Full DNC speech: Kamala Harris shares policy goals, slams Trump on issues as she accepts nomination

>> GOOD EVENING. [CHEERING] CALIFORNIA. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. OH, MY GOODNESS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [CHEERING] GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALL. THANK YOU, ALL. OKAY. WE HAVE TO GET TO SOME BUSINESS. OKAY. THANK YOU, ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASE, THANK YOU. PLEASE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S GET TO BUSINESS. LET'S GET THE BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT. LET ME START BY THANKING MY MOST INCREDIBLE HUSBAND, DOUG. FOR BEING AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER TO ME, AND INCREDIBLE FATHER TO COLE AND ELLA. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, DOUGIE. I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH. TO OUR PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN -- WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PAST THAT WE HAVE TRAVELED TOGETHER, JOE, I AM FILLED WITH GRATITUDE. YOUR RECORD IS EXTRAORDINARY AS HISTORY WILL SHOW. YOUR CHARACTER IS INSPIRING. DOUG AND I LOVE YOU AND JILL AND ARE FOREVER THANKFUL TO YOU BOTH. AND A COACH TIM WALZ -- YOU ARE GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE VICE PRESIDENT. AND TO THE DELEGATES AND EVERYONE WHO HAS PUT YOUR FAITH IN OUR CAMPAIGN, YOUR SUPPORT IS HUMBLING. AMERICA, THE PATH THAT LED ME HERE IN RECENT WEEKS WAS NO DOUBT UNEXPECTED. BUT I AM NO STRANGER TO UNLIKELY JOURNEYS. MY MOTHER, OUR MOTHER, SHYAMALA GOPALAN HARRIS HAVE ONE OF HER OWN. I MISS HER EVERY DAY AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. I KNOW SHE IS LOOKING DOWN, SMILING. I KNOW THAT. MY MOTHER WAS 19 WHEN SHE CROSSED THE WORLD ALONE, TRAVELING FROM INDIA TO CALIFORNIA, WITH AN UNSHAKABLE DREAM TO BE THE SCIENTIST WHO WOULD CURE BREAST CANCER. WHEN SHE FINISHED SCHOOL, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO RETURN HOME TO A TRADITIONAL ARRANGED MARRIAGE. AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, SHE MET MY FATHER, DONALD HARRIS, A STUDENT FROM JAMAICA. THEY FELL IN LOVE AND GOT MARRIED AND THE ACT OF SELF- DETERMINATION MADE MY SISTER AND ME. GROWING UP WE MOVED A LOT. I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE BIG MAYFLOWER TRUCK PACKED WITH OUR BELONGINGS, READY TO GO TO ILLINOIS, TO WISCONSIN, AND WHEREVER OUR PARENTS JOBS TOOK US. MY EARLY MEMORIES OF OUR PARENTS TOGETHER ARE VERY JOYFUL ONCE. A HOME FILLED WITH LAUGHTER AND MUSIC, ORISSA, CULTURING, MILES -- AT THE PARK, MY MOTHER WOULD SAY, STAY CLOSE. MY FATHER WOULD SAY AS HE SMILED, RON, KAMALA. RUN. DON'T BE AFRAID. DO NOT LET ANYTHING STOP YOU. MY EARLIEST YEARS, HE TAUGHT ME TO BE FEARLESS. THE HARMONY BETWEEN MY PARENTS DID NOT LAST. WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THEY SPLIT UP. IT WAS MOSTLY MY MOTHER WHO RAISED US. BEFORE SHE COULD FINALLY AFFORD TO BUY A HOME, SHE RENTED A SMALL APARTMENT IN THE EAST BAY. IN THE BAY, YOU EITHER LIVE IN THE HILLS OR THE FLATLANDS. WE LIVED IN THE FLATS. A BEAUTIFUL WORKING-CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD OF FIREFIGHTERS, NURSES, AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. ALL WHO ATTENDED THEIR LAWNS WITH PRIDE. MY MOTHER WORKED LONG HOURS. LIKE MANY WORKING PARENTS, SHE LEANED ON A TRUSTED CIRCLE TO HELP RAISE US. MR. SHELTON, WHO RAN THE DAYCARE BELOW US AND BECAME A SECOND MOTHER. UNCLE SHERMAN, AUNT MARY, UNCLE FREDDIE, AND CHRIS, NONE OF THEM WERE FAMILY BY BLOOD, AND ALL OF THEM, FAMILY BY LOVE. FAMILY, WHO TAUGHT US HOW TO MAKE GUMBO. HOW TO PLAY CHESS. SOMETIMES EVEN LET US WIN. FAMILY WHO LOVED US. BELIEVED IN US. AND, TOLD US WE COULD BE ANYTHING AND DO ANYTHING. THEY INSTILLED IN US THE VALUES THEY PERSONIFIED. COMMUNITY, FAITH, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TREATING OTHERS AS YOU WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED. WITH KINDNESS, RESPECT, AND COMPASSION. MY MOTHER WAS A BRILLIANT FIVE FOOT TALL BROWN WOMAN WITH AN ACCENT. AS THE ELDEST CHILD, I SAW HOW THE WORLD WOULD SOMETIMES TREAT HER. MY MOTHER NEVER LOST HER COOL. SHE WAS TOUGH, COURAGEOUS, A TRAILBLAZER IN THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND SHE TAUGHT MAIA AND ME A LESSON THAT MICHELLE MENTIONED THE OTHER NIGHT. SHE TAUGHT US TO NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT INJUSTICE. