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Highlights from the 49th Padano Convention

[Music] [Music] [Music] this yeah there you go you want me do it again this the second in-person session of the 49th Padano National Convention of the democratic party will now come to [Applause] order please stand if you are able for this evening's invitation offered by Rabbi Sharon brow and Imam Dr Tali [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Sharif we have gathered together this week to craft a Redemption story for America my faith is sustained by a Redemption story a people baguer and bereft traversing the desert on a journey from degradation to dignity from Darkness to light Holy One help us write America's Redemption story a story of ceaseless striving toward a true multi-racial democracy rooted in Equal justice where every person is treated as unique Mighty and worthy of love in this story politics is not a vehicle for repression bigotry or personal profit but a call to service this story counters extremism with capaciousness and compassion it rejects the inevitability of War affirming that every one of us Muslim and Jew Christian black white Latino aapi queer and straight Israeli and Palestinian deserves to live in dignity and in peace some say that this story is impossible but we know that the god of redemption specializes in the impossible and so must we may we be guided by hope joy and a fierce moral world imagination amen greetings of Peace we pray that almighty God Allah will bless this historic convention tonight we build Upon Our pledge one nation under God indivisible from Adam created without racial ethnic or national identity but the first identity human bless us to embrace our shared identity and diverse expressions of life that contribute to the beauty and strength of our nation of Nations made up of people coming together from every land e plur Unum in moving forward in moving forward with a bold vision for the future we pray it will reflect our nation's diversity and intrinsic nature to live live together intelligently bless our leaders with wisdom to do the right thing consistent with God's ways to stand firm against inhumane acts to treat all humans as the sacred creation of the almighty and may we remember the inalienable rights service members sacrifice to protect that is the America we vote for amen amen please welcome Joshua Davis from Virginia to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands stand one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for [Applause] all please welcome Aristotle Garcia burn to sing our national anthem [Applause] oh say can you see by the dawn early light what so proudly we ha at the Twilight last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the per L fight all the round pots we wash were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that a FL was still there oh say do that Stars Spangled F yet way or the land of the [Music] free and the home of the great thank thank you Aris folks give it up for Aris one more time I'd like you to pause with me for a minute two years ago my dad died the late Moon Landrew he was a great leader he was a great mayor Secretary of Hud he lived his life for others we have lost so many patriots since the last convention so before we go any further tonight let's take a moment and join with me and let's remember them all [Music] I never knew it until why more PR I feel your love when you're not said it helps me make it knowing you care oh [Music] yes you are my friend I never knew until then [Music] my you hold my hand you might not see a word but I see your tears when I show my thought of you help me carry on when I feel all hope is full see the word where you I your love has made me realize my up so Bri to [Music] [Applause] me you [Music] oh around around and around and around and around been [Music] [Music] around you are here all the [Music] around [Applause] [Music] [Applause] around St America Harris [Applause] please welcome the chair of the Carter Center and Grandson of President Jimmy Carter Jason Carter [Music] hello I'm Jason Carter my grandfather President Carter will have his 100th birthday in October I call him Papa and I can tell you that he wishes he could be here tonight he and my grandmother LED their lives with an unwavering faith in God a respect for human dignity honesty and a commitment to loving their neighbors as themselves those principles guided them throughout their lives including during their four years in the White House and the four decades since for my grandfather it was never about Fame recognition accolades or Awards his legacy is measured by the lives he has touched and the good he has done kamla Harris carries my grandfather's Legacy she knows what is right and she fights for it she understands that leadership is about service not selfishness that you can show strength and demonstrate decency and that you can get a whole lot more done with a smile than with a scowl pla is holding on he's hopeful and though his body may be weak tonight his spirit is as strong as ever my grandfather can't wait to vote for kamla Harris she reminds us all that the promise of America remains unchanged we are one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all and my grandfather knows that with her as our next president we will keep that promise thank you please welcome delegate from New York and Grandson of President John F Kennedy Jack schlosberg hi I'm Jack flber President John F Kennedy is my grandfather and he's my hero JFK was the youngest person ever elected president and the first Catholic he sent a man to the Moon fought for civil rights and navigated the Cuban Missile Crisis peacefully most of all he inspired a new generation to ask what they could do for our country tonight JFK's call to action is now ours to answer because once again the torch has been passed to a new generation to leader who shares my grandfather's energy vision and optimism for our future that leader is Vice President KLA Harris like President Kennedy vice president Harris has dedicated her life to Public Service She Believes In America like my grandfather did that we do things not because they're easy but because they are hard as president she will fight for Working Families she will expand investments in clean energy so that my generation will have clean air and good jobs she will defend our freedoms the freedom for women anywhere in America to make their own healthc care choices the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to vote easily and without fear the choice is ours to make and history is watching to see what we will do now let's elect KLA Harris the next president of the United States thank [Applause] you all right America how y'all doing we about to have a fired up ready to go yes we can night y'all ready well as you can see the charge has been passed to a new generation so let's start off tonight by talking about what's at the heart of the Harris walls agenda defending our freedoms advancing opportunity protecting our democracy but the other guys Donald Trump JD Vance they want to rip away our rights crush the middle class and destroy our democracy their version of freedom is the government creeping creepily closer to every part of our Lives they're comeing for our books they're coming for our marriages they're coming for our bodies they even coming uh for women who don't have kids but this just isn't about what we stand against it's about what we stand for comma Harris and Tim Walls have a bold vision for America's future where every American has a fair shot at the American dream Comm Harrison Tim Walls will build a future that belongs to all of us because we are one nation not two indivisible with liberty and justice for all not some we are part of one nation pledging allegiance to one flag and that is the flag of the United States of America hear this America is great because of who we are and more importantly who we strive to be my friends our best days are ahead if we stick together my friends say it with me let them hear it to the rooftops we are not going back so now please help me [Applause] [Music] welcome please help me welcome from the great state of Pennsylvania the great representative Malcolm Kenyata [Applause] my fellow americ my name is Malcolm kinat a proud son of Pennsylvania and as you saw I brought back Trump's project 2025 all 900 pages of it and it's interesting because usually Republicans want a band Book but now they're trying to shove this down our [Applause] [Music] throats it is a radical plan to drag us backwards bankrupt the middle class and raise prices on Working Families like yours and mine under project 2025 a family making just $75,000 a year with just two kids would pay $18 00 bucks more in federal taxes no no no but there's more because on page 465 project 2025 would stop Medicare from negotiating to lower the price of prescription drugs and capping out of pocket cost and on page 587 project 2025 would cut overtime pay for hardworking Americans but my friend these bad ideas aren't new as long as we have been fighting to make America work for Working Families there have been greedy corporate interest trying to take us [Applause] back in 2019 my grandma a civil rights Warrior called me her voice cracked and she said I'm so sorry baby I'm so sorry I thought my generation had fixed it and here you are fighting the same battles but I want to tell you tonight my friends what I said to my Grandma I said it's okay Grandma it's just our turn it's just our turn to stand up for working people and to stand up for our nation's promise it's just our turn to defend our rights and to ensure that democracy doesn't die on our watch it's our turn to make history My Friends by electing kamla Harris as the next president of the United States of America God bless you may God protect our truth don't know why but I feel like seen how the Biden Harris focus on making Health Care affordable for middle class Americans has benefited so many of my patients I support Kamala haris because she fight for the workings family and she thinks about the future of our country Trump tried to take our country backward she has taken action to make sure child care and Home Care are accessible and affordable I am a type 1 diabetics at the age of 10 and having my insulin is not an option my name is an from Wisconsin and this is my daughter Isa Isa qualifies for a type of Medicaid based on a level of care for children with disabilities Donald Trump attempted to cut Medicaid every single year he was in office camela Harris is the only candidate on the ticket this year that will actually continue to fight to get caps on insulin and we need her in office I am all in for Harris [Music] 2024 hailing from the south side of Chicago please welcome Oscar and Grammy award-winning artist author and longtime activist common featuring Grammy award-winning gospel singer Jonathan MC renolds I thank God for this moment in time where KLA Harris will change the world forther better with love hope and Grace we fortunate I'm fortunate to be alive can't explain how I got here but we've arrived the deliverance and diligence for which we strive it's the fing is no Silling is when we rise fortunate to have friends who don't synthesized I keep good company we Enterprise had a strong guge since infan I guess I can see the power in the priz incentivized by the streets I identified other people's struggles I don't minimize fortunate to be born and raised in the shy salt of the earth people with the braver ey they say your guy is the truth I wasn't raised to lie fortunate to be so case a every day that I get up I trace the sky draw with the most high on the place that I am and that's fortunate you can feel it in the air hey yo it's love out there the feeling is free Yo shot down at the [Music] DNC keep you near The Cross may your troubles show that you need God and may your battles in the way they should and may your bad days prove that God is good and may your triumphs keep you humble it High may your endings be worthy of every hey let's take this message to every H that's your all life will prove that God is good are forunate you can feel it in the air hey hey it's love out there the feeling is free yo we live at the [Music] DNC fortunate I was raised by my uncle Steve and my uncle Charles they both told me believe the seed of a revolutionary Evolutions very necessary to become fruit and berries of our labor told to search for a savior fortunate I had a chance to raise up in the days of the unknown I'm fortunate to come home to blocks we fought and swung on fortunate the Lord put me on the path to use the microphone for a ride in a sty fortunate yo we got to go to Paris we fortunate y'all for CA Harris yo we fortunate yo Love Is in the Air yo can you feel it out there [Applause] hey yo the feeling is free sh down we live at the DNC we are forunate thank you God don't know why but I feel like my name is Chuck uh I voted for Trump in 2016 my name is Tom I'm from Michigan and I am a former Trump voter I'm Joanna I live in Florida I'm a former Trump voter I just cannot vote for the man and it can go from just being dishonest from a criminal and an insurrectionist he has no respect for Americans he has no respect for the Constitution I believe if Trump gets a second term he's not leaving he's staying he broke the law he doesn't believe they apply to him the president of the United States exists to serve the people of the United States in 2024 I'm voting for KLA Harris [Music] [Music] [Music] w [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I n [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] w w [Music] [Music] [Music] w [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] he [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] he [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] please welcome Kyle sweetzer from Alabama [Applause] [Music] [Music] I voted for Trump not once not twice but three times you see I work in construction I work with my hands he told us he'd look out for bluecollar workers so I made my first ever political donation to Trump and I donated to him many times throughout his presidency but then I started to see Trump's tariff policy in action cost for construction workers like me were starting to soar I realized Trump wasn't for me he was for lining his own Pockets now I'm not leftwing period but I believe our leaders should bring out the best in us not the worst that's why I'm voting for kamla Harris she's tough she's going to tackle inflation Trump will make it worse I'm voting for kamla Harris because she'll make us proud to be American again nobody ever called me weird I'm a lot of things but weird I'm not the late gr annibal Lector is a Wonder wonderful man you know what I'd do if there was a Shar or you get electrocuted I'll take electrocution every single timeing binging Bing she said kamla has one big Advantage she's a very beautiful woman I'm a better looking person than Kamala he says you're not going to be a dictator are you I said no no no other than day one i' like to congratulate Vladimir Putin for having made yet another great deal Jim Jun had a good relationship with these a tough smart guy now if I don't get elected it's going to be a blood bath well then the weird one JD is not at all the people who are most deranged and most psychotic are people who don't have kids in home let's give votes to all children in this country but let's give control over those votes to the parents of those children in four years you don't have to vote again we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote please welcome Stephanie Grisham I wasn't just a trump supporter I was a True Believer I was one of his closest advisor the Trump family became my family I spent Easter Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year's all at marago I saw him when the cameras were off behind closed doors Trump mocks his supporters he calls them basement dwellers on a hospital visit one time when people were dying in the ICU he was mad that the cameras were not watching him he has no empathy no morals and no Fidelity to the truth he used to tell me it doesn't matter what you say Stephanie say it enough and people will believe you but it does matter what you says matter and what you don't say matters on January 6th I asked Melania if we could at least tweet that while peaceful protest is the right of every American there's no place for lawlessness or violence she replied with one word no I became the first senior staffer to resign that day I couldn't be part of the insanity any longer when I was press secretary I got skewered for never holding a White House briefing it's because unlike my boss I never wanted to stand at that Podium and lie now here I am behind a Podium advocating for a Democrat and that's because I love my country more than my party kamla Harris tells the truth she respects the American people and she has my vote thank [Music] you at our 12we ultrasound our worst nightmares came true the baby had stopped growing but my body had not let go I was told I was not eligible for any treatment at that point the do's decision was official and abortion was banned in 2021 I needed an abortion after an ectopic pregnancy I was able to access life-saving medical care when I needed it and now I'm turning to IVF to build my family I'm supporting kamla Harris because I'm an IVF Mom it's not just the headline making stories that these bands impact it impacts people trying to build families just like me all Americans deserve the right to build their families and the way they know is best for them we need to band together and elect kamla Harris as the next president of the United [Music] States please welcome nabella [Applause] no what what calls me here tonight is Hope as a woman who has struggled with fertility I have not always been hopeful but today I am I'd always dreamt of motherhood and coming from a large Bangladeshi American family I imagined it'd be easy it wasn't my husband and I tried to conceive we failed we tried and failed again and again and again for six long years finally I got pregnant we were Overjoyed but then I miscarried I was devastated it was only after sharing my story online and hearing from women about their experiences with IVF that I felt a tiny glimmer of hope so I started the IVF process but just a few weeks before my egg retrieval I learned I was pregnant today we have two beautiful daughters but this is not everyone's ending for many women ibf is the only choice that choice and more is at stake in November the freedom to plan your family the hope of having a family at all I'm here to stand with everyone