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<\/a><\/p>\nAnd Mayor London Breed, thanks for welcoming us to your city. It kind of sparkles right now. (Laughter and applause.)<\/p>\n
Kamala and I are incredibly grateful to everyone here. You know, just one week ago, despite all the predictions, except ours, Democrats had an incredible night once again. (Applause.)<\/p>\n
In Kentucky, a Democratic governor was reelected. (Applause.) <\/p>\n
In Ohio, the right to choose became protected by the Ohio State Constitution. (Applause.)<\/p>\n
In Virginia, the Republican governor tried to gain control of the state legislature and use it as a launching pad for the presidency \u2014 a plan he has abandoned \u2014 (laughter and applause) \u2014 in the process of banning abortion \u2014 attempting to. But guess what? He got trounced. <\/p>\n
And on top of that, we had big wins in Pennsylvania. The first African American woman elected the mayor of Philadelphia \u2014 a big win. (Applause.) And also a big win for the Pennsylvania on \u2014 on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. <\/p>\n
Look, in Rhode Island, a young man who worked for me, Gabe \u2014 (laughs) \u2014 Amo, who worked in my administration, he became the first Black member of Congress from the state of Rhode Island. (Applause.)<\/p>\n
And now, of course, at the start of last week, everybody was telling us that Governor Andy \u2014 if Governor Andy Beshear lost, the Republicans won the Virginia House and the Senate, the Constitution and the right to choose went down in Ohio, if that had occurred, it would have been a very bad day for Joe Biden. <\/p>\n
Remember reading all that?<\/p>\n
But here\u2019s the funny part: Beshear won, Republicans in Virginia lost the House and the Senate, Ohio enshrined the Constitution with the right to choose. Sounds like a pretty good day for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. (Applause.)<\/p>\n
But the truth is, what happened in those races is not unusual, in the con- \u2014 in the continuation of what we saw in 2020, when we were told we weren\u2019t going to win, and again in 2022, when we were supposed to get wiped out. Remember? But some pundits said the same thing. <\/p>\n
The American people voted to protect our fundamental freedoms like the right to choose, they voted to protect our democracy, they voted against extremism of our opponents, and they voted for the progress we\u2019ve been making. They voted again and again.<\/p>\n
Just listen to Governor Beshear the other night talk about the massive investments we\u2019re making in infrastructure, like the Brent Spence Bridge, the EV battery factories coming to Kentucky and to red states all over the country. <\/p>\n
Democrats up and down the ticket ran on lower prescription drug costs. And I\u2019ve been fighting for decades taking on Big Pharma \u2014 God, that was a nice win \u2014 (applause) \u2014 to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. And finally, Kamala and I got it done. <\/p>\n
Seniors on Medicare who were paying four hun- \u2014 as much as 400 bucks a month for insulin are now paying $35 a month. (Applause.)<\/p>\n
And it only costs them 12 bucks to make it and package it, by the way.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re also capping total out-of-pocket drug costs for seniors on Medicare at $2,000 a year, even if expensive cancer drugs are needed that cost $10-, $12-, $14,000 a year.<\/p>\n
Chip factories are coming home. We invented the chip. We invented it here in the United States; then we stopped doing it. We used to produce 40 percent of the chips in the world. We got down to 10 percent. <\/p>\n
But billions of dollars are being invested in making chips in America again, a record job creation \u2014 (applause) \u2014 historically un- \u2014 historically low unemployment. <\/p>\n
And, folks, this is the Biden-Harris agenda. And that agenda not only is popular, but people are voting for it. It\u2019s winning elections over and over again. <\/p>\n
The press and pundits can keep being surprised as much as they want, but since I came off the sidelines to go toe to toe with Donald Trump, we haven\u2019t stopped winning, and he hasn\u2019t stopped losing. (Applause.)<\/p>\n
Remember when Trump told us he was going to win so much we\u2019d get tired of winning? (Laughter.) (Inaudible.) Oh, man. I don\u2019t want \u2014 I shouldn\u2019t get started. (Laughter.)<\/p>\n
