it requires us to recognize that other people have the freedom to make different choices you know I've always said on tough issues let's take the one of the toughest there are good people of conscience on both sides of the abortion 57:04 divide and I respect anybody whose face tells them this isn't something they can support but if we believe in Freedom then we should at least agree that such a deeply personal decision should be made by the woman whose body is involved and not by politicians and and the majority of America agrees with it which is why you've been seeing Donald Trump try to tie himself into a pretzel on this issue when he ran for president the first time he said he'd support punishing women who got an abortion now just a few weeks ago he says he told women uh I I'll be your protector I'll tell tell you how he protected you he handpicked three of the Supreme Court Justices that overturned roow versus Wade he bragged about it now 58:04 there are Trump abortion bans in 20 States many of them with no exceptions for rape and incest and he's going around saying everybody wanted it that way no they did not so Donald Trump may be confused but let's be clear about what's at stake here if you send Alissa slatkin to the Senate she will vote to restore the reproductive Freedom that women had for nearly 50 years and if Congress passes that Bill kamla Harris will sign it in the law and and and and and that is just one example of how election matter and and I want to spend a little time on this don't worry I'm almost done hey hey 59:04 as as as as I I get how frustrating politics can seem sometimes I get frustrated Lord knows I don't watch cable news cuz it give you a headache put you in a bad mood because it seems like folks are just arguing and bickering and mad and then nothing gets done and so you start feeling like your vote doesn't matter but in fact your vote does matter because your vote can make your life a little bit better or a little bit worse now people sometimes I think have the wrong idea politics is not going to solve all your problems poverty will still exist even if KLA Harrison Tim Walls get 1:00:11 elected because it's a hard problem racism doesn't go away based on one vote or one Administration th those things don't stop overnight the way you make progress is by making things better a little bit at a time and then over time those little differences become big differences and so let let let I look I I'll I'll use I'll use an example because over eight years Alysa myself others worked really hard and we got a lot of stuff done but there's a bunch of stuff I didn't get done I 1:01:05 didn't solve for example all the problems with our health care System but almost 50 million people have gotten Health Care through the Affordable Care Act it made a difference in their lives everybody here everybody in this audit atorium knows somebody who would not have had health insurance if it hadn't been for that bill more than 50 million people with pre-existing conditions can no longer be denied coverage or charged more before that passed before that passed if you had a kid who got sick even if even if they got cured the fact that they had gotten sick before if they had a pre-existing condition they might not have been able to get insurance so so no no look I'm I'm not 1:02:04 doing I'm I'm using this as an example to tell you that a little bit of change for the better makes a difference I'll I'll give you another example that that nobody talks about anymore and I don't know why why we don't talk about it what what what when I was President I in my second term and we had been dealing with we had seen like the H1N1 virus and the Ebola virus and we and I I talked to scientists and they said look with globalization with travel growing populations at some point we're going to have a big pandemic so I said to my team I said look the same way we plan for hurricanes tornadoes we we we actually have to plan 1:03:00 for a pandemic so we put together a whole Playbook talked to the experts we got all the agencies together we said if a pandemic happens here's how we are going to deal with the public health system here's how we're going to deal with the schools here's how we're going to accelerate vaccinations and and here's how we're going to explain it to people so people can understand it we practiced it so when Trump comes in just like I handed him a good economy I I handed him this Playbook and he just I guess dropped it in the in the trash bin three years later a pandemic hits now I want I want to be really fair and accurate on this all right no matter who was president Co was a going to be a crisis no matter who was president people were going to die and get sick and there were going to be businesses that shut down for a while and travel restrictions because this is something 1:04:06 that hadn't happened for a hundred years but if you look at right across the border in Canada their per capita death rate from covid was 60% lower than here in the US now now I want you to do the math over a million people died during the pandemic here in the US 60% is 600,000 people that's people's grandparents people's parents co-workers friends th those some of those folks might be alive if we had have a competent president who actually is paying attention and doing their homework and actually trying to make things better as opposed to telling 1:05:07 people go ahead and inject bleach that might work so do not tell me that your vote doesn't matter if somebody in your family in your neighborhood your coworker tells you it don't make a difference then that that then you've got to tell them no having somebody who's confident and and sees you and cares about you and thinks about you it makes a difference it'll it it'll make a difference to them they may not always know it and and and if that's not enough then you also have to remind them that any election is about more than just 1:06:02 policies it's about values and it is about character now some of you know growing up I didn't I didn't have a father in the house but I was lucky enough to have people around me a stepfather my grandparents teachers coaches and most of all my mom who who tried