fighting for our reproductive freedoms because my daughters and yours deserve every option every hope every possible future to anyone listening who is struggling to start a family you are not alone we will not let you lose hope because when we come together to raise our voices with love we win thank you please welcome Michigan senator Gary [Music] [Applause] [Music] Peters in Michigan we believe we have to build an economy that grows the middle class and we know that when unions succeed all workers win I was raised in a union household my father was a teacher and my mother a nurse's aid and they gave me and my sisters what every parent wants to provide for their children an opportunity to pursue their dreams I went to public school I worked on jobs became an eagle scout and kamla Harris and Tim wals grew up just like me and I know I know they will fight for all of us they will make it easier to raise our families and to retire with dignity just look at the record as vice president kamla Harris helped pass legislation that finally finally allowed Medicare to negotiate and lower the cost of prescription drugs she brought manufacturing jobs back to the United States of America and as Governor Tim wall signed the largest infrastructure investment in Minnesota History and on the other hand we have Donald Trump and JD Vance and let's be clear if they win if they win working people like my friends here from the teamsters will pay the price their project 2025 agenda is the same old same old gut overtime pay cut Health Care programs and give billions in tax breaks to billionaires we we cannot let thaten happen and we will not let that happen and now I want to introduce some retired teamers and pension Warriors led by K stribling president of the national United committee to protect pons [Applause] I am Kenner stribling a proud retired Teamster from local 200 in Milwaukee Wisconsin I hope you don't mind but I brought some friends pinion Warriors from the nupp P I found out in 2025 my pension my monthly pension event was going to be reduced in half not long after that my wife Beverly was diagnosed with terminal cancer I didn't know how we were going to make it so I went to a retirees meeting in the basement of a small church at that moment I knew we were not going to go down without a fight Beverly made me promise never to quit until I until we made this right so we organized a nationwide grassroot movement for 6 years we fought hard and finally we had a breakthrough after 50 days in office the Biden Harris Administration passed the American Rescue plan including the Butch Lewis act to save our pensions and secure our retirement they they got it done without one single Republican vote in Congress they saved over 1 million pensions including 33,000 from my state Wisconsin 52,000 from Pennsylvania 61,000 from Michigan as president I know KLA Harris will have our backs she will fight for our retirement social security and Medicare Beverly passed away in 2019 but I kept my promise because A promise is a promise is a promise thank you for years big Pharma has often inflated the price of life-saving medications and millions of Americans have suffered as a result those costs got passed on to our seniors but not anymore it was because of them that we had insulin for $35 compared to $687 what a gift this $35 it's life changing for us the beauty of it is it's fixed everything else goes up but it stays the same I have more discretionary income 20 30 bucks a month more as wife and I can go to the pub and have a burger and fries I can afford my rent I can afford to feed my children I can afford my insulin what's saving me a couple thousand a year which is several trips to visit the grandkids I am looking forward to that lifestyle where I can travel and be able to enjoy my grandchildren and maybe great grandchildren it meant I could enjoy life President Joe Biden and vice president kamla Harris will be in Maryland this afternoon to unveil a new plan cutting prescription drug costs 10 popular drugs are affected by this including cancer diabetes heart disease and blood clot medications seniors will save roughly $1.5 billion dollar in outof Pocket cost next year with Kamala Harris I feel so hopeful I feel the future of America will be good as president I'll lower the cost of insulin and prescription drugs for everyone I am so excited I can't hardly stand it we're going to only go for it we can't go back let's have another hand for our brothers and sisters from teamsters and all of our brothers and sisters from the unions Across America who are rebuilding it Brick by Brick I mean after that what do you talk about KLA Harris want to throw a little bit of dirt so here we go after years of dead ends and brokage Promises President Biden and vice president Harris brought Republicans and Democrats together to actually get something done Trump promised infrastructure week but never built anything but this time the Biden Harris Administration is actually breaking ground and we're starting to turn dirt ushering in an infrastructure decade all I see all I see is possibilities ahead you see the foundation of a strong economy is literally a country's infrastructure it's the Cornerstone upon which all rest we find finally got a president and a vice president who puts their money where their mouth is already already 46 billion out the door $1 trillion of private sector investment building roads and bridges and airports and ports and Water Systems so that kids don't have to drink dirty water out of lead pipes and little girls don't have to sit on the back of their mama's car trying to do their homework so they can have a better future for us we're building a clean energy economy all of it is moving out of the door and we're touching every part of the country from napakiak Alaska all the way down to LS County we have over hear me now 60,000 projects all across this country with funding already underway we're hitting the ground running and it's right in everybody's backyards two years ago after President Biden and vice president Harris passed the biggest infrastructure investment since President Eisenhower he called on me and others to help carry out that Vision as we rebuild America as a senior as a senior advisor to the president we pushed out funding for the roads and the bridges we're literally Building Bridges to the Future high-speed internet and the clean energy economy with these projects we're ushering in a brighter future a future in which everyone has clean air to breathe everyone has clean water to drink in future in which everyone has the opportunity to build generational wealth a future in which the most vulnerable communities are en forced to Bear the brunt of progress and we have made historic progress towards that Vision let's take a look with what progress is being made in communities across the country with products that are being made right here in the USA [Applause] since passing the bipartisan infrastructure law and the American Rescue plan the Biden Harris Administration is putting billions of dollars into cities and counties across the country over the next 5 years I want to particularly thank the mayors of America you make things work thanks to the Biden Harris Administration the City of Phoenix has a much Greener bus fleet in San Antonio we're building the airport of the future in the heart of our city until 1970s scant in New York were connected by Passenger Rail and within 5 years finally we're getting that connection back our vision is to create a truly multimodal city a city where people can walk ride public transportation or ride a bike to get to their destination our city is able to create over 2,000 jobs and move our transit system into the future we are investing over $50 million to take vacant buildings just like this one to turn them into shovel ready job sited in the heart of our city we were able to use American Rescue plan funding for a safe of portable housing for our neighbors when a dilapidated apartment complex was condemned we were able to swiftly relocate these tenants in Tucson we have planted or distributed over 100,000 drought tolerant trees to combat extreme heat in the great city of Baltimore Maryland we're opening brand new Rex iner start closing our city and many many many many more Investments thanks to President Biden and vice president heres all right everybody what a way to start but you ain't seen nothing yet we got a great night plan and it all starts off all of you get to participate in this in the rad call it starts off with something unlike anything you've ever seen so look stick around we're going to be right back at you [Applause] [Music] time show time guess who's back again oh they don't know they don't know I bet the know as soon as we walk in I'm wearing C links designer mix in the wood finding shoes don't look too hard my hurt yourself don't get the red the blue W I'm a dangerous man with some money in my pocket keep up so many pretty girls around me and theying up the Rock and keep up don't be mad your face take my be keep up players only up up up what y'all trying to doing magic from [Music] the for the husters gangsters and little friends I can I preach I can I preach I got to show them how get it in first do your spend your money like money name wooo got to blame it on Jesus # for me I'm a dangerous man with some money in my pocket keep up so many the pretty girls around me in up the rock keep don't be mad Pi your face my y be trying to keep up players only come on up up magic the yeah [Music] so everywhere I go they be like everywhere I go they be [Music] like everywhere I go they be like don't fight the andite theill just [Music] piy what's that now come on [Music] now what y'all try to doing magic in [Applause] the so [Music] girl what y'all try to do get magic in the air so [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] w w [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] e e [Applause] [Music] [Applause] he [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the oh every ladies and gentlemen we are about to take the official 2024 National Comm many panoramic photograph at this time we would ask all of the delegates and guests to take their seats and get ready for this historic photo during the photo there should not be any movement in the hall if anyone moves anyone behind them will be blurred there will be one digital rotation there will be one photo taken with a0y old film camera by abas Shir muhamadi fourth generation photographer ER who has captured all of the past Democratic and past 10 swearing ceremonies the camera is ready please listen to a boss who is located in the center blue press stand in the center of the [Applause] [Applause] hall good afternoon de chair de ladies and gentlemen it's my privilege to photograph with 11 years old camera I have a request please this camera is a film 11 years old capturing images there's a SL movement in the not only you will be the person behind you also they will be BL I would appreciate if everyone please wherever you are regarding your seat or somewhere else stand still look into the camera into Center platform of the press and hold your hands in the front please do not move the camera is going to start in about 22 seconds please do not move there's some moving in the H please whenever you are stay right there you're going to make other people blare please hold it right there I greatly appreciate that right now please do not MO there's some mov pleasee stay right please your down I apprciate that is your your back okay hi here goes the cam and please do not move it's extremely sensitive camera thank you please you can see this Photograph at democratic photos.com 8 I convert with all of you thank you for your delegates and guests please put on your wristbands at your [Applause] seats just catch up [Applause] knock it [Music] out super high CO to easy to get anywhere from the Trans Continental over just slide behind the wheel how there's no destination too far somewhere on the way you might feel are in America station station Living in America hand your hand Across the Nation living in the [Music] mar got to have a celebration [Music] yeah SM many miles of when Road All Night Radio keep on running through your WR Soul all night keep you awake black cof in a hard Ro you take but everybody is oh in America [Music] station station Living in America hand in hand across the nation in [Music] America Amica help me out say in America wait a minute you may not be looking for the pr thing but you might find it anyway one of unfamiliar names like new all Dr Al Pittsburgh PA New York City City Kansas City Atlanta Chicago and LA in America oh yeah America a live in America if y'all like living in America y'all sing it with us sing it with us come on say I live in America I don't know about you but I like living I Living in America [Music] [Music] living say [Music] again come on to wave your hands in a s Living in America the greatest country in the world come on Liv free home of the brave Living in America W in America [Applause] e e e e e e e e [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] one two one two check check one two check check one two one check check one two ladies and gentlemen one two one2 check check one two check check one two one two two one two one two one two one two one two two mus little more [Music] please welcome Democratic National Convention secretary Jason [Applause] Ray well good evening delegates my name is Jas Ray and I'm honored to serve as the Secretary of both the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic National Convention I remember watching my very first convention on television when I was just 10 years old it was the 1996 convention right here at the United Center now nearly three decades later I could not be more thrilled to join you in making history as we nominate vice president k Harris pursuant to our convention rules we will now proceed with a celebratory roll call vote for the Democratic Party's candidate for the 47th president of the United States of America as a reminder our nomination was made official on August 6th upon the certific ation of the virtual roll call this roll call will reflect those results the chair of each delegation or their design will report its delegation's voting results for the presidential nomination pursuant to the rules the roll call Will Follow the alphabetical order of the states with the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico the territories and Democrats abroad treated as States for the purposes of the alphabetic roll call delegates are you ready let me hear you ladies and gentlemen my name is DJ Cassidy and I'd like to welcome you all to the Democratic National Convention rad call now we're going to pass the mic from state to state so that all our voices are heard all around the nation [Applause] but first let me pass it back to secretary Ray to get the celebration [Music] started Alabama how do you cast your votes [Music] [Applause] Alabama pathes Delaware how do you cast your vote on behalf of the great state of Delaware home of our beloved 46th president of the United States Joseph Robin at Biden Jr it is our honor to unanimously cast our 34 votes for the next president of the United States Vice President KLA haris [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you Delaware Alabama how do you cast your vote in a letter from the Birmingham Jail Dr King wrote that progress is not inevitable we have to fight for it we have to win it kamla Harris will protect the Y and the progress that we've made by our forefathers and our for mothers and she will advance it she will safeguard our freedom to vote by passing the John Robert Lewis voting rights ADV she will fight for freedom and opportunity and build an economy that works for everyone so from Huntsville to mobile from the black Bel to the Wiregrass from the historic civil rights cities of Birmingham Montgomery and my hometown of zela from the people who brought us the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act the proud great state of Alabama proudly cast 56 votes for the first black woman president of the United States of America kamla Harris and the next vice president Tim wall [Applause] [Applause] [Music] Alaska how do you cast your vote Alaska's motto is north to the Future and that's exactly where kamla Harris and Tim Walls are going to take us a future full of opportunity for everyone as a teacher a union member and a proud black woman it is my honor to cast Alaska's 19 delegates for the next president of these United States K [Applause] [Music] Harris americ Amer Samoa how do you cast your vote Sal here in American s Faith service and Community or everything that's why we cast 10 votes for our next president Pamela [Applause] [Music] Harris now once again my name is DJ Cassidy and this is the DNC rad call so let's pass the mic around the nation we startop this Arizona how do you cast your votes when to start this from the Grand Canyon State of Arizona the future of the democratic party where we've been bringing the heat since 2020 electing Democrats up and down the ballot our diverse Coalition is proud to cast are 85 votes for kamla [Applause] [Music] Harris e he [Applause] California how do you cast your [Applause] vote Mr secretary the great state of California passes at this time California [Applause] [Music] passes Colorado how do you cast your vote Mr secretary in Colorado we know how to climb mountains and we're going to make sure KLA Harris and Tim Walls reach the summit and win this election Colorado proudly cast its votes for kamla Harris Get It Go [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Conneticut Connecticut how do you cast your vote Connecticut the Constitution State over the submarine over the jet engine over the Yukon Huskies slam duck over Keith Richard's lead guitar we vote tonight we cast 73 votes and one president for the and one pres for the first female president of the United States of America kamla haris [Music] now we're passing the mic all around the world tonight so let's join together here we go here we go here we go let's [Music] [Applause] [Music] go Democrats abroad how do you cast your vote Mr secretary Democrats abroad represents millions of Americans who live abroad and vote back home in all 50 states and in DC US citizens can go to vote from abroad.org to register and request a ballot on behalf of our large diverse Community we joyfully cast 21 votes for camela Harris [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the District of Columbia how do you cast your vote we are Washington DC home to 700,000 Americans where Millions had watched for jobs and Justice