FULL SPEECH: Kamala Harris takes Donald Trump head-on in DNC address

>> PLEASE WELCOME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, KAMALA HARRIS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> HERE WE HAVE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. THE FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN TO ACCEPT HER PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SHE WILL MAKE THE CASE TONIGHT. WHY SHE BELIEVES THIS IS THE RIGHT MOMENT FOR HER TO BECOME THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. YOU CAN SEE HER FAMILY, HER STEPCHILDREN, HER HUSBAND, HER HUSBAND, WHO MAKES HISTORY WITH HER BECOMING THE FIRST GENTLEMAN IF SHE IS ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. >> GOOD EVENING. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ALL. WE HAVE TO GET TO SOME BUSINESS. OKAY. THANK YOU, ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU PLEASE THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. LET'S GET TO BUSINESS. LET ME START BY THANKING MY MOST INCREDIBLE HUSBAND DOUG. FOR BEING AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER TO ME, AND INCREDIBLE FATHER AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, DOUGIE. I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH. TO OUR PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. , WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PATH WE HAVE TRAVELED TOGETHER, I AM FILLED WITH GRATITUDE. YOUR RECORD IS EXTRAORDINARY AS HISTORY WILL SHOW AND YOUR CHARACTER IS INSPIRING AND DOUG AND I LOVE YOU AND JILL AND ARE FOREVER THANKFUL TO YOU BOTH. AND TO COACH TIM WALZ. YOU ARE GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE VICE PRESIDENT. AND TO THE DELEGATES AND EVERYONE. THE PATH THAT LED ME HERE WAS NO DOUBT UNEXPECTED. I AM NO STRANGER TO UNLIKELY JOURNEYS. OUR MOTHER HAD ONE OF HER OWN. I MISS HER EVERY DAY, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. I KNOW SHE IS LOOKING DOWN SMILING. I KNOW THAT. MY MOTHER WAS 19 WHEN SHE CROSSED THE WORLD ALONE, TRAVELING FROM INDIA TO CALIFORNIA WITH AN UNSHAKABLE DREAM TO BE THE SCIENTIST WHO WOULD CURE BREAST CANCER. WHEN SHE FINISHED SCHOOL, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO RETURN HOME TO A TRADITIONAL ARRANGED MARRIAGE BUT AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, SHE MET MY FATHER, DONALD HARRIS, A STUDENT FROM JAMAICA, THEY FELL IN LOVE AND GOT MARRIED AND THAT ACT OF SELF DETERMINATION MADE MY SISTER AND ME. GROWING UP, WE MOVED A LOT. I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE BIG MAYFLOWER TRUCK PACKED WITH OUR BELONGINGS, READY TO GO, TO ILLINOIS, TO WISCONSIN. AND WHEREVER OUR PARENTS JOBS TOOK US. MY EARLIEST MEMORIES OF OUR PARENTS TOGETHER ARE JOYFUL. A HOME FILLED WITH LAUGHTER AND MUSIC, ARETHA, COLTRANE, MILES. AT THE PARK, MY MOTHER WOULD SAY, STAY CLOSE. MY FATHER WOULD SAY, AS HE SMILED, RUN, DON'T BE AFRAID, DON'T LET ANYTHING STOP YOU. FROM MY EARLIEST YEARS, HE TAUGHT ME TO BE FEARLESS. THE HARMONY BETWEEN MY PARENTS DID NOT LAST. WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY SPLIT UP AND IT WAS MOSTLY MY MOTHER WHO RAISED US. BEFORE SHE COULD AFFORD TO BUY A HOME, SHE RENTED A SMALL APARTMENT IN THE EAST BAY. IN THE BAY, YOU EITHER LIVED IN THE HILLS OR THE FLATLANDS. WE LIVED IN THE FLATS. A BEAUTIFUL, WORKING-CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD OF FIREFIGHTERS, NURSES, AND CONSTRUCTION WOR WORKERS. ALL, WHO TENDED THEIR LAWNS WITH PRIDE. MY MOTHER WORKED LONG HOURS. SHE LEANED ON A TRUSTED CIRCLE TO HELP RAISE US. MRS. SHELTON, WHO RAN THE DAY CARE BELOW US AND BECAME A SECOND MOTHER. UNCLE SHERMAN, AUNT MARY, CHRIS, NONE OF THEM FAMILY BY BLOOD AND ALL OF THEM FAMILY BY LOVE. FAMILY WHO TAUGHT US HOW TO MAKE GUMBO AND PLAY CHESS AND SOMETIMES LET US WIN. FAMILIES LOVED US. BELIEVED IN US. TOLD US WE COULD BE ANYTHING AND DO ANYTHING. THEY