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America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 20125 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion dollar to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning Economist say he would reignite inflation and Moody's says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what to learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan are you all watch the debate con concept no actual plan concept and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back not we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Ro versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the south except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refus to answer that question refuse to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly in with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background checks and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with them every day in the White House sat with them in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so so so it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so nor Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we are all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina to j i then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in opport do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States America good afternoon good afternoon it is okay all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina yes it is so wonderful to be back in Charlotte I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible story and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy s sign but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion doll to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economist they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate Concepts Concepts no actual plan Concepts and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not that we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fun FAL freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue cuz Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Row versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the it the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it in law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at and we who believe in the freedom to Live Safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background check and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 20120 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security adviser his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're not going back so so it comes out to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right that's right that's right that's right right and so I believe if is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful for for is here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States of America true okay we got some work of you are we going to do this North Carolina it is so wonderful to be back in Scarlet I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her Inc and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton and it is so good I love you back I love you benett thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethics and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollar even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion dollar to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody's says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate no actual plan contest what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies have the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not going back not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decision positions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of R versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call called Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would VTO a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background check and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United state supreme court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're we having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win a bless you and unit good afternoon good afternoon it is L okay all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina yes it is so wonderful to be back in charlot I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her Inc and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lies my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably not please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave in Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are the they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they me Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $5,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Healthcare to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollar even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion do to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax cuz it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which it the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $44,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 no Nob prizewinning Economist say he would reignite inflation and Moody's says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan are you all watch the debate concept concept no actual plan contests and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not going back we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of roow versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's a affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a national abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hardfought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background check and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should ever again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're not going back so so it comes out to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right right that's right that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we are all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States of America I'm all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina it is so wonderful to be back in scarlot I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor ly my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably not please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick chy and Congress and Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses that my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was the second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankrupcy signs but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top Economist they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate no actual plan concept and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue cuz Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Row versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer answer that question refuse to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across acoss our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background check and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggest we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security adviser his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation highest office so nor it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a b b a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your vote and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win I bless you and God bless the United States America good afternoon good afternoon it is okay all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina yes it is so wonderful to be back in Charlotte I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible story and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you V I love you benett thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably not please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to Turn the Page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above part partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night uh I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was the second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion doll to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in affect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody's says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said Concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate Concepts Concepts no actual plan Concepts and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not going back we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue cuz Donald Trump handpick three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of R versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refus care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the T is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background check and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're not going so so it comes out to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right that's right that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States of America I'm you are we going to do this North Carolina it is so wonderful to be back in Scarlet I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably not please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George H W bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our con institution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was the second mother to us um M Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who are small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $5,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for a America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollar even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion dollar to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate no actual plan contest and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Ro versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their Faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going to tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hardfought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John L was Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background check and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're so so it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American right right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win I bless you and God bless the United States of America a good afternoon good afternoon it is L okay all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina yes it is so wonderful to be back in Charlotte I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible story and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor Attorney General Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses Pro protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George H W bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build 3 million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion doll to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate concept concept no plan contest and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back back we're not we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Ro versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refuse to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard hardfought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons van Universal background checks and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reele that he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggest we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're not going back so so it comes out to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right that's right that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begin and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States of America open me okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina it is so wonderful to be back in Charlotte I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible story and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible per I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably not please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people cuz you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was the second mother to us um M Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and as ation for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion doll to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they pre red our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate no actual plan conest and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back not we're not going that no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpick three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Ro versus weade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our ation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because ofum abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they developed sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore repr productive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedom and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote act and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun non violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background checks and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and so it comes out to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are in this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States good afternoon good afternoon it is okay all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina yes it is so wonderful to be back in Charlotte I want to thank you all can we give it a Stacy for telling her incredible story