where Dr King had a dream and Obama had hope and where in January 2025 we will host the inauguration of President Pala Harris we know KLA Harris will fight for our freedom and we will work together to make Washington DC the 51st state the District of Colombia is proud to cast this 51 votes for the next president of of the United States pela [Music] Harris Florida how do you cast your [Applause] vote Florida is worth fighting for that's why we're fighting back against project 2025 in Republican extremism we won't go back we won't back down I cast four votes present and 243 votes in the great state of Florida for the first president BB pres United States kamalo [Music] Harris Georgia how do you cast your [Music] [Applause] vote yeah yeah ladies and gentlemen we are here tonight to officially nominate K har for president 5ot the turn out for what turn out for hey turn for what yeah turn out for what let go let go turn hey everybody get your hands up hey everybody get your hands up hey everybody get your hands up now say we not going back we're not going back we're not going back we're not going back DP Harris the wall D har give the wall [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Mr secretary the South's got something to say I'm congresswoman AKA Williams cheer woman of the democratic party of Georgia Georgia the home of President Jimmy Carter the Cradle of the Civil Rights Movement where we fight for our freedom extremists in Georgia are trying to silence our voices by kicking Georgia off of the roads and making it harder to vote but y'all when we send C Harris to the White House she'll fight for our freedom to vote our reproductive freedoms and our freedom to thrive in the spirit of good trouble Georgia c 123 votes for the next president of the United States Papa Harris [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Guam how do you catch your [Applause] [Music] vote half santu I am Governor L yero the first female governor of our beautiful island of Guang the home of the indigenous Tomorrow People and where America's day begins and we proudly cast our 12 votes to the next first female president of the United States of America [Music] com B [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] aloha Hawaii how do you cast your vote America thank you all for loving Hawaii the spirit of aloha means acting with love and kindness our Hawaii was the first state to legalize abortion our state was the first to ratify the ER our state was the first to pass Universal healthare for all and Target 100% renewable energy our state is the birthplace of Barack Obama our state shares the values of pela Harris and we cast six votes present and 23 votes for kamla Harris first woman president [Music] Idaho how do you cast your vote Republicans ripped away our reproductive freedoms the Idaho Democrats are mounting our comeback for the first time in decades we're running in every legislative district we are not going back Idaho cast 27 votes for KLA [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Harris ladies and gentlemen today is a celebration a celebration of democracy a celebration of Freedom a celebration of future Chicago are you ready [Applause] [Music] our convention host Illinois how do you cast your vote secretary Illinois Democrats are doing the work to win in November and I am proud to introduce my partner in the fight my Governor J B priner [Applause] the great state the great state of Illinois the Prairie State home of four presidents including President Barack Obama the birth place of skyscrapers and the adopted home of Superman the Cornerstone of the Midwest blue wall the first state to to ratify the 13th Amendment ending slavery and the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote Illinois cast one vote present and 176 votes for the next president of the United States future Madam president comma Harris oh [Music] [Applause] Indiana welcome me into its [Applause] [Music] [Applause] heart IND Indiana welcomed me into its heart as soon as I married Christine Harold from Rolling Prairie and that's before I lived in Hawkins or play played the littlest player with the biggest heart at the University Notre Dame Rudy I want what's best for Indiana and that means electing kamla Harris the first woman president of the United States of America on behalf of the great hoer state home of the largest single sporting Day event in the world the nd500 home of Michael Jackson home of baby face home of David lman Indiana delivered this 86 delegates to kamla Harris and Tim Walt as the next president and vice president [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Iowa how do you cast your [Music] vote thank you Mr secretary the tall corn state of Iowa the state that launched Barack Obama on his way to the presidency the state that put education on its state quarter and the state that feeds and fuels the world casts one boat ABS absent and 45 votes for the next president of the United States of America comma Harris [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Kansas how do you cast your vote I can't I can't hear I can't hear I can't hear I can't hear Hello delegates from the center of America the Sunflower State Kansas where our Farmers Feed America where we elect strong women who govern from the middle as the first ever black chair of Kansas I prowd that cast our 39 votes for the first black woman president Cola [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] har the Commonwealth Bel of Kentucky how do you cast your [Applause] vote haris since 2021 the Biden Harris Administration has shown up for the Commonwealth of Kentucky and today we're showing up for vice president Harris with this Administration we broken every record for private sector investment exports tourism wages and new jobs together we're building the two largest battery plants on planet Earth and we open the cleanest greenest recycled paper mill the world has ever seen we are proud to cast 56 votes for the next president of the United States cabala Harris [Music] [Applause] [Music] Louisiana how do you cast your vote greetings from Louisiana Mr secretary my name is wendle Pierce and I'm a proud son of Louisiana and Louisiana is about family and I'm surrounded by my family of the delegates of Louisiana and I'm our great Congressman Troy conter Louisiana cast its votes in support of our democracy and we stand in line for a more perfect union and born out of that democracy from The Big Easy the northernmost Caribbean City the last Bohemia was Jazz and nothing can be more implematic of jazz and democracy than what we swing with in The Big Easy and it's because of that that I am here to cast my personal vote for the next president of the United States kamla [Music] Harris and now the leader of our party Mr Randall gain the great state of Louisiana a state that embodies the principles and Spirit of Hope and resilience and so does KLA Harris the great state of Louisiana cast its one vote present and our 47 votes for the next president of the United States camela [Applause] [Music] Harris ladies and gentlemen we're halfway there are you ready here we go here we go let's go let's go let's go [Applause] [Music] [Applause] next up is Maine Maine how do you cast your vote Mr chair great state of Maine home of environmental climate activists and champions like Edmund s musky and George Mitchell happy birthday today George the the state where the sun rises first on the nation over our bold and Rocky Coast bringing with it today a new day for the Brave and openhearted people of this country we have improved lives restored rights and preserved our environment in M for future Generations Main leades and as main goes so we'll go the [Music] nation May proudly pass 30 votes for our next president K and Harris [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Maryland how do you cast your vote we are Maryland and we represent marners past and present presid who have contributed to America's greatness we are the birthplace of Harriet tutman we are the birthplace of th Good Marshall we are the birthplace of Frederick Douglas we are the place where soldiers defended our freedoms in Baltimore and also in antium and the home of thousands of veterans who call Maryland [Music] home and this community of Patriots is proud to cast our votes for the next president of the United States Kamala Harris [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the Commonwealth of Massachusetts how do you cast your vote Mr secretary the people of Massachusetts know something about making history the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth the first Public School the first Public Library where we don't ban books health care for all and the first shops fired in our Revolution and we are proud as the con of Massachusetts to make history once again Mr Secret Massachusetts counts 116 votes all of our votes for KLA D Harris for the office of President of the United States [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Michigan how do you cast your [Music] vote good evening from the Great Lake State I'm Michigan Democratic party chair laor of bars Michigan has an incredible story we put the world on Wheels and we built the middle class and I'm St now we are getting things done in Michigan in 2022 we flipped our state house of representes for the first time in 40 years we're getting it done in Michigan and I'm Governor Gretchen Whitmer we cut taxes we protected freedoms we brought manufacturing home and we know how to win this November together Michigan [Music] cast5 votes for our for our next president KLA Harris [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Minnesota how do you cast your votes Mr secretary the great state of Minnesota home of Vice President Hubert Humphrey vice president Walter Mondale and the next vice president of the United States Tim Walls we pass Minnesota [Music] [Applause] passes Mississippi how do you cast your votes Mr sec I'm State chair sha Taylor from the home of Magnolia and Murs from the great state of Mississippi from the red clay Hills to the Mississippi River to our Gul Coast we're proud of our heroes such as Fanny Lou HR and our special guest Mr January 6 The Honorable Benny T Thompson with great joy Mississippi delivers 40 votes for our future president miss CA [Applause] Harris now tonight is a celebration of love a celebration of life so let the celebration continue secretary secretary Missouri how do you cast your vote Mr secretary I'm Russ carahan chairman of Missouri Democrats we're home to Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs we are home to Common Sense leaders like President Truman Senators Eagleton carahan mcle and we will fire Josh Holly and hire Marine veteran Lucas ton bar voters will reclaim reproductive Freedom K Harris has sent a lightning bolt of energy and hope across this country and we proudly cast two votes presid and 68 votes for comma Harris and our Midwestern friend Tim wal [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Montana how do you cast your vote we the delegates of the proud state of Montana on behalf of Big Sky country the last best place in these United States I'm grateful for the beauty of our land and determined to protect Ed for future Generations we who sent the first woman to Congress proudly cast our 24 delegate votes to send the first woman to the White House come on har [Music] Nebraska how do you pass your [Applause] vote Nebraska home of four tribal Nations today and icons Malcolm X Standing Bear and Willa and our home grown homeboy Tim wall and the and the quality of life capital of the country Lincoln capital of husker Nation where the B Harris team and unions are rebuilding the Heartland in Omaha now effectually known as kamaha where we will protect the blue dot we are ready for it Nebraska proudly casts our 34 vote for kamla Harris and Coach Tim wall [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Nevada how do you [Music] cast as a survivor of the largest mass shooting in modern American history I'm voting for kamla Harris because America is done running from gun violence no more pretending books are more dangerous to second graders than assault rifles no more stolen lives no more Silent Dreams no more shattered families as vice president she helped pass the nation's first significant gun safety law in 30 years Nevada is the battleborn state and kamla Harris was born for this battle now our chair Danielle Monroe Moreno Nevada is the most diverse Battleground state in the country home of the L great Senator Harry Reed the only Latina ever to serve in the US Senate Catherine portz M and we are the first and only women majority State Legislature as Nevada's first black woman chair I proudly deliver the silver States 48 vots for the next president of the United States of America Kamai [Music] [Applause] Harris New Hampshire how do you cast your vote good evening my name is Joan Dowell from the great state home of the nation's first primary new hampire where we stand Grand and strong we are so proud of the many women throughout our state committed to building a future of opportunity and trailblazing the way for all of us and now it is my pleasure to introduce our youngest delegate Aliana H [Applause] mour the great live for your die State of New Hampshire cast all 34 of our votes for our next black woman and First South Asian President [Applause] [Music] Harris today we come together as one as one nation under one Groove nothing can stop us now so no matter who you are no matter where you are represent your state with pride as we unite for the future [Music] [Applause] [Music] New Jersey how do you cast your vote everybody I'm Governor Phil Murphy we're from Jersey baby and you're not in the great Garden State we care about protecting women's rights and lifting up vulnerable communities that's what we mean when we say the great Garden States my name is Dr Joey Pella pronounced she her hers I'm a proud resident of the Garden State I'm proud to stand with kamla Harris and Tim Walls because they stand with the lgbtq community it's time to turn the page on Trump first thank you I'm Leroy Jones the chairman of the new Jersey state committee the home of the late great Whitley Houston and New Jersey and these amazing delegates cast two votes present and 142 votes for CA Harris president of the United States of America when we fight we win when we fight we win when we fight we [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] win New Mexico how do you cast your votes wi is no chance chair Jessica Vas is here with our delegates from the land of enchantment the great state of New Mexico where we live our family values respect women love our land our water our blue skies our green chili and our sunsets we are proud to cast 45 votes for Comm Harris and Tim [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] Wall New York how do you cast your [Applause] vote YK Mr secretary my name is Henry gito I from the great state of New York unions not only Built the Empire State they built a strong middle class across this country that is why I'm so proud to introduce the governor of the greatest labor state of the country Governor Kathy hule as governor of the greatest state that ever existed hey we're New Yorkers get used to it from senica Falls the birthplace of the women's rights movement to Stonewall the birthplace of the lgbtq movement to Stone King Mountain the birthplace of the environmental justice movement and the birthplace of the labor Movement we are also not just the birthplace of great Progressive movements we are the birthplace of Shirley Chism we are the birthplace we are the birthplace of Geraldine Ferraro and we are the home of Hillary Clinton and that's why as the first woman governor of New York I am so proud to cast 298 votes to make K Harris the first female president of the United States of America [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] North Carolina how do you cast your [Music] vote my name is Anderson Clayton I have the honor of serving as the youngest State party chair in this country and North Carolina is the home of folks like Anthony Hamilton yeah Governor Jim hunt Dr re William Barber nah Simone we represent a new South and we are proud to be that again this year by electing Josh Stein Allison rigs Wesley Harris Anita Earl and everyone else that's on our ballot this year we are going to make sure that we put Democrats on the ballot and in people's hearts and Minds North Carolina gives 131 votes to the phen Nal comma [Applause] [Music] Harris North Dakota how do you cast your vote Mr secretary the Democrats of North Dakota the Peace Garden State are proud to cast our 17 votes for vice president kamla Harris and and the best neighbor you could ever hope to have Governor Tim Walls for President and Vice President of the United States of America let's [Applause] go so now ladies and gentlemen my name is DJ Cassidy this is the DNC rad call and tonight your voice is the future [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Northern Mariana Island how do you cast your votes Papa day T and hello everyone we are the Northern Mariana Islands where our customs our culture our land and our oceans breathe life into our people the Earth is not red or blue the Earth is sick and we must protect it home to some of the Living Legends in Celestial navigation and to some of the friendliest people in the Pacific we are the blue Waves of the Pacific and we are proud to cast all 11 votes for our MVP Camala Harris baa [Applause] Marianas B Harris w okay Ohio how do you pass your [Music] [Music] vote oh oh Mr secretary Ohioans know how to make history we put a man on the moon and we are the founding home of the AFL CIO we enshrined abortion rights in our state constitution by 13 points and we are going to send Sharon Brown back to the US Senate as the first woman to lead Ohio democrats I am proud to cast our ballots for the first woman to be president of the United States Mr secretary we cast one vote present and won 142 votes for kamla Harris and Tim [Applause] [Music] [Applause] walls okoma how do you cast your vote hello from Oklahoma where we fight for the future for all oklahomes can be proud of the future where Working Families Thrive our diversity is our and our values like Freedom equality and opportunity puts us ahead and makes Oklahoma proud We cast our 36 votes for kamla Harris and Tim [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] wall Oregon how do you your [Music] [Applause] [Music] vote from the first state in the nation to hold a presidential election with all male in voting Oregon is proud to protect voting rights in America [Applause] and