INSTILLED US THE VALUES THEY PERSONIFIED, COMMUNITY, FAITH, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TREATING OTHERS AS YOU WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED. WITH KINDNESS, RESPECT, AND COMPASSION. MY MOTHER WAS A BRILLIANT, 5-FOOT TALL BROWN WOMAN WITH AN ACCENT. AS THE ELDEST CHILD, I SAW HOW THE WORLD WOULD SOMETIMES TREAT HER. MY MOTHER NEVER LOST HER COOL. SHE WAS TOUGH, COURAGEOUS, A TRAILBLAZER IN THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND SHE TAUGHT US A LESSON MICHELLE MENTIONED THE OTHER NIGHT. SHE TAUGHT US TO NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT INJUSTICE, BUT DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THAT WAS MY MOTHER. AND SHE TAUGHT US, SHE ALSO TAUGHT US NEVER DO ANYTHING H HALF. THAT IS A DIRECT QUOTE. A DIRECT QUOTE. I GREW UP IMMERSED IN THE IDEALS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. MY PARENTS MET AT A CIVIL RIGHTS GATHERING AND THEY MADE SURE WE LEARNED ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, INCLUDING THE LAWYERS LIKE THURGOOD MARSHALL AND CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY. THOSE WHO BATTLED IN THE COURTROOM TO MAKE REAL THE PROMISE OF AMERICA. AT A YOUNG AGE, I DECIDED I WANTED TO DO THAT WORK. I WANTED TO BE A LAWYER. WHEN IT CAME TIME TO CHOOSE THE TYPE OF LAW I WOULD PURSUE, I REFLECTED ON A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN MY LIFE. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I STARTED TO NOTICE SOMETHING ABOUT MY BEST FRIEND WANDA. SHE WAS SAD AT SCHOOL. THERE WERE TIMES SHE DID NOT WANT TO GO HOME. ONE DAY I ASKED IF EVERYTHING WAS ALL RIGHT. SHE CONFIDED IN ME THAT SHE WAS BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HER STEPFATHER. I TOLD HER SHE HAD TO COME STAY WITH US AND SHE DID. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I BECAME A PROSECUTOR. TO PROTECT PEOPLE LIKE WANDA BECAUSE I BELIEVE EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO SAFETY, TO DIGNITY, AND TO JUSTICE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AS A PROSECUTOR, WHEN I HAD A CASE, I CHARGED IT NOT IN THE NAME OF THE VICTIM, BUT IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE. FOR A SIMPLE REASON. IN OUR SYSTEM OF JUSTICE, A HARM AGAINST ANY ONE OF US IS A HARM AGAINST ALL OF US. I WOULD OFTEN EXPLAIN THIS TO CONSOLE SURVIVORS OF CRIME, TO REMIND THEM NO ONE SHOULD BE MADE TO FIGHT ALONE. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. AND EVERY DAY, IN A COURTROOM, I STOOD PROUDLY BEFORE A JUDGE AND I SAID FIVE WORDS. KAMALA HARRIS FOR THE PEOPLE. AND TO BE CLEAR, TO BE CLEAR, MY ENTIRE CAREER I HAVE ONLY HAD ONE CLIENT. THE PEOPLE. AND, SO, ON BEHALF OF THE PE PEOPLE, ON BEHALF OF EVERY AMERICAN, REGARDLESS OF PARTY, RACE, GENDER, OR THE LANGUAGE OR GRANDMOTHER SPEAKS, ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER AND EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER SET OUT ON THEIR OWN, UNLIKELY JOURNEY, ON BEHALF OF AMERICANS, LIKE THE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH, PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD, CHASE THEIR DREAMS, AND LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE WHOSE STORY COULD ONLY BE WRITTEN IN THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH. I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WITH THIS ELECTION [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND WITH THIS ELECTION, OUR NATION, WITH THIS ELECTION, HAS A PRECIOUS, FLEETING OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE PAST THE BITTERNESS, CYNICISM, AND DIVISIVE BATTLES OF THE PAST, A CHANCE TO CHART A NEW WAY FORWARD. NOT AS MEMBERS OF ANY ONE PARTY OR FACTION, BUT AS AMERICANS. AND LET ME SAY, I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE OF VARIOUS POLITICAL VIEWS WATCHING TONIGHT. I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I PROMISE TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMER AMERICANS. YOU CAN ALWAYS TRUST ME TO PUT COUNTRY ABOVE PARTY AND SELF. TO HOLD SACRED AMERICA'S FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES, FROM THE RULE OF LAW TO FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, TO THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. I WILL BE A PRESIDENT WHO UNITES US AROUND OUR HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS, A PRESIDENT WHO LEADS AND LISTENS, WHO IS REALISTIC, PRACTICAL, AND HAS COMMON SENSE. AND ALWAYS FIGHTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. FROM THE COURTHOUSE TO THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT HAS BEEN MY LIFE'S WORK. AS A YOUNG, COURTROOM PROSECUTOR IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, I STOOD UP FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AGAINST PREDATORS WHO ABUSE THEM. AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, I TOOK ON THE BIG BANKS, DELIVERED $20 BILLION FOR MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES WHO FACED FORECLOSURE AND HELPED PASS A HOMEOWNER BILL OF RIGHTS, ONE OF THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION. I STOOD UP FOR VETERANS AND STUDENTS BEING SCANNED BY BIG FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES. FOR WORKERS WHO WERE BEING CHEATED OUT OF THEIR WAGES, THE WAGES THEY WERE DUE. FOR SENIORS FACING ELDER ABUSE. I FOUGHT AGAINST THE CARTELS WHO TRAFFIC IN GUNS AND DRUGS AND HUMAN BEINGS, WHO THREATEN THE SECURITY OF OUR BORDER AND THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I WILL TELL YOU, THESE FIGHTS WERE NOT EASY. AND NEITHER WERE THE ELECTIONS THAT PUT ME IN THOSE OFFICES. WE WERE UNDERESTIMATED AT PRACTICALLY EVERY TURN. BUT WE NEVER GAVE UP. THE FUTURE IS ALWAYS WORTH FIGHTING FOR. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND THAT IS THE FIGHT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW, A FIGHT FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE. FELLOW AMERICANS, THIS ELECTION IS NOT ONLY THE MOST IMPORTANT OF OUR LIVES, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE LIFE OF OUR NATION. IN MANY WAYS, DONALD TRUMP IS AN UNSERIOUS MAN. THE CONSEQUENCES, BUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF PUTTING DONALD TRUMP BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE ARE EXTREMELY SERIOUS. CONSIDER NOT ONLY THE CHAOS AND CALAMITY WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE, BUT ALSO THE GRAVITY OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE HE LOST THE LAST ELECTION. DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO THROW AWAY YOUR VOTES. WHEN HE FAILED, HE SENT AN ARMED MOB TO THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL, WHERE THEY ASSAULTED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WHEN POLITICIANS IN HIS OWN PARTY BEGGED HIM TO CALL OFF THE MOB AND SEND HELP, HE DID THE OPPOSITE. HE FANNED THE FLAMES. AND, NOW, FOR A DIFFERENT SET OF CRIMES, HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF FRAUD BY A JURY OF EVERYDAY AMERICANS AND SEPARATELY FOUND LIABLE FOR COMMITTING SEXUAL ABUSE. CONSIDER WHAT HE INTENDS TO DO IF WE GIVE HIM POWER AGAIN. CONSIDER HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO SET FREE VIOLENT EXTREMISTS WHO ASSAULTED THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE CAPITAL. HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO JAIL JOURNALISTS POLITICAL OPPONENTS AND ANYONE HE SEES AS THE ENEMY. HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO DEPLOY OUR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AGAINST OUR OWN CITIZENS. CONSIDER THE POWER HE WILL HAVE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT JUST RULED HE WOULD BE IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. JUST IMAGINE. DONALD TRUMP WITH NO GUARD R RAILS. AND HOW HE WILL USE THE IMMENSE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. NOT TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE. NOT TO STRENGTHEN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, BUT TO SERVE THE ONLY CLIENT HE HAS EVER HAD. HIMSELF. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND WE KNOW WHAT A SECOND TRUMP TERM WOULD LOOK LIKE. IT IS LAID OUT AND PROJECT 2025, WRITTEN BY HIS CLOSEST ADVISORS AND IT IS TO PULL OUR COUNTRY BACK TO THE PAST. AMERICA, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. TO WIN DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO CUT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK TO WHEN HE TRIED TO GET RID OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WHEN INSURANCE COMPANIES TO DENY PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET HIM ELIMINATE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THAT FUNDS OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET HIM END PROGRAMS LIKE HEADSTART THAT PROVIDES PRESCHOOL AND CHILD CARE FOR OUR CHILDREN. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND, WE ARE CHARTING A NEW WAY FORWARD. FORWARD. TO A FUTURE WITH A STRONG AND GROWING MIDDLE CLASS BECAUSE WE KNOW A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS HAS ALWAYS BEEN CRITICAL TO AMERICA'S SUCCESS AND BUILDING THAT MIDDLE-CLASS WILL BE A DEFINING GOAL OF MY PRESIDENCY. THIS IS PERSONAL FOR ME. THE MIDDLE CLASSES WHERE I CAME FROM. WE HAD A BUDGET, WE WANTED FOR LITTLE AND SHE EXPECTED US TO MAKE THE MOST OF OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO US AND BE GRATEFUL TO THEM BECAUSE, AS SHE TAUGHT US, OPPORTUNITY IS NOT AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. THAT IS WHY WE WILL CREATE WHAT I CALL AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY, AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY WHERE EVERYONE HAS THE CHANCE TO COMPETE AND A CHANCE TO SUCCEED. WHETHER YOU LIVE IN A RURAL AREA, SMALL TOWN, OR BIG CITY. AS PRESIDENT, I WILL BRING TOGETHER LABOR, WORKERS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, ENTREPRENEURS, AMERICAN COMPANIES TO CREATE JOBS, TO GROW OUR ECONOMY, AND TO LOWER THE COST OF EVERY DAY NEEDS LIKE HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING AND GROCERIES. WE WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS AND FOUNDERS. AND WE WILL END THE HOUSING SHORTAGE. AND PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. COMPARE THAT TO DONALD TRUMP. EVERYONE HERE KNOWS HE DOESN'T ACTUALLY FIGHT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. INSTEAD, HE FIGHTS FOR HIMSELF AND HIS BILLIONAIRE FRIENDS. HE WILL GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF TAX BREAKS THAT WILL ADD UP TO $5 TRILLION TO THE NATIONAL DEBT. ALL THE WHILE, HE INTENDS TO ENACT WHAT IN EFFECT IS A NATIONAL SALES TAX, CALL IT A TRUMP TAX, THAT WOULD RAISE PRICES ON MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES BY ALMOST $4,000 A YEAR. INSTEAD OF A TRUMP TAX HIKE, WE WILL PASS A MIDDLE-CLASS TAX CUT THAT WILL BENEFIT MORE THAN 100 MILLION AMERICANS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] FRIENDS, I BELIEVE AMERICA CANNOT TRULY BE PROSPEROUS UNLESS AMERICANS ARE FULLY ABLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN LIVES, ESPECIALLY ON MATTERS OF HEART AND HOME. TONIGHT'S, IN AMERICA, TOO MANY WOMEN ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE. DONALD TRUMP HANDPICKED MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT TO TAKE AWAY REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. NOW, HE BRAGS ABOUT IT. IN HIS WORDS, I DID IT AND I AM PROUD TO HAVE DONE IT. I WILL TELL YOU, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, I HAVE TRAVELED ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND WOMEN HAVE TOLD ME THEIR STORIES. HUSBANDS AND FATHERS HAVE SHARED THEIRS. STORIES OF WOMEN MISCARRYING IN A PARKING LOTS. DEVELOPING