Let me tell you one thing that\u2019s true: We got tired of Trump. The truth is the guy can\u2019t get tired of losing. <\/p>\n
Folks, look, the Supreme Court majority Trump proudly appointed overturned Roe v. Wade. They practically dared the women of America to be heard in court. The majority of the Court wrote, \u201cWomen are not without electoral or political power.\u201d At the time, I said, \u201cThey ain\u2019t seen nothing yet.\u201d (Laughter.)<\/p>\n
Oh, I did. They don\u2019t have a clue about the power women in America. And that, we\u2019re about to find out. They did \u2014 (applause) \u2014 in Kansas in the midterms, in Ohio.<\/p>\n
Now Trump is running for president bragging about how he \u201ckilled Roe v. Wade,\u201d quote. But he\u2019s trying to change that now, too, if you notice.<\/p>\n
So, let\u2019s be absolutely cear- \u2014 clear what Trump\u2019s bragging about. The only reason there is an abortion ban in America is because of Donald Trump. The only reason teenagers in Ohio are being forced to travel out of state to get their healthcare is because of Donald Trump. The only reason a fundamental right has been stripped away from the American people for the first time in American history is because of Donald Trump. <\/p>\n
And just as all his Republican friends have found out about the power of women in America, Donald Trump is about to find out the power of women (inaudible). (Applause.)<\/p>\n
And I especially want to thank Kamala for her leadership on this issue and so many others, from voting rights to artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n
Folks, Trump was one of just two presidents who lost jobs during his presidency. In all of American history, only two lost jobs during their presidency. That\u2019s why, now and then, we remember him as Donald \u201cHoover\u201d Trump. (Laughter.)<\/p>\n
We had a very different record. We\u2019ve created 14 million jobs since we took office \u2014 (applause) \u2014 more jobs than any president has created in an entire term \u2014 than any president has in a four-year term.<\/p>\n
Today, we got new data showing inflation continues to go down in the country. More to do. In fact, we have the strongest growth and lowest inflation of any major economy in the entire world. (Applause.)<\/p>\n
And we passed the biggest investment in the history of the world to combat climate change without a single Republican vote. (Applause.) <\/p>\n
I\u2019ve kept my commitment: We put the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. (Applause.) <\/p>\n
In our visit to San Francisco this week, we\u2019re being \u2014 we\u2019re meeting with APEC. President Xi is another example of how we\u2019re reestablishing American leadership in the world. It\u2019s taking hold. They\u2019ve got real problems.<\/p>\n
Folks, the list of what we\u2019ve gotten done goes on. We need to protect the progress we\u2019ve made. Perhaps the most important of all, we need to protect our democracy. It sounds like hyperbole.<\/p>\n
When I ran in 2020, I made that speech at Independence Hall saying democracy is at risk. And the press said, \u201cWhat\u2019s he talking about, democracy at risk?\u201d Until they found out 65 percent of the American public felt the same way \u2014 Democrats, independents, and Republicans.<\/p>\n
Every other nation is founded on either geography, ethnicity, or religion. But guess what? We\u2019re the only nation in the history of the world \u2014 in the history of the country \u2014 in the history of the world, I should say \u2014 that is founded on and idea \u2014 an idea. It\u2019s not hyperbole; it\u2019s a fact. The only one based on an idea. <\/p>\n
The idea is: \u201cWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain\u2026\u201d And it goes on: \u201c\u2026among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.\u201d <\/p>\n
While we\u2019ve never fully lived up to it, we have never, ever walked away from it. Now Trump and the MAGA Republicans want to walk away from it. It\u2019s not going to happen on my watch, I promise you. (Applause.)<\/p>\n
Folks, as we meet here tonight, I know you\u2019ll feel in your bones what I feel in mine: This next election is different. It\u2019s more important. There\u2019s more at stake. And we all know why: because our very democracy is at stake. And I\u2019m not exaggerating. <\/p>\n