haling from the heart of the beautiful Pacific Northwest Oregon protects our planet and fights for lgbtq [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] equality and where we believe that Reproductive Rights are human rights Oregon cast 78 vs for kamla [Applause] [Music] Parris part of people in the place to be we're now passing the mic at the DNC it goes one 2 1 2 three let's go the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania how do you cast your vote let's go let's go Pennsylvania let's go my name is Mayor Dewan Walker from the great city of alopa Beaver County my city is a city of Legends the only high school in America with three Hall of Famers I took this seat in 2009 when my sister was murdered I wanted to do better 15 years she's been gone 12 years this city has been under my watch I'm grateful for the opportunity to lead my city I'm grateful for the state of Pennsylvania God bless everyone in this room I loves this state thank you I'm Governor Josh Shapiro the proud governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the birthplace of democracy the birthplace of Freedom the greatest Commonwealth of all and together together Pennsylvania cast 178 votes for the next Madam president of the United States CA Harris and vice president Tim wall [Applause] [Music] [Applause] P Rico how do you cast your vote bues Puerto Rico a US Territory known as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the next state of the United States has it 60 votes [Music] [Applause] Cala Harris [Applause] [Music] Cala TNC let's go call Keep It Coming keep it coming now call Keep It Coming keep it coming now call keep it it coming keep it coming now one 2 1 2 3 Let's GO RAD Island how do you cast your vote I am Joe shachi speaker of the r Island house we are the smallest state but we have the biggest ideas home to the nation's first wind farm in historic act on climate we continue leading the way on sustainability and housing the deep blue ocean state is proud to cast one vote present and 34 ballots for the next president of the United States pela Harris y [Music] South Carolina how do you cast your vote I'm Crystal I'm Crystal Spain I'm CHR I'm Crystal Spain chair of the South Carolina Democratic party hello from the great state of South Carolina where we pick president the home of the GNC chair Jamie Harrison the home of the first black pan Chadwick bman the home of the national basketball champion the mighty lady game Cox I'm Senator Margie Bri Matthews one of the sister senators and John F Kennedy profiles encourage Award winner we sto the total abortion band in South Carolina like us kamla has proven that she has the enage to fight and will fight for all Americans South Carolina is not going back we're going forward forward our Reproductive Rights we're going forward on voting rights we're going forward against hate crimes forward with a prosecutor and not our crook that's why we are proud to cast our 65 delegates for [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Kam South Dakota how do you cast your vote and my beautiful Lota language that means hello my relatives I shake your hand with a happy heart that is the spirit of my beloved South Dakota my name is Chante reddis and I want to say that my people the oti shaken are still here the seven Council fires are still here let me tell you what a Camala Harris presidency will mean for me my friends and my community more importantly more opportunities more good paying jobs better access to health care and a quality education that is the future we deserve and it is the future we will win on November 5th when we elect Camala [Applause] Harris thank you Mr secretary the state of South Dakota is proud to be part of such a historic moment in our country's history we are a land that is proud of our hardworking farmers and ranchers that celebrates nine tribal Nations and their incredible cultures where natural beauty can be seen from the big Sue River to Mount Rushmore South Dakota is honored to cast all 20 of our votes for vice president kamla Harris who will soon be known as Madam [Applause] [Music] president Tennessee how do you cast your votes Mr secretary the great state of Tennessee birthplace for rock and Ro Hometown to the booze the home of 7 HBCU and the state that gave women the right to vote from the bloves of Memphis to the peaks of Mountain City the movement for justice rooted in love in Tennessee is still strong it is a movement where kids are free from gun violence a movement where women have the right to choose a movement where working people get access to economic opportunity a movement where those who have been pushed to the periphery are brought to the center a movement where those who have been pushed down are lifted up it is alive in Tennessee because we believe that Justice will roll down like Waters and righteousness like an everflowinglife has 72 votes for the first woman and next president of the United States kamla D [Applause] [Music] haris Party People come on TNC Party People come on R call Party People come on TNC Party People come on [Music] Texas how do you cast your [Music] vote hello Chicago I'm EV from Corpus chrisy Texas Home of Selena gania and I'm here to introduce native Texans Cecil Richards I'm proud to be here tonight representing uh a tradition in Texas of progressivism and my late uh mother an Richards the governor of Texas and passing it on to another great Texas heroine Kate Cox I'm Kate Cox and I love being a mom I have two beautiful children and my husband and I have always wanted a third but when I got pregnant doctors told us our baby would never Sur survive and if I didn't get an abortion it would put a future pregnancy at risk but Trump didn't care and because of his abortion banss I had to flee my home there's nothing Pro family about abortion banss there's nothing Pro lifee about letting women suffer and even die today because I found a way to access abortion care I am pregnant again thank you and my baby is due in January just in time to see kamla Harris sworn in as president of the United States Mr secretary my name is hiber Noosa chair of the Texas democratic party and as a nation's biggest Battleground state with 40 electoral votes on behalf of 30 million Americans Texas cast three votes present and 263 votes for freedom for the future for the first woman to serve as the next president of the United States C har [Applause] [Music] the crossroads of the West The Beehive State the host of the 2034 Winter Olympics the youngest and fastest growing state in the nation and the next Battleground State Mr secretary we proud cast 34 votes for vice president Kamala [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Harris Vermont how do you cast your vote Vermont knows the value of public education we even have a teacher as our congresswoman and in 1777 we were the first state to place public education in our constitution as someone with significant learning disabilities I know the value of investing in every single child we are proud to call Vermont home and we are proud to cast our 24 votes for kamla Harris because we are not going back [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the US Virgin Islands how do you cast your vote Mr secretary we are proud to call the Virgin Islands of the United States are home a place of resistance and freedom home home of Alexander Hamilton the first slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere the fireburn Queens we are proud to celebrate a nominee of Caribbean Heritage from America's Caribbean the place where the sun rises first in America from the place of great Liberty and the vacation home of President Joe Biden the Virgin Islanders are strong resilient and committed to and passioned to vote for the next president of the United States all 13 votes to camela [Applause] [Music] [Music] Harris the Commonwealth of Virginia how do you cast your vote Mr secretary Mr secretary the Comm wealth of Virginia is proudly represented by Senator Mark Warner and Senator Tim Kane majorities in the House of Representatives with the six hardworking Congress members and majorities in the general assembly we also are proud to be represented by 25,000 hardworking mostly union workers who build Freedom who build Freedom by building air craft carriers and submarines Senator Warner Virginia where this year we're going to return Tim K to the United States Senate our Commonwealth of Virginia is proud to cast all 119 votes for the next president kamla Harris [Music] [Applause] [Music] Washington how do you cast your [Music] vote from the from the amber waves of grain and burant origins of Eastern Washington to the iconic Waters of the stor she Washington SS crowd as a part of the blue walls I I the first South Asian woman leading a state party am honored to pledge nine votes present and a lucky 101 votes for vice president Toma D har [Applause] [Music] West Virginia how do you cast your [Music] votes my name is Jean Evans Moore and I'm 83 years old and as such I am the oldest of the delegates in West Virginia most 83 year olds that I know are spending time with their grandchildren or traveling but I'm here suited up and ready to [Music] battle because I will not I repeat I will not let everything I've fought for be taken away by Donald Trump my name is Catherine Prather I am 18 years old and I am the youngest delegate from West Virginia I'm suited up and ready for battle because I will not let my freedoms and my future be taken away by Donald [Music] [Applause] Trump that's why we're proud to cast West Virginia 24 delegates for the next president of the United [Applause] States ladies and gentlemen my name is DJ Cassidy now are you ready [Applause] [Music] my home state of Wisconsin how do you cast your vote thank you bger Jason Ray for all your good work as as a proud governor of the great state of Wisconsin we're home of the Green Bay Packers we're home of the we're home of the Wisconsin Badgers for home of the Milwaukee throwers and the Milwaukee Bucks as well as US senator our best US senator Tammy bwin and our great Congressional folks Wen Moore and Mark hokan I'm here because I'm Jazz as hell to announce that Wisconsin pass one vote present and 94 votes were were for who we are got me going here former wisconsinite Farmer State oh my God we love you love you I 94 votes for [Music] I'll get there Jason I'll get there 94 votes for former Wisconsin he vice president and our next president of the United States of America kamla H Harris [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] why oming how do you cast your vote Mr secretary delegates my name's Joe barbuto and these folks around me we are honored to be representing the great state of Wyoming both the first state in territory in this nation to recognize a woman's right to vote and the state that 100 years ago elected Democrat Nelly Taylor Ross our nation's first female governor with that Legacy in mind and heart the equality State cast all of our votes for the woman who will be the first woman president of the United States say it with me now K [Applause] haris all right good job the great state of Minnesota how do you cast your vote hello Minnesota my name is H storic and Tim Walls was my neighbor coach and favorite teacher we were excited to go to his classroom every day if you've ever been in high school you know that can be rare he opened our eyes to the world he taught us how to talk about global issues with respect curiosity and kindness even and especially when we disagreed but he wasn't just a great teacher he was also a great neighbor and friend in fact when he was in the midst of a budget battle as governor of our state he still found time to attend My Brother's funeral Mr walls means the world to my family he's always been there for us and that's how I know he'll always be there for you as vice president thank you h minnes let me hear [Applause] you there there you go 14 years in the National Football League taught me a lot about leadership a good leader cannot be selfish he has to look out for his team coach Walsh is unselfish as they come he has led Minnesota with honesty and integrity and in November Minnesota is going to send Tim wall and KL Harris to the White House let's go I'm Amy kashar the senator from the great state of Minnesota where nearly everyone votes and purple rains and I'm Tina Smith from the great state of Minnesota the home of the next vice president of the United stes States tip walls Minnesota we cast 10 votes present and we deliver 81 votes for kamla Harris and Tim wol [Applause] [Music] the great state of California how do you cast your [Music] vote my name's Governor Gavin Nome from the great state of Nancy Pelosi I come from a state like our nation of dreamers of doers of entrepreneurs of innovators that Prides itself on being on the leading and cutting edge of new ideas California is the most diverse state in the world's most diverse democracy and we pride ourselves we pride ourselves on our ability to live together and Advance together and prosper together across every conceivable and imaginable difference but the thing we pride ourselves most on is that we believe the future happens in California first and Democrats I've had the privilege for over 20 years to see that future taking shape with a star in Alam courtroom by the name of kamla Harris I saw that star I saw that star fighting for criminal justice racial Justice economic justice social justice I saw that star get even brighter as Attorney General of California as a United States Senator and as Vice President of the United States of America not like USA Harris has always done the right thing a champion for voting rights civil rights lgbtq rights the rights for women and girls so Democrats and independents it's time for us to do the right thing and that is to elect KLA Harris as the next president of the United States of America California we proudly cast our 482 votes for the next president Pabla Harris [Music] [Applause] in the city thank you to everyone who participated in our celebratory roll call delegates please know how critical you are to this process both now and earlier this month when we conducted our virtual roll call I am thrilled to reaffirm kamla Harris as the Democratic nominee for president of the United States pursuant to the convention rules of procedure vice president kamla Harris has been invited to make an acceptance speech which she will give on Thursday August 22nd but now a special surprise it's my pleasure to introduce our party's official nominee for president of the United States live from my home state of Wisconsin vice president kamla [Applause] Harris I'm a wait I'm a wait through the waters tell the ti don't move I'm a riot I'm a riot through your borders call me Bullet Proof love looking me I been R running blinding true I'm a wait I'm a wait to your good evening Milwaukee and hello to everyone joining us from exciting Chicago the delegates at the Democratic National Convention well they just completed their role call and they have nominated coach walls and me to be the next vice president and president of the United States of America and I thank everyone there and here for believing in what we can do together we are so honored to be your nominees this is a people powerered campaign and together we will chart a new way forward a future for Freedom opportunity ofm and faith e National Convention let me tell you about the kamla Harris I know she is legitimately a joyful optimistic leader she cares about policy yes but she also cares about people and how that policy affects real people people not just the members of maral Lago and you know what else Kamala Harris she likes dogs and my dog chaa likes her dogs are good judges of character so are cats we cannot elect a president who does not like dogs or hangs around with people who shoot them now let's be serious Donald Trump and his minions call Kamala a communist I know communism I fled communism from Nicaragua when I was 8 years old I don't take it lightly and let me tell you what communist dictators do and it's never just for one day they at attack the Free Press they call them the enemy of the people like Ortega does in Nicaragua they put their unqualified relatives in cushy government jobs so they can get rich of their positions like the castros do in Cuba and they refuse to accept legitimate elections when they lose and call for violence to stay in power like Maduro is doing right now in Venezuela now you tell me something do any of those things sound familiar is there anybody running for president who reminds you of that and I know one thing it's not Kamala Harris that is not the American the America we love it's not the land of Freedom we treasure last night we heard president Biden say that he loves his job but he loves his country more every American needs to love our country more every American has the duty to put our country first country first before party country first before political ambition country first before habit and in this election putting country first means one thing and one thing only voting for ala Harris and that that is what this night is about that is what we're going to talk about tonight so you know what let's get it started let's get this Fiesta [Applause] going the eyes are 50 the ns are 50 the Senate being equally divided the vice president votes in the affirmative and the nomination is [Applause] confirmed and the concurrent resolution as amended is [Applause] adopted the vice president votes in the affirmative and the motion to proceed is agreed [Applause] to on this vote the Y's are 50 the Nays are 50 the Senate being equally divided the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill as amended is [Applause] passed it is my honor to present the golden Gall vice president Harris 32 tiebreaking votes please welcome Senate Majority Leader and New York Senator Chuck [Applause] Schumer everybody wasn't that a great roll call now just let me hear you if you're ready for president kamla Harris friends we're here to talk about one thing tomorrow and building a better tomorrow for all Americans This November we can choose a brighter a fairer a Freer future or we can relive The Dark Night of Trump's American Carnage [Applause] only one candidate will move America forward kamla Harris vice president Harris has been the best partner Senate Democrats could ever have asked for under her under her and President Biden's leadership Senate Democrats lowered prescription drug prices and created millions millions of good paying American jobs I worked with KLA Harris when she was Senator Harris I saw a leader who was Fearless who stood up for middle class families like