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THAT WAS MY MOTHER. AND, SHE TAUGHT US TO NEVER DO ANYTHING HALF ASSED. THAT WAS A DIRECT QUOTE. I GREW UP IMMERSED IN THE IDEAS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. MY PARENTS MET AT A SELLER RIGHTS GATHERING, THEY MADE SURE THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, INCLUDING THE LAWYERS LIKE THURGOOD MARSHALL, CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY -- THOSE WHO BATTLED IN THE COURTROOM TO MAKE THE PROMISE OF AMERICA. AT A YOUNG AGE I DECIDED TO DO THAT WORK. I WANTED TO BE A LAWYER. WHEN IT CAME TIME TO CHOOSE THE TYPE OF LAW I WOULD PURSUE, I REFLECTED ON A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN MY LIFE. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I STARTED TO NOTICE SOMETHING ABOUT MY BEST FRIEND, WANDA. SHE WAS SAD AT SCHOOL. THERE WERE TIMES SHE DID NOT WANT TO GO HOME. ONE DAY I ASKED IF EVERYTHING WAS ALL RIGHT? SHE CONFIDED IN ME THAT SHE WAS BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HER STEPFATHER. I IMMEDIATELY TOLD HER SHE HAD TO COME STAY WITH US AND SHE DID. THIS WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I BECAME A PROSECUTOR. TO PROTECT PEOPLE LIKE WANDA BECAUSE I BELIEVE EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO SAFETY, DIGNITY, AND TO JUSTICE. AS A PROSECUTOR WHEN I HAD A CASE, I CHARGED IT NOT IN THE NAME OF THE VICTIM, BUT IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE. FOR A SIMPLE REASON, IN OUR SYSTEM OF JUSTICE, A HARM AGAINST ANYONE OF US IS A HARM AGAINST ALL OF US. I WOULD OFTEN EXPLAIN THIS TO CONSOLE SURVIVORS OF CRIME, TO REMIND THEM NO ONE SHOULD BE MADE TO FIGHT ALONE. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. EVERY DAY IN THE COURTROOM, I STOOD PROUDLY BEFORE A JUDGE AND I SAID FIVE WORDS -- KAMALA HARRIS, FOR THE PEOPLE. TO BE CLEAR, MY ENTIRE CAREER, I HAVE ONLY HAD ONE CLIENT, THE PEOPLE. AND, SO, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE , ON BEHALF OF EVERY AMERICAN, REGARDLESS OF PARTY, RACE, GENDER, OR THE LANGUAGE YOUR GRANDMOTHER SPEAKS, ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER, AND EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER SET OUT ON THEIR OWN UNLIKELY JOURNEY -- ON BEHALF OF AMERICANS LIKE THE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH, PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD, CHASE THEIR DREAMS, AND LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER -- ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE WHO STORY COULD ONLY BE WRITTEN IN THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH, I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! WITH THE SELECTION -- WITH THE ELECTION -- WITH THIS ELECTION, OUR NATION HAS A PRECIOUS FLEETING OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE PAST THE BITTERNESS, CYNICISM, AND DIVISIVE BATTLES OF THE PAST . A CHANCE TO CHART A NEW WAY FORWARD. NOT AS MEMBERS OF ANY ONE PARTY OR FACTION, BUT, AS AMERICANS. LET ME SAY THAT I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH VARIOUS POLITICAL VIEWS WATCHING TONIGHT, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PROMISE TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS. YOU CAN ALWAYS TRUST ME TO PUT COUNTRY ABOVE PARTY AND SELF. TO HOLD SACRED AMERICAS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES, FROM THE RULE OF LAW, TO FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, TO THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. I