Our very democracy is at stake because the same man who proclaimed himself to be a \u201cproud election denier;\u201d the same man promising to pardon those who were insurrectionists who were convicted on January 6th; the same man who said it was time, and I quote, for \u201ctermination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.\u201d That was said by a former president running again. The same man is running on a platform to end democracy as we know it, and he\u2019s not even hiding the ball.<\/p>\n
In recent weeks, the New York Times and Washington Post ran \u2014 both ran stories on how he intends to use the presidency for \u201crevenge\u201d and \u201cretribution\u201d \u2014 his phrases \u2014 \u201crevenge\u201d and \u201cretribution.\u201d And on more than one occasion in recent weeks, he\u2019s made a joke about assaults on Nancy Pelosi\u2019s husband. <\/p>\n
There\u2019s a lot of reasons to be against Donald Trump. But damn, he shouldn\u2019t be president. He should not be president. (Applause.)<\/p>\n
And that attack on \u2014 the attack on Nancy\u2019s husband, that demonstrates maybe the best reason of all. To make a joke about that, you \u2014 you really have no business being anywhere near the presidency.<\/p>\n
You know, there\u2019s no place in America for political violence. None. Zero. Ever. None, zero, ever. (Applause.) And it\u2019s never a laughing matter. <\/p>\n
We all need to send the clearest message possible that political violence is never acceptable. <\/p>\n
And in just a few \u2014 last few days, Trump has said if he returns to office, he\u2019s going to go after all those who oppose him and wipe out what he called the \u201cvermin\u201d \u2014 quote, the \u201cvermin\u201d in America. A specific phrase with a sp- \u2014 a specific meaning. It echoes language you heard in Nazi Germany in the \u201830s. And it isn\u2019t even the first time.<\/p>\n
Trump also recently talked about, quote, \u201cthe blood of America is being poisoned\u201d \u2014 \u201cthe blood of America is being poisoned.\u201d Again, echoes the same phrases used in Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n
Folks, we can\u2019t fail. We can\u2019t fail to treat the threat that he poses. I mean, we can\u2019t. <\/p>\n
Donald Trump and the extreme \u2014 extreme MAGA Republicans are determined to destroy American democracy. Folks, democracy is on the ballot again. We need you. Indeed, we need every American who loves our democracy \u2014 Democrats, independents, Republicans \u2014 to join together in 2024.<\/p>\n
If we do that, we\u2019ll have done something few generations get to say they could do. We will have literally saved democracy. Together, I know we can do this. The choice facing us cannot be any more stark.<\/p>\n
When Donald Trump gave his Inaugural Address when he got elected, he chose to speak about American carnage. When I gave my Inaugural Address, I spoke about American possibility. <\/p>\n
When Donald Trump looks at America, he sees a failing nation. When I look at America, I see the strongest economy in the world and America leading the world again. (Applause.)<\/p>\n
When Donald Trump talks about what he\u2019ll do if he returns to the presidency, he promises to bring \u201crevenge\u201d and \u201cretribution\u201d \u2014 his phrase \u2014 \u201crevenge\u201d and \u201cretribution.\u201d If you return me to the presidency, my promise would be to lift everyone in this country, leaving no one behind. (Applause.)<\/p>\n
Maybe Donald Trump sees an angry, dark, dismal, divided future for America, but I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n
Folks, I\u2019ve never been more optimistic about our country\u2019s future. We just have to remember who we are. We\u2019re the United States of America. <\/p>\n
There\u2019s nothing beyond our capacity when we work together. Think about it. Think of any crisis we\u2019ve ever been in where we haven\u2019t come out stronger than when \u2014 before we went in it. Every one. That\u2019s who we are.<\/p>\n
Gov knows that. All of you know that. <\/p>\n
So, folks, this is more than just an election. This is about preserving our democracy. Because if we move the way I\u2019m confident we can, America is going to be stronger, better, more equal, more just than it\u2019s ever been.<\/p>\n
May God bless you all. And may God protect our troops.<\/p>\n
Thank you very much. (Applause.)<\/p>\n
Thank you, thank you, thank you.<\/p>\n
Thank you.<\/p>\n
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