the one she was raised in who focused on things that really mattered helping parents raise their kids safe neighborhoods safe schools and building an opportunity economy that gives everyone a shot at the American dream she will lead America forward into a brighter future but she can't do it alone she needs a democratic majority in the Senate of the United States now my friends two years ago two years ago the naysayers said s democrats should stood no chance in the midterms I told them just you wait we're going to pick keep the Senate and maybe pick up a seat or two and that's exactly what happened well ladies and gentlemen my good friends at this convention I am telling all of you now we're going to hold the Senate again and we're poised to pick up seats a democratic majority to create good paying jobs and lower costs to defend a woman's right to choose to De deliver for communities back home our Senators are doing it like Jackie Rosen delivering High-Speed Rail for Nevada John tester bringing High Che jobs to Montana and Bobby Casey and shered brown and Tammy Baldwin and Martin Hinrich fixing bridges in Pennsylvania and Ohio and Wisconsin and New Mexico we also have amazing candidates Ruben GGO Angela Alo Brooks Andy Kim Alysa slotkin Lisa blunt Rochester Colin OLED Debbie Muk carel Powell and folks listen to this more than half of our candidates are candidates of color we're making the Senate look like [Applause] America now let's compare that with Senate Republicans Senate Republicans pretend to care about middle class families but they voted no on expanding the child tax credit and JD Vance didn't even show up to vote Senate Republicans pretend to care about the Border but they voted no on the strongest border bill in a decade Republicans tend to care about freedom but they voted no on a woman's right to choose no to safeguard IVF no to birth control the that is just a taste of their extreme agenda is that what we want for America do we want a Republican Senate that assaults reproductive freedoms do we want a Republican Senate that cuts taxes for the rich rigs the game for big oil and big farmer well folks the choice is ours now let me close let me close on a personal note as the highest ranking Jewish elected official in American history I want my grand kids and all grandkids to never never face discrimination because of who they are but Donald Trump this is a guy who pedals anti-semitic stereotypes he even invited a white supremacist to maral Lago and unfortunately his Prejudice goes in all directions he fueled islamophobia and issued a Muslim ban as president tonight folks I am wearing this blue square to stand up to anti-Semitism to stand up to all hate our children our grandchildren no matter their race no matter their Creed their gender or family deserve better than Donald Trump's American Carnage so are you ready make sure Donald Trump never ever gets near the White House again so let's elect kamla Harris Tim Walls and a democratic majority in the Senate and keep the torch of Freedom burning bright for generations to come on to victory in November together we will build what I call an opportunity economy I will take on the high costs that matter most to most Americans compare my plan with what Donald Trump intends to do he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax on everyday products and basic necessities that we import from other countries it will mean higher prices on just about every one of your daily needs Donald Trump's plan would cost a typical family $33,900 a year he wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act which $ 45 million Americans rely on for healthcare he plans to give billionaires massive tax cuts year after year and he plans to cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars that if you want to know who someone cares about out look who they fight for we capped the price of insulin at $35 a month and the total cost of prescription drugs at $2,000 a year for seniors and just yesterday we announced that we are lowering the price for 10 more life saving drugs as president I will work to build the housing we need and by the end of my first term we will end America's housing shortage by building 3 million new new homes and rentals that are affordable for the middle class more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut by restoring the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit through which millions of Americans with Children got to keep more of their hard-earned income we will provide $6,000 in tax relief to families during the first year of a child's life now is the time to chart a new Way Forward I will fight to give money back to working and middle class Americans increase the security and stability financially of your family and expand opportunity for working and middle class [Applause] Americans please welcome Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders [Applause] thank you thank you my fellow Americans it is an honor it is an honor to be with you tonight because we're laying the groundwork for kamla Harris to become our next president and let me let me tell you why that is so important I want you all to remember where we were 3 and 1 half years ago we were in the midst of the worst Public Health crisis in a 100 years and the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression 3,000 Americans were dying every day and our hospitals were overwhelmed with covid patients all across the country business were shutting down unemployment was soaring workers were losing their health insurance schools were closing state and city budgets were running out of money people were being evicted from their homes children in America were going hungry that was the reality the Biden Harris Administration faced as they entered the Oval Office a nation suffering a nation frightened and people looking to their government for support and within two months of taking office our government did respond we passed the American Rescue plan which provided $1,400 for every man woman and child in the working class we extended and expanded benefits for the unemployed we provided emergency assistance for small businesses to stay open we we guaranteed Health Care coverage to tens of millions of Americans through one of the largest expansions of Medicaid in history we provided rent relief and Mortgage Assistance which prevented tenants and homeowners from being evicted we established emergency food programs for Hungry children and the elderly and protected the pensions of millions of union workers and retirees from being slashed by up to 65% oh and by the way we cut childhood poverty by over 40% through an expanded child tax cred thank you President Biden thank you vice president Harris thank you Democratic Congress now I say all of this not to relive that difficult moment but to make one simple point when the the political will is there government can effectively deliver for the people of our country and now we need to summon that will again because too many of our fellow Americans are struggling every day to just get by to put food food on the table to pay the rents and to get the health care they need brothers and sisters bottom line we need an economy that works for all of us not just the billionaire class my fellow Americans when 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck the top 1% have never ever had it so good and these oligarchs these oligarchs tell us we shouldn't tax the rich the oligarchs tell us we shouldn't take on price gouging we shouldn't expand Medicare to cover dental hearing and vision and we shouldn't increase social security benefits for struggling seniors well I've got some bad news for them that is precisely what we are going to do and we're going to win this struggle because this is precisely what the American people want from their government and my friends at the very top of that to-do list is the need to get big money out of our political process billionaires in both parties should not be able to buy elections including primary elections for the sake of our democracy we must overturn the disastrous citizens united Supreme Court decision and move toward Public Funding of Elections and let me tell you what else we must do we need to join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee Health Care to all people as a human right not a privilege we need we need to raise the minimum wage to a living wage we need to pass the proac so that workers can organize the union and gain the decent pay and benefits they deserve we need to strengthen public educ raise teachers salaries and make sure that every American regardless of income receives the higher education he or she needs we need to take on big farmer and cut our prescription prescription drug cost in half so that we no longer pay any more than other countries Joe and KLA made sure that no senior in America pays over $35 a month for insulin we need to make sure that reality is true for every American I look forward to working with commin and Tim to pass this agenda and let us be very clear this is not a radical agenda but let me tell you what a radical agenda is and that is Trump's project 20 25 at a time of massive income and wealth inequality giving more tax breaks to billionaires is radical putting forth budgets to cut Social Security Medicare and Medicaid is radical letting polluters destroy our planet is radical and my friend friends we won't let that happen fellow Americans in the last three and a half years working together we have accomplished more than any government since FDR but much much more remains to be done we must summon the courage to stand up to wealth and power and deliver Justice for people at home and [Applause] abroad abroad we must end this horrific war in Gaza bring home the hostages and demand an immediate saire at home at home right here we must take on big farmer Big Oil Big Egg big Tech and all the other corporate mon monopolists whose greed is denying progress for working people on November 5th let us select KLA Harris as our president and let us go forward to create the nation we know we can become thank you all very much please welcome Illinois governor JB priser [Applause] [Music] [Applause] fellow Democrats welcome to Chicago We're a great American city in a proud Blue State our patriotism was formed in Frost and in Fire and in the steel we forged to survive both our love of country has been a tapestry of faith that weaves from Abraham Lincoln reuniting A House Divided to Barack Obama declaring blue States and red states make one United States now Illinois's presidential pedigree is unmatched and given that vice president kamla Harris spent some of her early life right here I speak for the entire Illinois delegation when I say we claim her too now one President we will never claim is the con artist the Republicans nominated in Milwaukee last month Donald Trump once called Chicago embarrassing to quote a great chicagoan Who won six World Championships on these fairy grounds we take that personally I had to govern for two years while Trump was president let me tell you what's embarrassing in Illinois we passed a massive Bill to fix our roads and bridges When Donald Trump proposed his own plan he turned right around and called it stupid we eliminated the grocery tax Donald hasn't been in a grocery store since his first bankruptcy Illinois invested in clean energy and the jobs it brings Donald claimed that windmills in the ocean made the whales a little bad during Co we supported small businesses and jobs and Donald well Donald told us to inject bleach Donald Trump thinks that we should trust him on the economy because he claims to be very rich but take it from an actual billionaire Trump is rich in only one thing stupidity now I meet with Business Leaders all the time and there's one universal thing they all need people they need more workers to fill all the the jobs they have but the anti-freedom anti-am policies of magga Republicans are driving workers away here's the thing Americans don't want to be forced to drive 100 miles to deliver a baby because a Draconian abortion law shut down the Maternity Ward Americans want the hope of giving birth through IVF not the Fe Fe that it might be taken away Americans with lgbtq kids don't want them facing discrimination at school because the state sanctioned it Americans want to go to their Neighborhood Grocery Store and not have to worry about some random guy open carrying an AR15 Americans don't want their kids to be taught in history class that slavery was a jobs program and if Americans are black or brown They want to get promoted at work without being derided as a Dei hire for the sin of being successful while not white let's be clear it's not woke that limits economic growth it's weird and these guys aren't just weird they're dangerous Democrats are for lower taxes and higher wages less inflation and more business growth we just think it's wrong to craft those policies for Elon Musk and not for everyday working people that includes a Secure Retirement and good health care we think the government should help you prosper not police who you're sleeping with more than anything Democrats want economic policies that are kind not cruel but Trump chooses cruelty every time after all everything he's achieved in his own life has been by hurting someone else KLA Harris and Tim Walls well they've spent their lives lifting people up not pushing them down they know that a White House that leads with kindness looks at someone who is struggling and sees not what they might cost Society but what they might create for it Americans want Poli policies that give every American a chance to make it to the middle class they want to grow small businesses and Democrats want to cut taxes for everyday people more than anything kamla Harris and Tim Walls want a country where we can all live with a little Serenity the serenity that comes with a balanced checkbook an affordable grocery bill and a housing market Market that has room for everyone and if there's one thing I know about Donald Trump he's not bringing anyone any kind of Serenity we have a choice America between the man who left our country a total mess and the woman who has spent four years cleaning it up and I think it's time we stop expecting women to clean up messes without the authority and the title to match the job vice president was a good title for kamla Harris but you know an even better one president of the United States of America let's go get them please welcome former chair and CEO of American Express and current chair and managing director of General Catalyst Ken [Applause] Chenal my fellow Americans for 17 years I ran American Express one of the greatest companies in this country America has thousands of great companies more than any other nation in the world and that's not by accident the United States is the best place in the world to do business because of the values on which our country was built democracy the rule of law free and fair elections the peaceful transfer of power as a business leader I have seen firsthand why democracy is so important democracy provides the foundation upon which American Business and our economy depend character and values matter in business nothing is more important than trust in America we have to trust our president will protect democracy we have to be certain they'll follow the law and serve the nation not themselves business requires stability and certainty that our democracy will endure our economy and democracy are tightly linked both only grow stronger when Americans despite our differences are willing to work together at this moment when our politics pits one group against another that's what's remarkable about kamla Harris she is for all Americans she understands it's possible in fact necessary for a president to be both Pro business and pro-worker kamla Harris understands that government must work in partnership with the business Community she knows that a market-based economy needs a strong and Effective Government kamla Harris understands that we need to help entrepreneurs turn good ideas into thriving companies that we can create good paying jobs by helping manufacturers expand comma Harris believes in growing the economic pie for the benefit of current and future Generations unlike her opponent she knows the way not to build an advanced economy is a broad tariff that would only raise prices hurt consumers and businesses and cost jobs she knows the way not to do it is to give people like me a tax cut when that money should be invested to grow the middle class if you want to lead you have to be willing to serve kamla Harris's vision for the economy serves us all she has demonstrated throughout her career that she wants to serve all people and wants all Americans to have the opportunity to work to achieve their own share of the American dream our economy goes up and down but the reason America is the strongest nation in the world is because of her commitment to something bigger than ourselves our commitment to each other to democracy that's what this election is about it's more than a choice between two parties or sets of policies it's a choice about who we're going to be as a country in his words and actions Camala Harris's opponent has shown us that he does not believe in our democratic values and he will seek only to serve himself and his desire for Vindication and Vengeance kamla Harris will face the facts she will navigate this country the greatest country in the world through the inevitable challenges while also leading with the hope and values that America was founded on kamla Harris understands that the role of a leader is to instill hope to repudiate the merchants of fear and focus on ensuring that the best days are ahead of us she believes in America its principles the hopes and dreams of our people and the promise of our future that is why I believe kamla Harris should be the next president of the United uned States of America God Bless [Music] America repeal Obamacare Donald Trump over the weekend again threatened to repeal Obamacare this would lead to American having their health insurance taken away there about 19 million people with cover Medicaid expansion another 16 million enrolled through the aca's health insurance marketplaces and we'd probably be talking about many millions of people becoming uninsured the safety net of pre-existing conditions coverage what happens if you lose this insurance our son would die what makes you think this isn't just a hollow threat this is one of the few campaign promises that he actually tried very hard to keep so we better believe him when he says he's coming after this even if you have insurance