and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was the second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who are small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than $100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate tax taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion dollar to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on every day basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 6 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate concept Concepts no actual plan Concepts and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not going back we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue cuz Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Row versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the south South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a full on assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote act and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background check and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North so so it comes out to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right that's right that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor who a opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carol Ina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the under dog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the prise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States of America the all right okay okay are we going to do this North Carolina it is so wonderful to be back in Scarlet I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for tell her incred and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor ly my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George H W bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former vice president Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid believe in Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and then many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethics and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who rved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion dollar to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which in the econ economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate no actual plan contest and understand what's it stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue cuz Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of R versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affec people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a national abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hardfought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will find passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background checks and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear C somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're so so it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States America good afternoon good afternoon it is okay all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina yes it is so wonderful to be back in Scarlet I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible story and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor ly my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush president George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night uh I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding against and when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blue blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion doll to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate Concepts Concepts no actual plan Concepts and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back not that we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government and tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue cuz Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Ro versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refuse to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun Vin silence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background check and red law so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're not going back so so it comes out to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest priv on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right that's right that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States of America I'm I'm are okay got are we going to do this North Carolina it is so wonderful to be back in Charlotte I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible St and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you Ben thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably on please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedoms and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was the second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small business is cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America Amica is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion doll to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said Concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate no actual plan conest and understand what's it stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we not going back we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue cuz Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of R versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree Wonder does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to Brea clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote act and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background checks and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectiv be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House with them in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North so so it comes out to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the priv and pride of being an American right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor who opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I going ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in fre Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win a bless you and God bless unit good afternoon good afternoon it is okay all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina yes it is so wonderful to be back in Charlotte I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor ly my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plan for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave in Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small business businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who are small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole a lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build 3 million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which in the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year here and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate con Concepts no actual plan Concepts and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are are not going back we're not going back we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of R versus Wade and they did did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion banss including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a full on a assult on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has the history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons B Universal background check and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who had has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the constitution of of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're going not going so so it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right that's right that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States me all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina it is so wonderful to be back in scarlot I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible St and can we please thank that incredible Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the need of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz chy are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night uh I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankrupcy think signs but a whole lot of people have the ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion doll to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody's says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate no contest and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with preexisting conditions well we are not going back we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue cuz Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of R versus Wade and they did as he intended and now you know over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refuse to answer that question well I'm going to tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe even the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background checks and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if re-elected he'll be be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggest we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and so so it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States good afternoon good afternoon it is l okay all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina yes it is so wonderful to be back in charlot I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible story and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you benett thank you and we have so so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love R small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're lead leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses because you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us and opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion doll to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax cuz it was will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody's says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate Concepts Concepts no actual plan Concepts and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not going that we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of R versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion banss women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refuse to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hardfought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background check and red flag laws so so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 206 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with them in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're not going so it comes out to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right that's right that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States of America I'm I'm I'm I'm all right okay okay got are we going to do this North Carolina it is so wonderful to be back in charlot I want to thank you all can we give it a for telling her Inc St and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedoms and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with a affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small business my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who are small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans an will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than 5 trillion to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basis Necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $44,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate concept no actual plan concept and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not going back we will move forward we will move forward because our ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue cuz Donald Trump handpicked three memb of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Row versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bands including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except of Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe even the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote act and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons van Universal background checks and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North so it comes out to this to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day okay 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States good afternoon good afternoon it is l okay all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going do this North Carolina yes it is so wonderful to be back in Charlotte I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible story and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keep keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for president George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave in Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankrupcy S sign but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build 3 million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion doll to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which The Economist have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prize winning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate concept concept no actual plan contest and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not like that yeah we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Row versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion Bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we we all he understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hardfought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons van Universal background check and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're so so it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right