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<\/a><\/p>\nYou know, I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for your support as we make \u2014 mark one year in office. Well, sometimes, it seems longer, doesn\u2019t it, Kamala? But the truth of the matter is it\u2019s been a year of challenges. Some enormous progress was made though, you know, and you\u2019ve helped make it happen.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ve heard some of these statistics: 210 million people vaccinated when 2 million were vaccinated when we took office; 6 million new jobs \u2014 I think it\u2019s more than that actually; 3.9 percent unemployment rate \u2014 they didn\u2019t expect it for another four years; 40 percent drop in child poverty \u2014 a record.<\/p>\n
And now we\u2019re just getting started in implementing the historic investment and rebuilding America. We\u2019re going to create better jobs for millions of Americans by modernizing our roads, our bridges, our rails, our ports, our airports, clean drinking water. You\u2019ve heard this before, but it\u2019s real.<\/p>\n
You know, there\u2019s over 400,000 \u2014 anyway, I won\u2019t get into all the detail. But high-speed Internet for every American, every kid, everybody, every business \u2014 rural, suburban, urban. Five hundred thousand charging stations for electric vehicles all across this nation. And we\u2019re \u2014 we\u2019re focused on delivering for the American people.<\/p>\n
My friend \u2014 and he really is a friend, and he\u2019s continued to be a loyal friend \u2014 Jim Clyburn, our leader, says it best. He says it\u2019s all about making everything more affordable and more accessible to everybody \u2014 to everybody \u2014 to ordinary folks like the house I grew up in. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve got to keep pushing the Build Back Better plan to make childcare more affordable and accessible, to make eldercare more affordable and accessible, and make healthcare and prescription drugs, education more affordable and accessible.<\/p>\n
Just look at what our plan does for childcare. For many families, it would cut the cost in half for childcare.<\/p>\n
For prescription drugs: Under our plan \u2014 it costs ten bucks, by the way, to make that insulin that folks need. But guess what? It\u2019s (inaudible) 1,000 bucks a month; on average, 655 bucks a month. We can make that at $35 a month, changing people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n
And look, of course, you know, we\u2019ve got a lot of work to do to protect the sacred right to vote. But before I \u2014 look, I want to make one other thing clear. And it\u2019s almost \u2014 I think we forget it sometimes. We not only are going to, in fact, pay for all of this; nobody making under 400 grand a year will pay a penny more in taxes. And we\u2019ve already cut the federal budget by $300 billion.<\/p>\n
And in terms of the sacred right to vote and the integrity of our elections, this is going to be a fight. I know we\u2019re disappointed by last night\u2019s vote. Kamala and I are deeply disappointed. But we\u2019re not deterred. We\u2019re going to keep pushing. We\u2019re not going to give up.<\/p>\n
The DNC is going to keep pushing on voter education, on voter engagement, voter protection in states, while we continue to push for federal legislation. And we\u2019re going to need your help. Together, we\u2019re going to stand up to the Big Lie and the Republican efforts to \u2014 for voter suppression and election subversion. That\u2019s what they\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n
Now, we\u2019re going to stand up and protect the right to vote and have that vote counted. That\u2019s what the Republicans are trying to take away. That\u2019s what we have to protect always.<\/p>\n
Look, for all the progress we\u2019ve made, we know it\u2019s still a very tough time for Americans. COVID-19, after two years, has been \u2014 it has worn people down. And inflation is taking a bite out of people\u2019s pocketbooks.<\/p>\n
Well, we have answers for that as well. We have \u2014 we propose the answers to the challenges we face. And that\u2019s the difference between us and the Republican Party.<\/p>\n
You know, I was \u2014 I did a couple hours\u2019 press conference the other day, and I got asked the question I used to get asked: \u201cWell, you promised.\u201d No, I proposed. I like \u2014 I know how things have changed. If you say something in a campaign, it\u2019s a promise to get it done.<\/p>\n
I \u2014 you know, we have, basically, 15 presidents in the United States Senate. Any one person can be a \u2014 make a big difference in the outcome of an election.<\/p>\n
But we have a unity in the Democratic Party; 48 of the 50 Democrats vote with me on everything. And the other two vote with me on 80 percent of everything. So, ask yourself \u2014 you know, we know what we\u2019re for, but ask yourself the question.<\/p>\n