WILL BE A PRESIDENT WHO UNITES US AROUND OUR HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS. THE PRESIDENT WHO LEADS AND LISTENS, WHO IS REAL ESTATE. PRACTICAL, AND HAS COMMON SENSE. AND, ALWAYS FIGHTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. FROM THE COURTHOUSE TO THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT HAS BEEN MY LIFE'S WORK. AS A YOUNG COURTROOM PROSECUTOR IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, I SET UP FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AGAINST PREDATORS WHO ABUSE THEM. AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, I TOOK ON THE BIG BANKS. I DELIVERED $20 BILLION FOR MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES WHO FACED FORECLOSURE. I HELPED PASS A HOMEOWNER BILL OF RIGHTS, ONE OF THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION. I SET UP FOR VETERANS AND STUDENTS BEING SCANNED BY BIG FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES. FOR WORKERS WHO WERE BEING CHEATED OUT OF THEIR WAGES, THE WAGES THEY WERE DUE. FOR SENIORS, FACING ELDER ABUSE. I FOUGHT AGAINST THE CARTELS WHO TRAFFIC GUNS AND DRUGS AND HUMAN BEINGS. WHO THREATENED THE SECURITY OF OUR BORDER AND THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I WOULD TELL YOU, THESE FIGHTS WERE NOT EASY. NEITHER WERE THE ELECTIONS THAT PUT ME IN THOSE OFFICES. WE WERE UNDERESTIMATED AT PRACTICALLY EVERY TURN. BUT, WE NEVER GAVE UP. BECAUSE THE FUTURE IS ALWAYS WORTH FIGHTING FOR. THAT IS THE FIGHT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW, I'LL FIGHT FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE. FELLOW AMERICANS, THIS ELECTION IS NOT ONLY THE MOST IMPORTANT OF OUR LIVES, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE LIFE OF OUR NATION. IN MANY WAYS DONALD TRUMP IS AN UNSERIOUS MAN. BUT THE CONSEQUENCES, THE CONSEQUENCES OF PUTTING DONALD TRUMP BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE ARE EXTREMELY SERIOUS. CONSIDER, CONSIDER, NOT ONLY THE CHAOS AND CALAMITY WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE, ALSO, THE GRAVITY OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE HE LOST THE LAST ELECTION. DONALD TRUMP, TRIED TO THROW AWAY YOUR VOTES. WHEN HE FAILED, HE SENT AN ARMED MOB TO THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL, WHERE THEY ASSAULTED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. WHEN POLITICIANS IN HIS OWN PARTY BEGGED HIM TO CALL OFF THE MOB AND SEND HELP, HE DID THE OPPOSITE. HE FANNED THE FLAMES. NOW, FOR AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SET OF CRIMES, HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF FRAUD FROM A JURY OF EVERYDAY AMERICANS. AND SEPARATELY FOUND LIABLE FOR COMMITTEE SEXUAL ABUSE. CONSIDER WHAT HE INTENDS TO DO IF WE GIVE HIM POWER AGAIN -- CONSIDER HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO SET FREE VIOLENT EXTREMISTS, WHO ASSAULTED THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE CAPITOL. HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO JAIL JOURNALISTS, POLITICAL OPPONENTS, AND ANYONE HE SEES AS THE ENEMY. HIS! INTENT TO DEPLOY OUR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AGAINST OUR OWN CITIZENS. CONSIDER THE POWER HE WILL HAVE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT JUST RULED HE WOULD BE IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. JUST IMAGINE, DONALD TRUMP WITH NO GUARDRAILS . AND HOW HE WILL USE THE IMMENSE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. NOT TO IMPROVE YOUR LIVES. NOT TO STRENGTHEN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. BUT, TO SERVE THE ONLY CLIENT HE HAS EVER HAD, HIMSELF. AND WE KNOW WHAT A SECOND TRUMP TERM WOULD LOOK LIKE. IT IS LAID OUT IN PROJECT 2025, WRITTEN BY HIS CLOSEST ADVISORS. IT IS TO PULL THEIR COUNTRY -- OUR COUNTRY TO THE PAST. AMERICA, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK! WE ARE NOT GOING BACK! WE ARE NOT GOING BACK! WE ARE NOT GOING BACK! WE'RE NOT GOING