that's right that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ball ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States of America the the all right got are we going to do this North Carolina it is so wonderful to be back in charlet I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible perform I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congress Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and sec secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I said it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love R small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax production to start up small businesses CU you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six signs but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion dollar to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate no actual plan concept and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insed ed through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Ro versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know that the the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bands women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refuse to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background checks and red flag so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 206 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're not going so it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States of America he good afternoon good afternoon it is we okay all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina yes it is so wonderful to be back in Charlotte I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible story and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you Bennett thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorse me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with aordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build 3 million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hard workking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford for to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion do to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite in and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate Concepts Concepts no actual plan Concepts and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not going back we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Row versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a Trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are with witnessing a fullon assault on other hardfought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote Act and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background checks and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should turn terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're not going back so so it comes out to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right that's right that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States of America me all right okay okay got work are we going to do this North Carolina it is so wonderful to be back in Charlotte I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible St and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next governor our attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave in Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small business is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankrupcy six signs but a whole lot of people will have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back into your pockets including SA ,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Gogle just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which The Economist have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning Economist say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate no actual plan concept and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not not going back we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of R versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background check and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has Val that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we so so it comes out to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we all oh we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States afternoon good afternoon it is okay all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina yes it is so Wonder wonderful to be back in Charlotte I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible story and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable healthc Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night uh I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was the second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are the they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for Banky six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Healthcare to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and working family amilies first I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 20125 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion doll to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax cuz it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what but you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan are you watch the debate Concepts Concepts no actual plan Concepts and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not that we're not going that no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue cuz Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of R versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the south except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refus to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love open and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background checks and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're not going back so so it comes out to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right that's right that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor that's right whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and you your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in opportun Unity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States of America the after all right okay okay got some work are we going to do this North Carolina it is so wonderful to be back in Scarlet I want thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible St and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you benett thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedoms and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses and my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was the second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the Community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethics and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity commun economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion doll to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate no actual plan contest and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take just back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we not going back we not going back no we will move forward we we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue cuz Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Row versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agreement the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump ref refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hardfought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote act and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background checks and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we are all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win a bless and God bless United stes good afternoon good after it is okay all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina yes it is so wonderful to be back in Charlotte I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible story and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton and it is so good I love you back I love you Bennett thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people CU you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night uh I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who help raise us who was the second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who are small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build 3 million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollar even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion dollar to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate concept Concepts no actual plan Concepts and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not going back not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decision about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Ro versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call called Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would VTO a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background checks and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United state supreme court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of St and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're not going not so so it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right that's right that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we are all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God the United States of America I'm all right got some are we going to do this North Carolina it is so wonderful to be back in Scarlet I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible story and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lies my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably don't please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that P turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George H W Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick KY and congresswoman Liz chy are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and affordable healthare a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from healthc care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion doll to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talked a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan are you all watch the debate no actual concept and understand what's at stake on that 4 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back not we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Ro versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion Bans incl including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sexist and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal back B check and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemy and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mention on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're not going so so it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we are all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States of America we good afternoon good afternoon it is okay all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina yes it is so wonderful to be back in Charlotte I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible story and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman and Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy think sign but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate Concepts Concepts no actual plan Concepts and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not that we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue cuz Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Row versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refuse to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into too long proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background checks and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggest we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday say so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation highest office so North and we're not going back so so it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right that's right that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States of America I'm I'm okay got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina it is so wonderful to be back in scarlot I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you benett thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above part party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses but and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was the second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the back of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40$ 4400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion doll to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly 4, more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate concept concept no actual plan concept and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not going back we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Ro versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hardfought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote Act and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background checks and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 Mone for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North so it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we are all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God good afternoon good afternoon it is l okay all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina it is so wonderful to be back in scarlot I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our con Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was