from your employer you will be affected because your premiums would be going up we're looking at a lot of people who could lose their health insurance please welcome New Mexico Governor Michelle Luhan Grisham [Applause] good evening America I'm Michelle Luhan Grisham governor of the great state of New Mexico and in my state we like things spicy a little chilly on everything a little kick in our campaigns and let me tell you we are feeling and Fuego right now [Applause] we are fired up to elect kamla Harris president of the United [Applause] States this election is about protecting our democracy and securing our freedoms including the right to affordable quality Health Care Now this issue is personal to vice president Harris whose mom passed away after a battle with colon cancer and it's personal to me at 2 years old my sister was diagnosed with a tumor that was incurable and made her uninsurable by the time she was three and it's personal to Americans across the country who know what it's like when someone they love gets sick Donald Trump and and JD Vance want to dismantle our health care System repeal the Affordable Care Act and eliminate protections for pre-existing conditions either these guys don't get it or they just don't care you know who gets it kamla Harris gets it and she cares [Applause] as attorney general she took on drug companies that jacked up prices and hospitals that overcharge patients and when Republicans tried to kill the Affordable Care Act she stood up in the Senate voting not just no but hell [Applause] no and kamla Harris hasn't just stopped Republicans from making our health care System worse she fights every day to make it better and I know I spent 20 years working to get Medicare the ability to negotiate lower drug prices as vice president Kamala Harris delivered it you know what Donald Trump delivered junk plans higher premiums and abortion banss and if you don't think a second term would be worse then I've got a box of trump Stakes to sell [Applause] you we have not just a better choice America we have the best choice yes we do kamla Harris will protect your right to care she'll cap drug costs she'll go after corporate price gougers and ensure every woman who needs it can access reproductive Healthcare that's the president I want and that's the president America needs and with your help that's the next president of the United States President kamla Harris [Applause] I love you too so my mom like kamala's Mom got sick when my mom died in 2021 Kamala called me she had lost her mother to cancer in 2009 Kamala helped me navigate my grief she said that heartbreak and loss are the price for having loved and having been loved how I wish our mothers could be here to see this moment in the next four years America will invariably have moments of great sadness and pain in our country some will be natural disasters some will be man-made disasters we need a president who can not only be commanderin-chief but also consoler and chief we need a president with empathy capable of lifting us up when we are down we need a president who is capable of holding us in a big great hug when we need it that is Kamala Harris Donald Trump Donald Trump is only capable of holding two things a grudge and a golf [Applause] club I remember when KLA was first running for attorney and people were like oh I don't know if she's tough enough and I just had to laugh because I'm like you don't know my sister kamla had been a hard and tough prosecutor in Alam County Prosecuting men who were pimping young girls and rapists Kell wanted to make sure that murderers and child abusers face meaningful accountability and consequences for those actions one of the cases that she had early in her career was where a man had scalped his girlfriend and she ended up getting a conviction getting Justice for that woman she came to San Francisco to protect victims and she was elected to be district attorney of San Francisco KLA knew that we needed to be smart on crime and if hell no one else was going to do it that she was going to do it if I'm going to keep my promise to you you to keep you safe I better talk with you about what I'm doing in terms of crime prevention investing in people coming out of Prisons is the smart thing to do for law enforcement forget that it's just the right thing to do that was a young comma Hera she's only gotten more fears I've never seen her back down from a fight and when she fights she wins when kamla became attorney general she wanted to protect people but also to who fundamentally pursue Justice being smart on crime starts with being tough on violent crime from a Statewide perspective I think we were concerned about the rise of gang violence in s County we saw this tremendous change in our community and it hit us like a wave we saw an increase in human trafficking narcotics and guns let it be clear to anyone who had menac this state with violence to those who prey on the weak and the vulnerable Justice will be Swift and certain in the state of California she was always hunting the kingpins but we didn't have Partnerships with doj or FBI or DEA or any of those law enforcement agencies now we all work collaboratively to help all the counties in California because of her we destabilized organized crime disrupt these flows of guns human beings and narcotics we are here this afternoon to announce the shutting down of one of the biggest and most organized threats to the safety of the Central Valley I really think of her as Fearless as a fighter Comma just perseveres and Mommy would say it's too hard is never an excuse making excuses is a failure to not only take responsibility but to take action if you have the will the desire the passion the commitment there is no challenge that is [Music] insurmountable please welcome the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maryland Angela also [Applause] Brooks good evening America and hello Maryland people like me thank you people like me stories like mine don't usually make it to the United State Senate but they should I'm the proud granddaughter of a housekeeper Sarah Daisy who raised her three children in a one one bedroom apartment it was her dream to work in government to help people that meant taking a typing test but she didn't know how to type and she couldn't afford a typewriter so she put a white piece of paper on the refrigerator and Drew a keyboard on it and every night she stood in front of that refrigerator and taught herself to type she took the test passed it and got the job she dreamed of I am her Legacy and tonight I am a candidate for United States Senate from the great state of Maryland I've always been inspired by women like my grandmother women who imagine a better future and then have the grit to make it a reality one of those women is a friend a mentor and a role model that woman is KLA Harris let me tell you about the Kamala I've known for 14 years I first heard about her in 2009 when I was running for State's Attorney in Prince George's County Maryland I read a story in Essence magazine about a district attorney in San Francisco using new ideas to keep her community safe few had a better record Prosecuting violent crime she put rapists child molesters and murderers Behind Bars but what she knew was that violent crime accounts for about 30% of all crimes for the 70% that are nonviolent she created a first iFit kind program called back on track after serving time and pleading guilty these lowlevel offenders will get the job training GED help and apprenticeships they needed to find a job the result the recidivism rate plummeted now after reading about this super bad district attorney I talked nonstop about her on the campaign Trail two days after I won the election my phone rings it's kamla Harris calling to congratulate me and ask how she could help she helped me bring back on track to Maryland and wouldn't you know it crime went down and economic growth went up back on track is now a national model now now Donald Trump says if kamla Harris is elected tough guys will treat her like a play toy do you know who else thought that the drug cartel she busted the big oil companies she made pay for polluting the big banks that she made pay $2 billion to homeowners they ripped off getting Justice for others isn't a power trip for her it's a sacred calling and hear me kamla Harris knows how to keep criminals off the streets and come November with your help she'll keep one out of the Oval Office ever since Donald Trump rode down that ridiculous escalator we as a nation have felt trapped every National decision has been made in reaction to this one man and his extremist Maga Movement we are still frozen by the fear that Donald Trump might once again come to power and it's not just our politics that have been trapped it's our imagination and then kamla came along kamla has reminded us that we don't need to fear anything not the future and certainly not that man this is our moment to leave Donald Trump where he belongs in America's past we stand with kamla Harris because we as a country are not going back for the ancestors who sat at lunch counters and made sure that we all had the right to vote we are not going back for The Mamas and grandmas who marched to make sure that women could control our own bodies we are not going back for the parents who work from can't see in the morning until can't see at night not so that they will have a better future but so that that their children will have a better life we are not going back when facing an obstacle my father has often said to me your faith is stronger than your fears tonight our faith is stronger than our fears faith in the promise of America faith in the American Amer idea and the American values that we share faith that we the people can choose a new leader a better future for the people faith that is dark as our days and challenges have sometimes felt It's always darkest before the dawn we know that we can endure for a night because joy cometh in in the morning morning is coming morning is coming and that Joy will be led by kamla Harris thank you so much please welcome Arizona mayor John [Applause] Giles good evening I have a confession to make I'm a lifelong Republican so I feel a little out of place tonight but I feel more at home here than in today's Republican Party the grand old party has been kidnapped by extremists and devolved into a cult The Cult of Donald Trump trump doesn't know the first thing about public service like a child he acts purely out of self-interest we all need an adult in the White House and we've seen what happens when we don't have one Trump made a lot of lofty promises unlimited economic growth American manufacturing reborn a secure border turns out Donald Trump was all talk he wanted our votes but he couldn't deliver a thing but these days my city of MCE Arizona is on the Move I'm going to ribbon cuting every single week all because Joe Biden and kamla Harris reached across the aisle and they delivered for my conservative community and countless more across the country my hero John McCain caught us taught us to put country over party and that's how vice president Harris and Governor walls will lead to I have an urgent me message for the majority of Americans who like me are in the political middle John McCain's Republican party is gone and we don't own a damn thing to what's been left behind so let's turn the page let's put country first let's put adults in the room where our country deserves thank you it's our Dream to have a large family being a parent it's the most important thing in my life for decades Americans have turned to the miracle of IVF treatments good she felt like a dream come true the fact that she was able to build a family that's why I do what I do without IVF I don't know how this would have been possible IVF treatment gives many patients an opportunity to have a family I love that I get to help people every day become parents but a party that pretends to be pro- family wants to put a stop to this they are attacking the right to expand and start a family it's Unthinkable they may never have the family that they've dreamt of in the US Senate Republicans blocked a democratic bill that would have established protections for invitro fertilization Mr Vance no if Republicans actually cared as much about protecting IVF this would have been a simple yes vote family means support to me family is your whole world it's the life that you build ipf made my family it made my heart whole it made my life full it made my life full and it made my life full and we will always fight for you for you your family for your freedoms and for your future kamla Harris and Tim Walls honor the freedoms of all families to make decisions about what is right for them for this generation and generations to come please welcome Illinois senator Tammy duck worth [Applause] [Applause] hello Chicago hello Chicago you know you know I went to war to protect America's rights and freedoms so I take it personally when a five-time draft dodging coward like Donald Trump tries to take away tries to take away my rights and freedoms in return especially when it concerns my daughters my girls gamer girl Abigail and queen of the monkey bars Miley are everything to me but they would never have been born without access to reproductive care because after 10 years of struggling with infertility I was only able to have the through the miracle of IVF but now Trump's anti-woman Crusade has put other Americans right to have their own families at risk cuz if they win Republicans will not stop at Banning abortion and they will come for IVF next and they'll prosecute doctors they will shame and spy on women and if you think that's far-fetched just looked up what happened in Alabama last year so let me say to every wouldbe parent I see you I'm with you and together in November we'll send a message to Old Cadet bones Spurs [Applause] stay out of our doctor's offices and we you add it out of the Oval Office too look my struggle with infertility was more painful than any wound I earned on the battlefield so how dare a convicted felon like Donald Trump treat women seeking Health Care like they're the ones breaking the law how dare JD Vance criticize childless women on cable news then then vote against legislation that would have actually helped Americans to start Families how dare the GOP end Danger the dreams of countless veterans whose combat wounds prevent them from having kids without IVF punishing Our Heroes for their willingness to serve it's simple every American deserves the right to be called Mommy or Daddy without being treated like a criminal pela Harris believes that so let's make some history and elect her in November God Bless America this is my dad Doug he was raised in Jersey moved to LA when he was 16 these are his parents Barb and Mike they think he walks on water this is what he wore to his bar mitzvah and here's him at summer camp they voted him most athletic so he says this is a photo McDonald's used when he was Employee of the Month it hung on our wall for [Music] years my dad is a lawyer a really good one my mom called him the crisis guy because he was everyone's first call my parents split when I was in Middle School and that wasn't easy that's not easy for any kid but it helped that my parents stayed friends and we all kept hanging together we grew closer than [Music] ever and then he met Kamala the blind date that would dramatically change all of our lives forever it was my senior year of high school Elle and I would laugh watching them fall in love acting like teenagers in 2014 kamla became mamala she took over Sunday night dinners and taught Doug how to actually cook our blended family wasn't used to politics or the spotlight but when kamla became Senator we were all excited to step up especially my dad then kamla became vice president it felt like Doug was a bit out of place on Capitol Hill I thought what is my goofy dad doing here but he embraced it he left his practice after being a lawyer for 30 years that was tough I was so proud to watch him do it to stand by her side an example of true partnership I just got married myself and he's inspired me as a new husband anyone who really gets close to him knows he's kind loving and fiercely protective I mean just look at this face this is my dad the first second gentleman in the history of this nation he's found his voice around the issues that matter to him you have no choice but to speak up and speak out there is an epidemic of hate including a crisis of anti-Semitism in our country and around the world what they are doing on reproductive freedom and freedom in general is just outrageous and next he's going to make history again as the first first [Music] gentleman I can't wait for everyone to get to know why we all love him he's the glue that keeps this family together we might not look like other families in the way house but we are ready to represent all families in [Music] America please welcome my dad the second gentleman of the United States Doug mhof got the music in you one dance go through don't give up you got a reason to it can't we get [Applause] [Music] what thank you thank you Cole I guess he didn't want me to give this speech he just thank you thank you thank you so much hello thank you hello to my big beautiful blended family up there I love you so much aren't you proud of Cole wow and a special shout out to my mother I see you my mother is the only person in the whole world who thinks KLA is the lucky one for marrying me and to kamla who well we just saw where she is she's out on the trail listening to and talking with voters honey I can't wait for you to come back to Chicago cuz we're having a great time here I love you so so much I'm so proud of how you're stepping up for all of us but that's who she is wherever she's needed however she's needed comma Rises to the occasion and she did it for me and our family and now that the country needs her she's showing you what we already know she's ready to lead she brings both joy and toughness to this task and she will be a great President we will all be proud of now I'm the son of two brooklynites Mike and Barb they've been together almost 70 years my dad worked in the shoe business in Manhattan and he moved our family out to New Jersey where's New Jersey I see you out there when I was a little kid and in a lot of ways I had a typical Jersey Suburban childhood I biked around the neighborhood I took the bus to Hebrew school and I rode to Little League practice in the way back of my coach's wood panel station wagon and if we did well we got to have a Slurpee after in my neighborhood everyone left their garage door open wherever you ended up at