I was thinking about this the other day: What are Republicans for? What are they for? It\u2019s no accident they didn\u2019t even bother to come up with a platform in 2020. They had no platform at their convention, because they don\u2019t stand for anything except to stop us.<\/p>\n
If I can hold a second and just point out that the \u2014 Governor Sununu of \u2014 up in New Hampshire said the reason he didn\u2019t run for the Senate \u2014 he checked with a bunch of senators and asked what they \u2014 what their plans were, what they\u2019re going to do. And I\u2019ll \u2014 I won\u2019t give you the whole quote, but you can check it out. It said he said \u2014 they looked at him and said, \u201cWe just got to block anything Biden wants to get done.\u201d<\/p>\n
I mean, you know, they\u2019re \u2014 these guys don\u2019t have \u2014 they\u2019re not for anything. And that\u2019s the choice we have to prevent [present] before voters: between the plans we have to improve the lives of the American people and no plan \u2014 none at all.<\/p>\n
And I \u2014 you think \u2014 ordinarily, you know, in a DNC meeting, you think you say things like this and maybe we\u2019re exaggerating. But, really, think about: What are the Republicans for? What\u2019s their platform? They don\u2019t even have a platform.<\/p>\n
Now, look, this election in 2022 is critical. We have to keep control of the House and the Senate to expand our majority. We need to reelect and elect Democratic governors, mayors, state legislators, and candidates up and down and ticket.<\/p>\n
And the way we\u2019re going to do that is by telling the voters what we\u2019ve done and what we plan to do by making it clear: There\u2019s a clear choice \u2014 a choice between a party that works for people and is focused on the future, and a party that\u2019s completely controlled by one man and that\u2019s focused on relitigating the past.<\/p>\n
So we\u2019re going to keep making our case and making the contrast. We\u2019re going to be hitting the road. We\u2019re going to need you to organize, to talk to us, to help us raise money.<\/p>\n
And, by the way, you did such an incredible job getting both of us elected. We have to keep building the party, and keep the faith and spread it.<\/p>\n
I hope every one of you is enormously proud of what you\u2019ve helped accomplished here. And I hope you\u2019re ready to keep going, because we have a lot more we can get done. And we\u2019re going to do it together.<\/p>\n
And, again, I can\u2019t thank you enough.<\/p>\n
Think about it: When we started this campaign, the idea that you\u2019d all go out there and raise, you know, a billion 700 million dollars, elect so many people, get so much done \u2014 I can\u2019t thank you enough.<\/p>\n
And let me tell you what my overwhelming regret is. My overwhelming regret is I haven\u2019t had you at the White House because of COVID.<\/p>\n
So many of you did so much \u2014 so much. And I\u2019ve been looking to have an excuse to get you to the \u2014 get you to the White House to see you, to personally thank you. And we\u2019ve not been able to do that yet because of COVID. But we\u2019re going to turn the corner and be able to do that.<\/p>\n
And one more thing. You know, what you\u2019ve done is changing people\u2019s lives. You\u2019re literally changing people\u2019s lives. And I really think that we\u2019re going to look back on this time and realize that we really, literally, changed the trajectory of the country.<\/p>\n
You know, I\u2019ll conclude with this. And I\u2019ve been saying this when I was running and I know for it a fact, and I\u2019ve encountered it from last year. You know, there\u2019s a real \u2014 a real race between democracies and autocracies.<\/p>\n
The President of Russia, of China, of other countries, they really believe \u2014 and in China, they\u2019ve in fact told me \u2014 that democracies aren\u2019t that relevant in the 21st century because things are changing so fast \u2014 so fast you can\u2019t generate a consensus; there\u2019s not enough time. But autocracies, they can just do it.<\/p>\n
Well, guess what? We\u2019re going to demonstrate that democracy is the only way \u2014 the only way to do it. And when we explain to people what we\u2019ve done \u2014 they have a little breathing room, once we get through this COVID crisis \u2014 then, in fact, I think you\u2019ll see things change in a way that we\u2019re going to reestablish who America is, what we are, and why there\u2019s not a damn thing we can\u2019t do.<\/p>\n
So I tell every world leader I\u2019m with: It\u2019s never, ever, ever been a good bet to bet against the American people. Never. Never. They have never let the country down given half a chance. And we\u2019re going to give them more than half a chance.<\/p>\n
So anyway, thanks, everybody. I wish I could be there in person to thank you all and all those of you who are watching.<\/p>\n
So, you know, we\u2019re going to have \u2014 we have a lot of work to do, but I think we can get it done. Thank you all. God bless you all, and may God protect our troops.<\/p>\n
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