BACK TO WHEN DONALD TRUMP TRY TO CUT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK TO WHEN HE TRIED TO GET RID OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. WHEN INSURANCE COMPANIES COULD DENY PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK TO LET HIM ELIMINATE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THAT FUNDS OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET HIM AND PROGRAMS LIKE HEAD START, THAT PROVIDE PRESCHOOL AND CHILDCARE FOR OUR CHILDREN. AMERICA, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. >> WE'RE NOT GOING BACK! ME 'ARE AND, WE ARE CHARTING A NEW WAY FORWARD. FORWARD. TO A FUTURE WITH A STRONG AND GROWING MIDDLE CLASS. WE KNOW A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS HAS ALWAYS BEEN CRITICAL TO AMERICA'S SUCCESS. AND, BUILDING THE MIDDLE CLASS WILL BE A DEFINING GOAL OF MY PRESIDENCY. I WOULD TELL YOU, THIS IS PERSONAL FOR ME. THE MIDDLE CLASS IS WHERE I COME FROM. MY MOTHER KEPT A STRICT BUDGET. WE LIVED WITHIN OUR MEANS. YET, WE WANTED FOR LITTLE. SHE EXPECTED US TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO US. TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THEM. BECAUSE AS SHE TAUGHT US, OPPORTUNITY IS NOT AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. THAT IS WHY WE WILL CREATE WHAT I CALL AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY. AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY WHERE EVERYONE HAS THE CHANCE TO COMPETE, AND A CHANCE TO SUCCEED. WHETHER YOU LIVE IN A RURAL AREA, SMALL-TOWN, OR BIG-CITY. AS PRESIDENT, I WILL BRING TOGETHER LABOR AND WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. AND, ENTREPRENEURS. AMERICAN COMPANIES, TO CREATE JOBS. TO GROW OUR ECONOMY, AND THE LOWER THE COST OF EVERYDAY NEEDS LIKE HEALTHCARE AND HOUSING AND GROCERIES. WE WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO CAPITOL FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, TRAINERS, AND FOUNDERS. WE WILL AND AMERICA'S HOUSING SHORTAGE. AND PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. COMPARE THAT TO DONALD TRUMP. I THINK EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THAT HE DOES NOT ACTUALLY FIGHT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. HE DOES NOT ACTUALLY FIGHT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. INSIDE, HE FIGHTS FOR HIMSELF AND HIS BILLIONAIRE FRIENDS. HE WILL GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF TAX BREAKS THAT WILL ADD UP TO $5 TRILLION TO THE NATIONAL DEBT. ALL THE WHILE, HE INTENDS TO ENACT WHAT IN EFFECT IS A NATIONAL SALES TAX WOULD CALL IT A TRUMP TAX THAT WILL RAISE PRICES ON MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES BY ALMOST $4000 A YEAR. INSTEAD OF A TRUMP TAX HIKE, WE WILL PASS A MIDDLE-CLASS TAX CUT THAT WILL BENEFIT MORE THAN 100 MILLION AMERICANS. FRIENDS, I BELIEVE AMERICA CANNOT TRULY BE PROSPEROUS UNLESS AMERICANS ARE FULLY ABLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN LIVES, ESPECIALLY ON MATTERS OF HEART AND HOME. BUT, TONIGHT IN AMERICA, TOO MANY WOMEN ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE, DONALD TRUMP HAND-PICKED MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT TO TAKE AWAY REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. NOW HE BRAGS ABOUT IT. IN HIS WORDS, QUOTE, I DID IT AND I AM PROUD TO HAVE DONE IT.". I WOULD TELL YOU THAT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS I HAVE TRAVELED ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. WOMEN HAVE TOLD ME THEIR STORIES. HUSBANDS AND FATHERS HAVE SHARED THEIRS. STORIES OF WOMEN MISCARRYING IN A PARKING LOT, DEVELOPING SEPSIS. LOSING THE ABILITY TO EVER AGAIN HAVE CHILDREN. ALL BECAUSE DOCTORS ARE AFRAID THEY MAY GO TO JAIL FOR CARING FOR THEIR PATIENTS. COUPLES ARE JUST TRYING TO GROW THEIR FAMILY. THERE CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF IVF TREATMENTS. CHILDREN, WHO HAVE SURVIVED SEXUAL ASSAULT, POTENTIALLY BEING FORCED TO CARRY A PREGNANCY