to teach me the difference between right and wrong and and and who showed me what it meant to be honest and be responsible and to work hard and be accountable and treat other people the way I'd want to be treated and and I won't lie to you you know when I was a teenager through young adulthood I did not always live up to those values the way I should have and I made mistakes and and I tried to learn from them and I internalized those values and I tried to live up to them and I tried to pass them on to my kids and I suspect most of you grew up the same 1:07:06 way and one of the most disturbing things about this election about Trump's rise in politics is how so many of us even good people that we know seem somehow suddenly to be willing to set aside values that we we were taught I mean the day after the 2020 election thousands of mail ballots were being counted right here in this convention center and and because Donald Trump was willing to spread lies about voter fraud in Michigan protesters came down banged on the Windows shouting let us in stop the count pole workers inside being intimidated earlier this month we learned that someone on Trump's campaign told the lawyer to quote F to find a to try to throw out votes quote even if it's BS hey do not vot 1:08:06 later hold on later the same staffer said quote make people Riot all because Donald Trump couldn't accept losing right now we got we we just saw one of the deadliest couple of hurricanes down it it in in North Carolina Florida and while Biden and Harris are comforting families and trying to get Aid and female workers trying to go out there Donald Trump is is making stuff up saying that oh they're diverting emergency funds to immigrants and and that they're they're not giving it to Republican counties and so suddenly female workers emergency workers trying to help help desperate people are worried about their own 1:09:00 safety and people aren't applying for Aid when did that become okay no no no look I know you know the answer but I but but I but I want us to think about this no matter where you stand on the issues why would you go along with that if your co-workers act like that they wouldn't be your co-workers for very long if you had a family member who acted like that you might still love him but you wouldn't put him in charge of anything you wouldn't trust them and yet when Donald Trump lies or cheats or shows utter disregard for our constitution when he calls service members who died in battle losers when he calls fellow citizens verman we make excuses for it act we act like it's okay or at least those who who who who 1:10:02 who say they're supporting him they they say well you know he's just joking or it's not that serious or what you know as long as we win that that's how politics is played no it's not and I've noticed this especially you know a while back I said this and some folks were all you know asking me questions about it where I said look especially some men seem to think Donald Trump's behavior is somehow a sign of strength you know they well they they no no look I I I want to be clear I I want everybody to actually look at the record I want them to educate themselves on the issues I have friends who have voted Republican in the past I I do not think one party has the Monopoly on all wisdom but when I hear folks saying yeah I'm I'm I'm thinking about voting for 1:11:03 him just because and I say what and they say well I know he seems strong he seems tough I I I I I I I saw him at the UFC fight I am here to tell you that is not what real strength is it never has been real strength is about working hard all those guys showing up every day on the factory floor busting their butts to support their families that's real strength real strength is taking responsibility for your actions and upholding your duty real strength is about telling the truth even when it's inconvenient real strength is about about helping people who need it and standing up for those who can't 1:12:01 always stand up for themselves that's what we should want in our daughters and our sons and that is what I want to see in the president of the United States of America and the good news is that you have candidates to vote for in this election who demonstrate that kind of character who know what real strengths looks like who will set a good example and do the right thing and leave this country better than they found and that is the choice in this election it is not just policies that are on the ballot it is about who we are it is about what we stand for so whether this election is making you feel excited or scared or hopeful or 1:13:01 frustrated or anything in between Do not sit back and hope for the best I know I'm the Hope guy but don't just hope get off your couch and vote put down your vote put down your phone and vote vote for KLA Harris as the next president of the United States vote for Tim WS as the next Vice President of the United States vote for Alexa slotkin and this whole incredible Michigan Democratic ticket get your friends and family neighbors co-workers to do the same because if enough of us make our voices heard we will leave no doubt about the outcome of this election we will leave no doubt about who we are and what America 1:14:00 stands for and together we will keep building a country that is more fair and more just and more equal and more free that is our job Detroit that is our job Michigan that's our responsibility let's get to work thank you Detroit thank you mission so this is really who Donald Trump chose as his running me I'm a never Trump guy I'm a trump guy I'm a never Trump guy I never liked him I'm a never Trump guy I'm a trump guy I'm a trump guy a trumpy a trumpy a never Trump guy I'm a never Trump guy I never liked him I never liked him I never lik I never I never racism I'm a never Trump guy xenophobia I'm a never Trump guy racism I'm a never 1:15:02 Trump guy xob a trump guy I liked I never liked I never a trump try I'm a never Trump guy I'm a never Trump guy I'm a never Trump guy never bled him I'm a never Trump guy I'm a never Trump guy I'm a never Trump guy I'm a never Trump guy I'm a never 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