dinner time that's the family that fed you everyone took care of everyone else and the guys I grew up with are still my best friends the group chat is active every day and it's probably blowing up right now guys when my dad had to get a new job we moved across the country to La my name was tight hey California money was tight so I worked at McDonald's in high school for some extra cash Not only was I employee of the month but I still have the frame picture which you just saw and and there was a ring golden arches and all and then I waited tables Park cars I was working full-time so I could afford to go to college part-time and thanks to thanks to partial scholarships student loans and a Little Help From My dad I got myself through law school and I got my first job as a lawyer which is also where I met the guys in my fantasy football league and a lot has changed in our lives since the early 90s uh but my team name is still Nirvana um yes after the band uh I worked hard and I love being a lawyer and by the way I still get to be part of the profession by teaching St students at Georgetown law school I got married became a dad to col Ella unfortunately went through a divorce but I eventually started worrying about how I would make it all work and that's when something unexpected happened in 2013 I walked into a contentious client meeting we worked through the issue and by the end of the meeting the now happy client offered to set me up on a blind date which is how I ended up with KLA Harris's phone number now for Generations people have debated when to call the person you're being set up with and never in history has anyone suggested 8:30 a.m. and yet that's when I dialed I got koo's voicemail and I just started rambling hey it's Doug I'm on my way to an early meeting again it's Doug I remember I was trying to grab the words out of the air and just put them back in my mouth and for what seemed like far too many minutes I hung up by the way kamla saved that voicemail and she makes me listen to it on every anniversary but that mess wasn't the only unusual thing about that day now kamla who normally would have been working hard at her office I just happened to be waiting at her apartment for a contractor to do some work on her kitchen I was eating at my desk which was not a regular occurrence for a busy lawyer like me who appreciated a good business lunch but that's when she called me back and we talked for an hour and we laughed well you know that laugh I love that laugh and maybe that counted as our first date or maybe it was that Saturday night when I picked her up and told her buckle up I'm a really bad driver cuz you can't hide anything from KLA Harris so you might as well own it and as I got to know her better and just fell in love fast I learned what drives kamla and it's what you've seen over these past four years and especially these past four weeks she finds joy in pursuing Justice she stands up to bullies just like my parents taught me to and she likes to see people do well but hates when they're treated unfairly she believes this work requires a basic curiosity in just how people are doing her empathy is her strength over the past decade kamla has connected me more deeply to my faith even though it's not the same as hers she comes to synagogue with me for high holiday services and I go to church with her for Easter I get to enjoy her mom's chili Reno recipe every Christmas and she makes a mean brisket for Passover it it brings me right back to my grandmother's apartment in Brooklyn you know the one with the plastic covered couches but KLA has fought against anti-Semitism in all forms of hate her whole career she's the one who encourge me as second gentleman to take up that fight which is so personal to me and those of you who belong to Blended families know that they can be a little complicated but as soon as our kids started calling her mamala I knew we'd be okay Ella Ella calls us a three-headed parenting machine KLA and Kirsten thank you both thank you both for always putting your family and the kids first now Cole and Ella's friends knew that when they'd come over for Sunday dinner with mamala it was going to be real talk in between taking cooking instructions they'd have to answer questions about what problem they wanted to solve in the world they learned that you've always got to be prepared because KLA is going to prosecute the case and in the same breath that Cole and Greenley told us that they were engaged they asked Hala to officiate their wedding and in the same way that she always steps up when it matters kamla put so much time into those remarks and she bound them in a book that matched her dark red dress and then turn that into a gift for the happy couple a few days ago during this incredible time we're going through there was a brief window when KLA was back at home and I saw her sitting on her favorite chair and in the middle of a wild month I just hoped that she was having a a quiet moment to herself but then I realized she was on the phone and of course my me my mind went to all the potential crises that the vice president could be dealing with was it domestic was it foreign was it campaign I could see she was focused and all I knew was that it must be something important and it turns out it was Ella had called her that's kamla that's kamla those kids are hard priorities and that scene was a perfect map of her heart she's always been there for our children and I know she'll always be there for yours too p is a joyful Warrior it's doing for her country what she has always done for the people that she loves her passion will benefit all of us when she's our president and here's the thing about joyful Warriors they're still Warriors and comma is as tough as it comes just ask the criminals the global gangsters and the witnesses before the Senate Judiciary Committee she never runs from a fight and she knows the best way to deal with a coward is to take him head on because we all know cowards are weak and KLA Harris can smell weakness she doesn't tolerate any BS you've all seen that look and you know that look I'm talking about that look is not just a meme it reflects her true belief in honest and direct leadership and it's also why she will not be distracted by nonsense comma knows that in order to win we cannot lose focus America in this election you have to decide who to trust with your family's future I trusted comma with our family's future it was the best decision I ever made this Thursday will be our 10th wedding anniversary which I know I know it means I'm about to hear that embarrassing voicemail again however that's not all I'll be hearing that same night I'll be hearing my wife KLA Harris accept your nomination for president of the United States and with your help she will lead with joy and toughness with that laugh and that look with compassion and conviction she'll lead from the belief that wherever we come from from whatever we look like we're strongest when we fight for what we believe in not just against what we fear KLA Harris was exactly the right person for me at an important moment in my life and at this moment in our nation's history she is exactly the right president thank you so much let's go got the music in you one dance left this world is going to FL through don't give up you got a reason to live care foret we only get what we [Applause] [Music] [Music] get please welcome former First Lady Michelle Obama [Applause] thank you guys okay we got a big night ahead thank you all so much thank you so much okay hey hello Chicago yeah all right something I I something wonderfully magical is in the air isn't it yeah you know we're feeling it here in this Arena but it's spreading all across this country we love a familiar feeling that's been buried too deep for far too long you know what I'm talking about it's the contagious power of Hope the anticipation the ener the exhilaration of once again being on the cusp of a brighter day the chance to Vanquish the Demons of fear Division and hate that have consumed us and continue pursuing The Unfinished promise of this great nation the dream that our parents and grandparents fought and died and sacrificed for America hope is making a comeback yeah but to be honest I am realizing that until recently I have mourned the dimming of that hope and maybe you've experienced the same feelings is that deep pit in my stomach a palpable sense of dread about the future and for me that mourning has also been mixed with my own personal grief the last time I was here in my hometown was to memorialize my mother the woman who showed me the meaning of hard work and humility and decent y the woman who set my moral compass high and showed me the power of my own voice folks I still feel her loss so profoundly I wasn't even sure if I'd Be steady enough to stand before you tonight but my heart compelled me to be here because of the sense I of Duty that I feel to honor her memory and and to and to remind us all not to squander the sacrifices our elders made to give us a better future you see my mom in her steady quiet way lived out that striving sense of hope every single day of her life she believed that all children all all people have value that anyone can succeed have given the opportunity she and my father didn't aspire to be wealthy in fact they were suspicious of folks who took more than they needed they understood that it wasn't enough for their kids to thrive if everyone else around us was drowning so my mother volunteered at the local school she she always looked out for the other Kids on the Block she was glad to do the thankless unglamorous work that for Generations has strengthened the fabric of this nation the belief that if you do unto others if you love thy neighbor if you work and scrape and sacrifice it will pay off if not for you then maybe for your children or your grandchildren you see those values have been passed on through Family Farms and Factory towns through Treeline streets and crowded tenements through prayer groups and National Guard units and social studies classrooms those were the values my mother poured into me until her very last breath kamla Harris and I built our lives on those same foundational values even though our mothers grew up an ocean apart they shared the same belief in the promise of this country that's why her mother moved here from India at 19 it's why she taught kamla about Justice about the obligation to lift others up about our responsibility to give more than we take she'd often tell her daughter don't sit around and complain about things do something so with that voice in her head kamla went out and she worked hard in school graduating from an HBCU earning her law degree at a state school and then she went on to work for the people fighting to hold law Breakers accountable strengthening the rule of law fighting to get folks better wages cheaper prescription drugs a good education decent Health Care Child Care Elder Care from a middle class household kamla worked her way up to become Vice President of the United States of America my girl kamla Harris is more than ready for this moment she is one of the most qualified people ever to seek the office of the presidency and she is one of the most dignified a tribute to her mother to my mother and to your mother too the embod M of the stories we tell ourselves about this country her story is your story it's my story it's the story of the vast majority of Americans trying to build a better life look kamla knows like we do that regardless of where you come from what you look like who you love how you worship or what's in your bank account we all deserve the opportunity to build a decent life all of our contributions deserve to be accepted and valued because no one has a monopoly on what it means to be an American no one comma has shown her allegiance to this nation not by spewing anger and bitterness but by living a life of service and always pushing the doors of opportunity open to others she understands that most of us will never be afforded the grace of failing forward we will never benefit from the affirmative action of generational wealth if we bankrupt a business if we bankrupt a business or choke in a crisis we don't get a second third or fourth chance if things don't go our way we don't have the luxury of whining or cheating others to get further ahead no we don't get to change the rules so we always win if we see a mountain in front of us we don't expect there to be an escalator waiting to take us to the top no we put our heads down we get to work in America we do something and throughout her entire life that's what we've seen from kamla Harris the steel of her spine the the steadiness of her upbringing the honesty of her example and yes the joy of her laughter and her light it couldn't be more obvious of the two major candidates in this race only kamla Harris truly understands the Unseen labor and unwavering commitment that has always made America great now unfortunately we know what comes next we know folks are going to do everything they can to distort her truth my husband and I sadly know a little something about this for years Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us see his his limited Nar n view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hardwork and highly educated successful people who happen to be black wait I I I want to know I want to know who's going to tell him who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those black jobs look it's his same old con the same old KH doubling down on ugly misogynistic races lives as a substitute for real ideas and solutions that will actually make people's lives better look because cutting our health care taking away our freedom to control our bodies the freedom to become a mother through IVF like I did those things are not going to improve the health outcomes of our wives mothers and daughters shutting down the department of educ ation Banning our books none of that will prepare our kids for the future demonizing our children for being who they are and loving who they love look that doesn't make anybody's life better instead instead it only makes us small and let me tell you this going small is never the answer going small is the opposite of what we teach our kids going small is petty it's unhealthy and quite frankly it's unpresidential so why would any of us accept this from anyone seeking our highest office why would we normalize that type of backward leadership doing so only demeans and cheapens our politics it only serves to further discourage good big-hearted people from wanting to get involved at all America our parents taught us better than that and we deserve so much better than that that's why we must do everything in our power to elect two of those good big-hearted people there is no other choice than kamla Harris and Tim Walls no other choice but as we Embrace this renewed sense of hope let us not forget the despair we have felt let us not forget get what we are up against yes kamla and Tim are doing great now we're loving it they're packing Arenas across the country folks are energized we are feeling good but remember there are still so many people who are desperate for a different outcome who are ready to question and criticize every move comma makes who are eager to spread those lies who don't want to vote for woman who will continue to prioritize building their wealth over ensuring that everyone has enough so no matter how good we feel tonight or tomorrow or the next day this is going to be an uphill battle so folks we cannot be our own worst enemies no see cuz the minute something goes wrong the minute the LIE takes hold folks we cannot start ringing our hands we cannot get a Goldilocks complex about whether everything is just right and we cannot indulge our anxieties about whether this country will elect someone like kamla instead of doing everything we can to get someone like kamla elected pela and Tim they have lived amazing lives and I I am confident that they will lead with compassion inclusion and Grace but they are still only human they are not perfect and like all of us they will make mistakes but luckily y'all this is not just on them nah uhuh this is up to us all of us to be the solution that we seek it's up to all of us to be the antidote to the darkness and division look I don't care how you identify politically whether you're Democrat Republican independent or none of the above this is our time to stand up up for what we know in our hearts is right to stand up not just for our basic freedoms but for decency and Humanity for basic respect dignity and empathy for the values at the very Foundation of this democracy it's up to us to remember what K's mother told her don't just sit around and complain do something so if they lie about her and they will we've got to do something if we see a bad poll and we will we got to put down that phone and do something if we start feeling tired if we start feeling that dread creeping back in we got to pick ourselves up throw water on our face and what we only have 2 and 1/2 months months y'all to get this done only 11 weeks to make sure every single person we know is registered and has a voting plan so we cannot afford for anyone anyone anyone America to sit on their hands and wait to be called don't complain if no one from the campaign has specifically reached out to you to ask you for your support there is simply no time for that kind of foolishness you know what you need to do so consider this to be your official ask Michelle Obama is asking you no I'm telling y'all to do something because you all this election is going to be close in some states just a handful listen to me a handful of votes and every Precinct could decide the winner so we need to vote in numbers that erase any doubt we need to overwhelm any effort to suppress us our fate is in our hands in 77 days we have the power to turn our country away from the fear Division and smallness of the past we have the power to marry our hope with our action we have the power to pay forward the love sweat and sacrifice of our mothers and fathers and all those who came before us we did it before y'all and we sure can do it again let us work like our lives depend on it and let us keep moving our country forward and go higher yes always higher than we've ever gone before as we elect the next president and vice president of the United States KLA Harris and Tim Walls thank you all God bless now before I go I have one more job tonight yeah one more job you all thank you for all the love but it is now 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's best for this country please welcome America's 44th president and the love of my life Barack