the second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who are small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $5,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for American America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put m middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollar even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion dollar to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate concept concept no actual plan Concepts and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not going back we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of R versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their Faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the the impact of this is you know has been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hardfought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at it and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background check and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so North and we're not going back not so so it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American right that's right that's right that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United States of America the I all right okay okay got some work are we going to do this North Carolina it is so wonderful back in charlet I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible St and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you back I love you back thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor l my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably know please have a seat if you have a chair nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedom and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people because you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick chy and congresswoman Liz teny are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they're Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Healthcare to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First first I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and aspirations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will get billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion doll to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top Economist they've previewed our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate concept no actual plan concept and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got this issue cuz Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Row versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our nation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down now the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of Trump's abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they develop sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refuse to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with cide and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote at and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons B Universal background checks and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the white house think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggest we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States and should never again occupy our nation's highest office so nor and so so it comes down to this it comes down to this we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we understand the awesome the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American that's right that's right right and so I believe it is the highest form then of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America so North Carolina CH we have 54 days until election day 54 days and just 35 days just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many important races including Josh Stein running for governor whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump and wants a ban a total ban on abortion in this state right so these are the stakes in this election up and down the ballot up and down the ballot but we know the power is with the people the power is with the people and your voice is your vote North Carolina your vote is your voice and we know here's the thing also we're all we've got we are just we are loving our campaign aren't we we are loving this campaign we're having a good time we're having a good time I know that but here's also the thing ours will be a very tight race Until the End okay it's it's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog understand that we are the underdog there are powerful forces trying to convince people that their vote doesn't matter there are powerful forces here too but I say all that to say we've got some hard work ahead of us but here's the thing I love about everybody here we love hard work hard work is good work hard work is is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win in November we will win we will we will win so North Carolina today I then ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win bless you and God bless the United States America good afternoon good afternoon it is L okay all right okay okay we got some work to do are we going to do this North Carolina yes it is so wonderful to be back in Charlotte I want to thank you all can we give it up for Stacy for telling her incredible story and can we please thank that incredible Anthony Hamilton for his incredible performance I love Anthony Hamilton um and it is so good I love you be I love you Ben thank you and we have so many outstanding leaders here today including my friend Governor Roy Cooper and your next and your next Governor attorney general Josh Stein and here with us is your next Attorney General Congressman Jeff Jackson Mayor lyes my dear friend the Council of State candidates and all the leaders who are with us today I thank you all everyone everyone here for taking the time and doing the work you are doing thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you all right so here's the thing okay we got a lot of work to do we got a lot of work to do okay so North Carolina you probably not please have a seat if you have a chair two nights ago Donald Trump and I had our first debate and I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important on Tuesday night I talked about issues that I know matter to families Across America like bringing down the cost of living investing in America's small businesses protecting reproductive freedoms and keeping and keeping our nation safe and secure but that's not what we heard from Donald Trump instead it was the same old show that same tired Playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people cuz you know it's all about him it's not about you well folks I said it then I say it now it's time to turn the page turn that page turn that page because to your point to your point America is ready for a new way forward we are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can do together that is why Democrats Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign over 200 people who worked for President George HW Bush President George W bush John McCain and Mitt Romney have endorsed me for president former Vice President Dick Cheney and congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well because as they said we have a duty as Citizens to put country above partisanship and defend our Constitution and that is my pledge to you I will always put country above party and I will be a president for all Americans and while Donald Trump is trying to pull our nation backward we are fighting for the future a future with affordable child care paid leave and Affordable Health Care a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so every American has an opportunity to own a home to build wealth to start a business and you know I I talked about it the other night I love our small businesses I really do I love our small businesses my and and there many of whom are here and and the thing about our small businesses is is they are you know my so first of all my mother worked very hard and and there was a a lady who helped raise us who was a second mother to us um Miss Shelton and she was a small business owner and I grew up then understanding who our small business owners are they they're they're the they're leaders in the community they Civic leaders they hire locally they Mentor they're part of the fabric of the community and and I know they are the backbone of America's economy so my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses cuz you know not everybody started out with 40 $400 million on a silver platter and then file for bankruptcy six times but a whole lot of people have the Ingenuity the entrepreneurship the work ethic and the ambition to do that kind of work and just need to be seen and supported for what they are and what they do for all of us an opportunity economy we need to build more housing in America and so we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build three million new homes by the end of my first term I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax break and thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back into your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a Time 's life and I will always put middle class and Working Families First I grew up a middle class kid I was raised by a hardworking mother who saved up and by the time I was a teenager she was able to afford to buy our first home I understand how people work hard and have dreams and asp ations for their children and need to be put first understanding again when the middle class is strong America is strong America is strong but Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google just Google project 2025 it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires and big corporations massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull in record profits he will add more than5 trillion do to the national debt he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what is an effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax because it will be a tax on everyday basic necessities which the economists have measured will cost the average family nearly $4,000 more a year and and the top economists they pre red our plans they've reviewed them Goldman Sachs says my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink it 16 16 Nobel prizewinning economists say he would reignite inflation and Moody says he would ignite a recession by the middle of next year you know he talks a big talk but when folks review the numbers highly respected folks that's what you learn about him that's what you learn and North Carolina on top of all of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and as Stacy mentioned you heard what he said in the debate he he has no plan to replace it he said he said concepts of a plan oh you all watch the debate Concepts Concepts no actual plan Concepts and understand what's at stake on that 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act and he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions well we are not going back not like that we're not going back no we will move forward we will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we know how we got to this issue because Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Ro versus Wade and they did as he intended and now in over 20 States in our ation they have what I call Trump abortion bans including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia think about that every single state in the South except Virginia now one in three women in America lives under a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral it is immoral and I know we all here understand and agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body and what we know is that the the impact of this is you know it's been over two years now since that decision came down the impact of this is so real it's affecting people every day just based on the stories we know and there are so many stories we don't know think about it because of trump abortion bans women are being refused care during miscarriages some are only being treated if they developed sepsis and when asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban you remember that he refused to answer that question refused to answer that question well I'm going tell you when Congress passes a bill to restore repr productive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation across our nation we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedom and rights like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and North Carolina has a history of the point I'm about to make Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands it is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote act and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background checks and red flag laws so much so much is at stake in this election so much is at stake in this election and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 for a number of reasons including why the stakes are higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House think about that think about that just imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails right he he who has vowed that if reelected he'll be a dictator on day one that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies and has called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States of America think about that and let us be very clear somebody who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never again and you know one of the points that I mentioned on Tuesday so let the people who served under him at the White House who saw him every day right his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all have warned all who worked with him every day in the White House sat with him in the Oval Office have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States