TO TERM. THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY. BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP. UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS NOT DONE. AS A PART OF HIS AGENDA, HE AND HIS ALLIES WOULD LIMIT ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL. BEEN MEDICATION ABORTION. ENACT A NATIONWIDE ABORTION BAN WITH OR WITHOUT CONGRESS. GET THIS, HE PLANS TO CREATE A NATIONAL ANTIABORTION COORDINATOR. TO FORCE STATES TO REPORT ON WOMEN'S MISCARRIAGES AND ABORTIONS. SIMPLY PUT, THEY ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS. ONE MUST ASK, ONE MUST ASK, WHY EXACTLY IS IT THAT THEY DO NOT TRUST WOMEN? WELL, WE TRUST WOMEN. WE TRUST WOMEN. AND WHEN CONGRESS PASSES A BILL TO RESTORE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM , AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I WILL PROBABLY SIGN IT INTO LAW. IN THIS ELECTION, MANY OTHER FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ARE AT STAKE. THE FREEDOM TO LIVE SAFE FROM GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES, AND PLACES OF WORSHIP. THE FREEDOM TO LOVE WHO YOU LOVE OPENLY AND WITH PRIDE. THE FREEDOM TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR AND DRINK CLEAN WATER. AND, LIVE FREE FROM POLLUTION THAT FUELS THE CLIMATE CRISIS. AND, THE FREEDOM THAT UNLOCKS ALL THE OTHERS THE FREEDOM TO VOTE. WITH THIS ELECTION, WE FINALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT , AND THE FREEDOM TO VOTE. LET ME BE CLEAR, LET ME BE CLEAR, AFTER DECADES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, ESPECIALLY AT OUR BORDER. LAST YEAR, JOE AND I BROUGHT TOGETHER DEMOCRATS AND CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS, TO WRITE THE STRONGEST BORDER BILL IN DECADES CARED -- DONALD TRUMP BELIEVES OUR BORDER DEAL WOULD HURT HIS CAMPAIGN. SO HE ORDERED HIS ALLIES IN CONGRESS TO KILL THE DEAL. I REFUSE TO PLAY POLITICS WITH OUR SECURITY. HERE IS MY PLEDGE TO YOU -- AS PRESIDENT, I WILL BRING BACK THE BIPARTISAN BORDER SECURITY BILL THAT HE KILLED AND I WILL SIGN INTO LAW. I KNOW, I KNOW, WE CAN LIVE UP TO OUR PROUD HERITAGE AS A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFORM OUR BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. WE CAN CREATE AN EARNED PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP AND SECURE OUR BORDER. AMERICA, WE MUST ALSO BE STEADFAST IN ADVANCING OUR SECURITY AND VALUES ABROAD. AS VICE PRESIDENT, I HAVE CONFRONTED THREATS TO OUR SECURITY. NEGOTIATED WITH FOREIGN LEADERS. STRENGTHENED ALLIANCES AND ENGAGED WITH OUR BRAVE TROOPS OVERSEAS. AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, I WILL ENSURE AMERICA ALWAYS HAS THE STRONGEST MOST LETHAL FIGHTING FORCE IN THE WORLD. I WILL FULFILL OUR SACRED OBLIGATION TO CARE FOR OUR TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES, I WILL ALWAYS HONOR AND NEVER DISPARAGE THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR SACRIFICE. I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAVE THE WORLD INTO THE FUTURE ON SPACE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. WE STRENGTHEN NOT ADVOCATE OUR GLOBAL LEADERSHIP. TRUMP, ON THE OTHER HAND, THREATENED TO ABANDONED NATO. HE ENCOURAGED PUTIN TO INVADE OUR ALLIES. SAID THAT RUSSIA COULD DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. FIVE DAYS BEFORE RUSSIA ATTACKED UKRAINE, I MET WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TO WARN HIM ABOUT RUSSIA'S PLAN TO INVADE. I HELPED MOBILIZE A GLOBAL RESPONSE, OVER 50 COUNTRIES, TO DEFEND AGAINST PUTIN'S AGGRESSION. AND AS PRESIDENT, I WILL STAND STRONG WITH UKRAINE AND OUR NATO ALLIES. WITH RESPECT TO THE WAR IN GAZA, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND I ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. BECAUSE NOW IS THE TIME TO GET A HOSTAGE DEAL AND A CEASE-FIRE DEAL DONE. LET ME BE CLEAR -- LET ME BE CLEAR, I WILL ALWAYS STAND UP FOR ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF, AND I WILL ALWAYS