Obama hello Chicago thank you thank you thank you everybody thank you thank you all right all right all right that's enough thank you thank you Chicago it's good to be home it is good to be home and I I don't know about you but I'm feeling fired up h I I am feeling ready to go even if even if I am the only person stupid enough to speak after Michelle Obama I am feeling hopeful because 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 hears you and we'll get up every single day and fight for you the next president of the United States of America KLA Harris it's been 16 years since I had the honor of accepting this party's nomination for president and I know that's hard to believe because I have not aged a bit but it's true and and looking back I can say without question that my first big decision as your nominee turned out to be one of my best and that was asking Joe Biden to serve by my side as vice president now other other than some common Irish blood Joe and I come from different backgrounds but we became brothers and as we worked together for eight sometimes pretty tough years what I came to admire most about Joe wasn't just his smarts his experience it was his empathy and his decency and his hard earned resilience his unshakable belief that everyone in this country deserves a fair shot and over the last four years those are the values America has needed most at a time when millions of our fellow 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 15 million jobs higher wages lower health care costs at a 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 and I am proud to call him my president but I am even proud to call him my friend the torch has been passed now it is up to all of us to fight for the America we believe in and make no mistake it will be a fight for all the incredible energy we've been able to generate over the last few weeks for all the rallies and the memes this will still be a tight race in in a closely divided country a country where too many Americans are still struggling where a lot of Americans don't believe government can help and As We Gather here tonight the people who will decide this election are asking a very simple question who will fight for me who's thinking about 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 [Applause] question here's a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problems since he wrote down his golden escalator 9 years ago it has been a constant stream of of gripes and grievances that that's actually been getting worse now that he's afraid of losing to Comm there's the childish nicknames the crazy conspiracy theories this weird obsession with crowd sizes I 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 [Applause] now from a neighbor that's exhausting from a president it's just dangerous the the the truth is Donald Trump sees power as nothing more than it 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 rich friends he killed a bipartisan immigration deal written in part by one of the most conservative republicans in Congress that would have helped secure our Southern border because he thought trying to actually solve the problem would hurt his campaign he doesn't do not vot vote he doesn't seem to care if more women lose their reproductive Freedom since it won't affect his [Applause] life and most of all Donald Trump wants us to think that this country is hopelessly divided between us and Them between The Real Americans who of course support him and The Outsiders who don't and he wants you to think that you'll be richer and safer if you will just give him the power to put those other people back in their place it it is one of the oldest tricks in politics from a guy whose act has let's face it gotten pretty stale we do not need four more years a Bluster and bumbling and Chaos we have seen that movie before and we all know that the sequel is usually worse America's ready for a new chapter America's ready for a better story we are ready for a president kamla Harris and KLA Harris is ready for the job this is a person who has spent her life fighting on behalf of people who need a voice and a champion as you heard from Michelle kamalo was not born into privilege she had to work for what she's got and she actually cares about what other people are going through she's not the neighbor running the leaf blower she's the neighbor rushing over to help when you need a hand as a prosecutor kamla stood up for children who had been victims of sexual abuse as an attorney general of the most populous state in the country she fought big Banks and for-profit colleges securing billions of for the people they had scammed after the Home Mortgage crisis she pushed me and my Administration hard to make sure homeowners got a fair settlement didn't matter that I was a Democrat didn't matter that she had knocked onor for my campaign in Iowa 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 lower the cost of Health Care give families with kids a tax cut and she is running for president with real plans to lower costs even more and protect Medicare and Medicaid and sign a law to guarantee every woman's right to make her own health care decisions in other words KLA Harris won't be focused on her problems she'll be focused on yours as president she won't just cater to her own supporters and punish those who refuse to kiss the ring or bend the knee she'll work on behalf of every American that's who kamla is and in the white house she will have an outstanding partner in Governor Tim walz let let me tell you something let me let me tell you something I love this guy Tim 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 and he knows what's important you can tell those those flannel shirts he wears don't come from some political consultant they come from his closet and they have been through some stuff they have been through some stuff that's right together kamla and Tim have kept Faith with America's Central story a story that says we are all created equal all of us endowed with certain inable rights that everyone deserves a chance that even when we don't agree with each other we can find a way to live with each other that's kamla's Vision that's Tim's Vision that's the Democratic party's vision and our job over the next 11 weeks is to convince as many people as possible to vote for that [Applause] Vision now it won't be easy the other side knows it's easier to play on people's fears and cynicism always has been they will tell you that government is inherently corrupt that that sacrifice and generosity are for suckers and since the game is rigged it's okay to take what you want and just look after your own that's the easy path we have a different test our job is to convince people that democracy can actually deliver and and in doing that we can't just point to what we've already accomplished we can't just rely on the ideas of the past we need to chart a new way forward to meet the challenges of today and kamla understands this she knows for example that if we want to make it easier for more 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's put out a bold new plan did you just that on healthc care we should all be proud of the enormous progress that we've made through the Affordable Car Act providing millions of of people access to Affordable coverage protecting Millions more from unscrupulous Insurance practices and I noticed by the way that since it's become popular they don't call it Obamacare no [Applause] more but KLA knows we can't stop there which is why she'll keep working to limit out of pocket costs KLA knows that if we want to help people get ahead we need to put a college degree Within Reach of more Americans but but she also knows College shouldn't be the only ticket to the middle class we need to follow the lead of Governors like Tim Walls who said if you've got the skills and the drive you shouldn't need a degree to work for state government and in this new economy we need a president who actually 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 sick to clean our streets to deliver our packages we need a president who will stand up for their right to bargain for better wages and working conditions and KLA will be that President yes she can yes she can she can she can a Walt's Administration can help us move past some of the tired old debates that keep stifling progress because at their core KL and Tim understand that when everybody gets a fair shot we are all better off they understand that 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 they understand that we can secure our borders without tearing kids away from their parents just like we can keep our streets safe while also building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve and eliminating bias that will make it better for everybody Donald Trump and his well-healed donors they don't see the world that way for them one group's gains is necessarily another group's loss for them Freedom means that the powerful can do pretty much what they please whether it's firew workers trying to organize a union or put poison in our rivers or avoid paying taxes like everybody else has to do well we have a broader idea of freedom we believe in the freedom to provide for your family if you're willing to work hard the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and send your kids to school without worrying if they'll come home we believe that 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 that freedom requires us to recognize that other people have the freedom to make choices that are different than ours that's okay that's the America KLA Harrison Tim Walls believe in an America Where We the People includes everyone because that's the only way this American experiment works and despite what our politics might suggest I think most Americans understand that democracy isn't just a bunch of abstract principles and and and dusty laws in in some book somewhere it's the values we live by it's the way we treat each other including those who don't look like us or pray like us or see the world exactly like we do that that sense of mutual respect has to be part of our message our politics have become so polarized these days that all of us across the political Spectrum seem so quick to assume the worst in others unless they agree with us on every single issue we start thinking that the only way to win is to scold and shame and out yell the other side and after a while regular folks just tune out or they don't bother to [Music] vote now that approach may work for the politicians who just 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 we need to remember that we've all got our blind spots and contradictions and and prejudices and that if we want to win over those who aren't yet ready to support our candidates we need to listen to their concerns and maybe learn something in the process a after all if a parent or grandparent occasionally says something that makes us cringe we we don't automatically assume they're bad people we recognize that the world is moving fast that they need time and maybe a little encouragement to catch up our fellow citizens deserve the same Grace we hope they'll extend to us that's how we can build a true Democratic majority right 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 actually pull this off 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 where our allegiances and our community are defined not by race or blood but by a common Creed and that's why when we uphold our values the world's a little brighter when we don't the world's a little dimmer and dictators and autocrats feel emboldened and over time we become less safe we shouldn't be the world's policemen and we can't eradicate every cruelty and Injustice in the world but America can be and must be a force for good discouraging conflict fighting disease promoting human rights protecting the planet from climate change defending Freedom brokering peace that's what kamla Harris believes and so do most Americans now all right I I I I I I know the these ideas can feel pretty naive right now we live in a time of such confusion and ranker with a culture that puts a premium on things that don't last money Fame status likes we chase the approval of strangers on our phones we build all manner of walls and fences around ourselves and then we 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 and in that space between us politicians and algorithms teach us to caricature each other and troll each other and fear each other but here's the good new Chicago all across America in big cities and small towns away from all the noise the ties that bind us together are still there we still coach little league and look out for our elderly neighbors we still feed the hungry in churches and mosques and synagogues and temples we share the same Pride when our Olympic athletes compete for the gold because because the vast majority of us do not want to live in a country that's bitter and divided we want something better we want to be better and the joy and the excitement that we're seeing around this campaign tells us we're not alone you know I've spent a lot of time thinking about this these past few months because as Michelle mentioned uh this summer we lost her mom Miss Maran Robinson and I don't know that anybody has ever loved their mother-in-law any more than I love mine mostly it's because she was funny and wise and the least pretentious person I knew that and she always defended me with Michelle when I messed up I'd hide behind her but I also think one of the reasons Mary and I became so close was she reminded me of my grandmother the woman who helped raise me as a child and on the surface the two of them did not have a lot in common one was a black woman from right here Southside of Chicago right down the way went to Anglewood High School the other was a little old white lady born in a tiny town called Peru Kansas now I know there aren't that many people from Peru 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 and women growing up in the 40s and 50s and six they they encountered barriers they still 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 a lot of them toiled every day at jobs that were often too small for them and didn't pay a lot they willingly went without just to keep a roof over the family's heads just to give their children something better but they knew what was true they knew What mattered things like honesty and integrity kindness and hard work they weren't they weren't impressed with brags or bullies they they they 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 didn't have instead they appreciated what they did they they they they found pleasure in simple things a card game with friends a good meal and laughter around the kitchen table helping others and most of all seeing their children do things and go places that they would have never imagined for themselves whether you are a Democrat or a Republican or somewhere in between we have all had people like that in our lives people like comma 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 good hardworking people who weren't famous or powerful but who managed in countless ways to lead this country just a little bit better than they found it as much as any policy or program I believe that's 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 are bonds of affection an America that Taps what he called the better angels of our nature that is what this election is about and I believe that's why if we each do our part over the next 77 days if we knock on if we make phone calls if we talk to our friends if we listen to our neighbors if we work like we've never worked before if we hold firm to our convictions we will elect KLA Harris as the next president of the United States and Tim Walls as the next Vice President of the United States we will elect leaders up and down the ballot 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 so let's get to work God bless you and God bless the United States of America [Applause] your down this [Applause] upon my chest we'll take what we can car yeah we leave the rest will Big Wheels R through Fields where sun please stand and if you are able for this evening's benediction offered by Bishop Samuel L green Senor and his Eminence Archbishop Alp Forest of the Greek Orthodox arch dasis of America God of our s God of our weary years God of our silent tears thou who has brought us thus far along the way you are the one who bruised over the days of our lives and without you we would be nothing so we lift our hopes and hearts to thee and we pause tonight to say thank you thank you for loving us thank you for not giving up on us thank you for giving this nation the benefits of your mercy because all of us can feel that something enthusiastic is rising in the soul of America and all of us can tell that the tyranny of resentment has finally met its match the candacy of kamla Harris has ignited an era of Joy Across America tonight we thank you that even in the dark of our pessimistic nights love has not failed us and hope has stood its ground we who gather do so with audacity to believe that there will be compassion in America so God Deliver Us from racism Deliver Us from sexism Deliver Us from from Evil and keep us forever in the path we pray amen it is now time to pray to the Lord let us pray to the Lord Eternal and ever living God source of goodness and Grace we come before you seeking your heavenly benediction upon this Democratic National Convention Grant and to the nominee for president of these United States Vice President camela Harris and her running mate Governor team wals to pursue the highest offices in the land with love with hope hope and we faith in our nation Grant and to the delegates to engage with their fellow citizens in a spirit of joy and Duty always seeking the best for our country we also ask special blessings upon President Joseph Biden first lady Jill Biden and their family for he has has given a lifetime of service and of sacrifice to the American people and has stood with nobility and integrity upon the international stage to lead in the best traditions of the United States finally we ask that you protect and defend the Armed Forces who protect and defend us so that in peace and security we may offer to you the one true God the praise that is in your due amen friends do I hear a motion to recess until 5:30 tomorrow do I here a second all those in favor please say I all those opposed say nay that was one hell of a night I'm bringing this thing to a [Applause] close for I yeah e now we done for girl sleep don't sleep girl w [Music] hav and [Music] now we got a [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]