ENSURE ISRAEL HAS THE ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL MUST NEVER AGAIN FACE THE HORROR THAT A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION CALLED, HAMAS, CAUSED ON OCTOBER 7th. INCLUDING UNSPEAKABLE SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THE MASSACRE OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL. AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT HAPPENED IN GAZA OVER THE PAST 10 MONTHS IS DEVASTATING. SO MANY INNOCENT LIVES, LOST. DESPERATE, HUNGRY PEOPLE, FLEEING FOR SAFETY, OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE SCALE OF SUFFERING IS HEARTBREAKING. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND I ARE WORKING TO END THIS WAR, SUCH THAT ISRAEL IS SECURE, THE HOSTAGES ARE RELEASED, THE SUFFERING IN GAZA ENDS, AND THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE CAN REALIZE THEIR RIGHT TO DIGNITY, SECURITY, FREEDOM, AND SELF- DETERMINATION. AND, KNOW THIS, I WILL NEVER HESITATE TO TAKE WHATEVER ACTION IS NECESSARY TO DEFEND OUR FORCES AND OUR INTERESTS AGAINST IRAN AND IRAN BACK TERRORISTS. I WILL NOT COZY UP TO TYRANTS AND DICTATORS LIKE KIM JONG-UN, WHO ARE ROOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP. WHO ARE ROOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW, HE IS EASY TO MANIPULATE WITH FLATTERY AND FAVORS. THEY KNOW DONALD TRUMP WILL NOT HOLD AUTOCRATS ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE AN AUTOCRAT HIMSELF. AS PRESIDENT, I WILL NEVER WAVER IN DEFENSE OF AMERICA'S SECURITY AND IDEALS, BECAUSE IN THE ENDURING STRUGGLE BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND TYRANNY, I KNOW WHERE I STAND AND I KNOW WHERE THE UNITED STATES BELONGS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] FELLOW AMERICANS, FELLOW AMERICANS -- I LOVE OUR COUNTRY WITH ALL OF MY HEART. EVERYWHERE I GO -- EVERYWHERE I GO, EVERYONE I MEET, I SEE A NATION THAT IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD. READY FOR THE NEXT STEP IN THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY THAT IS AMERICA. I SEE IN AMERICA WHERE WE HOLD FAST TO THE FEARLESS BELIEF THAT BUILT OUR NATION AND INSPIRED THE WORLD. THAT, HERE, IN THIS COUNTRY, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. NOTHING IS OUT OF REACH. AMERICA, WHERE WE CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER, LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US. THAT NONE OF US, NONE OF US HAS TO FAIL. FOR ALL OF US TO SUCCEED. IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH. OUR OPPONENTS IN THIS RACE ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY DENIGRATING AMERICA. TALKING ABOUT HOW TERRIBLE EVERYTHING IS. WELL, MY MOTHER HAD ANOTHER LESSON, NEVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE. YOU SHOW THEM WHO YOU ARE! AMERICA, LET A SHOW EACH OTHER AND THE WORLD WHO WE ARE. AND, WHAT WE STAND FOR. FREEDOM, OPPORTUNITY, COMPASSION, DIGNITY, FAIRNESS, AND ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES. WE, ARE THE HEIRS TO THE GREATEST DEMOCRACY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. ON BEHALF OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN, AND ALL OF THOSE WHO SACRIFICED SO DEARLY FOR OUR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY, WE MUST BE WORTHY OF THIS MOMENT. IT IS NOW OUR TURN TO DO WHAT GENERATIONS BEFORE US HAVE DONE. GUIDED BY OPTIMISM AND FAITH TO FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY WE LOVE. TO FIGHT THE IDEALS WE CHERISH. AND, TO UPHOLD THE AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE ON EARTH -- THE PRIVILEGE AND PRIDE OF BEING AN AMERICAN! SO, LET'S GET OUT THERE, LET'S FIGHT FOR IT, LET'S GET OUT THERE -- LET'S VOTE FOR IT. AND, TOGETHER, LET OTHERS WRITE THE NEXT GREAT CHAPTER IN THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY STORY EVER TOLD! THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU, AND MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! THANK YOU, ALL.