SEPSIS, LOSING THE ABILITY TO EVER AGAIN HAVE CHILDREN, BECAUSE DOCTORS ARE AFRAID THEY MAY GO TO JAIL FOR CARING FOR THEIR PATIENTS. COUPLES JUST TRYING TO GROW THEIR FAMILY. CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TREATMENTS. CHILDREN, WHO HAVE SURVIVED SEXUAL ASSAULT, POTENTIALLY BEING FORCED TO CARRY A PREGNANCY TO TERM. THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY. BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP. UNDERSTAND, HE IS NOT DONE. AS PART OF HIS AGENDA, HE AND HIS ALLIES WOULD LIMIT ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL, BAND MEDICATION ABORTION AND ENACT A NATIONWIDE ABORTION BAN WITH OR WITHOUT CONGRESS. AND, GET THIS. HE PLANS TO CREATE A NATIONAL ANTIABORTION COORDINATOR. AND FOR STATES TO REPORT ON WOMEN'S MISCARRIAGES AND ABORTIONS. SIMPLY PUT, THEY ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND ONE MUST ASK, ONE MUST ASK. WHY IS IT THAT THEY DON'T TRUST WOMEN? WE TRUST WOMEN. WE TRUST WOMEN. AND WHEN CONGRESS PASSES THE BILL TO RESTORE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I WILL PROUDLY SIGN IT INTO LAW. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IN THIS ELECTION, MANY OTHER FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ARE AT STAKE. THE FREEDOM TO LIVE SAFE FROM GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES, PLACES OF WORSHIP. THE FREEDOM TO LOVE WHO YOU LOVE OPENLY AND WITH PRIDE. THE FREEDOM TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR AND DRINK CLEAN WATER AND LIVE FREE FROM THE POLLUTION THAT FUELS THE CRIME AT CRISIS. AND THE FREEDOM THAT UNLOCKS ALL THE OTHERS, THE FREEDOM TO. WITH THIS ELECTION, WE FINALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND THE FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND LET ME BE CLEAR -- LET ME BE CLEAR: AFTER DECADES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, ESPECIALLY AT OUR BORDER. LAST YEAR, JOE AND I BROUGHT TOGETHER DEMOCRATS AND CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS TO WRITE THE STRONGEST BORDER BILL IN DECADES, THE BORDER PATROL ENDORSED IT. BUT DONALD TRUMP BELIEVES A BORDER DEAL WOULD HURT HIS CAMPAIGN, SO HE ORDERED HIS ALLIES IN CONGRESS TO KILL THE DEAL. WELL, I REFUSED TO PLAY POLITICS WITH OUR SECURITY, AND HERE'S MY PLEDGE TO YOU: AS PRESIDENT, I WILL BRING BACK THE BIPARTISAN BORDER SECURITY BILL THAT HE KILLED, AND I WILL SIGN IT INTO LAW! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I KNOW, I KNOW WE CAN LIVE UP TO OUR PROUD HERITAGE AS A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFORM OUR BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. WE CAN CREATE AN EARNED PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP AND SECURE OUR BORDER! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND, AMERICA, WE MUST ALSO BE STEADFAST IN ADVANCING OUR SECURITY AND VALUES ABROAD. AS VICE PRESIDENT, I HAVE CONFRONTED THREATS TO OUR SECURITY, NEGOTIATED WITH FOREIGN LEADERS, STRENGTHENED OUR ALLIANCES, AND ENGAGED WITH OUR BRAVE TROOPS OVERSEAS. AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, I WILL ENSURE AMERICA ALWAYS HAS THE STRONGEST, MOST LETHAL FIGHTING FORCE IN THE WORLD, AND I WILL FULFILL OUR SACRED OBLIGATION TO CARE FOR OUR TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND I WILL ALWAYS HONOR, AND NEVER DISPARAGE, THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR SACRIFICE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAVE THE WORLD -- LEAD THE WORLD INTO THE FUTURE ON SPACE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT AMERICA, NOT CHINA, WINS THE COMPETITION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY AND THAT WE STRENGTHEN, NOT ABDICATE, OUR GLOBAL LEADERSHIP. TRUMP, ON THE OTHER HAND, THREATENED TO ABANDON NATO. HE ENCOURAGED PUTIN TO INVADE OUR ALLIES, SAID RUSSIA COULD "DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT." FIVE DAYS BEFORE RUSSIA ATTACKED UKRAINE, I MET WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TO WARN HIM ABOUT RUSSIA'S PLAN TO INVADE. I HELPED MOBILIZE A GLOBAL RESPONSE, OVER 50 COUNTRIES, TO DEFEND AGAINST PUTIN'S AGGRESSION. AND AS PRESIDENT, I WILL STAND STRONG WITH UKRAINE AND OUR NATO ALLIES! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WITH RESPECT TO THE WAR IN GAZA, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND I ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK, BECAUSE NOW IS THE TIME TO GET A HOSTAGE DEAL AND A CEASEFIRE DEAL DONE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND LET ME BE CLEAR. AND LET ME BE CLEAR: I WILL ALWAYS STAND UP FOR ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF AND I WILL ALWAYS ENSURE ISRAEL HAS THE ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL MUST NEVER AGAIN FACE THE HORROR THAT A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION CALLED THOMAS CALLED HAMAS COMMITTED ON OCTOBER 7TH INCLUDING COMMITTING SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THE MASSACRE OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT A MUSICAL FESTIVAL. AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN GAZA OVER THE PAST TEN MONTHS IS DEVASTATING. SO MANY INNOCENT LIVES LOST. DESPERATE, HUNGRY PEOPLE FLEEING FOR SAFETY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THE SCALE OF SUFFERING IS HEARTBREAKING. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND I ARE WORKING TO END THIS WAR, SUCH THAT ISRAEL IS SECURE, THE HOSTAGES ARE RELEASED, THE SUFFERING IN GAZA ENDS, AND THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE CAN REALIZE THEIR RIGHT TO DIGNITY, SECURITY, FREEDOM, AND SELF-DETERMINATION! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND KNOW THIS: I WILL NEVER HESITATE TO TAKE WHATEVER ACTION IS NECESSARY TO DEFEND OUR FORCES AND OUR INTERESTS AGAINST IRAN AND IRAN-BACKED TERRORIST. I WILL NOT COZY UP TO TYRANTS AND DICTATORS LIKE KIM JONG UN, WHO ARE ROOTING FOR TRUMP! WHO ARE ROOTING FOR TRUMP! BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW. THEY KNOW HE IS EASY TO MANIPULATE WITH FLATTERY AND FAVORS. THEY KNOW TRUMP WON'T HOLD AUTOCRATS ACCOUNTABLE, BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE AN AUTOCRATS HIMSELF. AND AS PRESIDENT, I WILL NEVER WAVER IN DEFENSE OF AMERICA'S SECURITY AND IDEALS, BECAUSE IN THE ENDURING STRUGGLE BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND TYRANNY, I KNOW WHERE I STAND AND I KNOW WHERE THE UNITED STATES BELONGS! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CROWD CHANTING "USA"] FELLOW AMERICANS. FELLOW AMERICANS. I LOVE OUR COUNTRY WITH ALL MY HEART. EVERYWHERE I GO... EVERYWHERE I GO AND EVERYONE I MEET, I SEE A NATION THAT IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD, READY FOR THE NEXT STEP IN THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY THAT IS AMERICA. I SEE AN AMERICA WHERE WE HOLD FAST TO THE FEARLESS BELIEF THAT BUILT OUR NATION AND INSPIRED THE WORLD. ; THAT HERE IN THIS COUNTRY, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. THAT NOTHING IS OUT OF REACH. AND AMERICA, WHERE WE CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER, LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US! THAT NONE OF US, NONE OF US HAS TO FAIL FOR ALL OF US TO SUCCEED! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND THAT IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH! YOU KNOW, OUR OPPONENTS IN THIS RACE ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY DENIGRATING AMERICA, TALKING ABOUT HOW TERRIBLE EVERYTHING IS. WELL, MY MOTHER HAD ANOTHER LESSON TO USE TO TEACH. NEVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE, YOU SHOW THEM WHO YOU ARE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AMERICA... LET US SHOW EACH OTHER AND THE WORLD WHO WE ARE, AND WHAT WE STAND FOR! FREEDOM. OPPORTUNITY. COMPASSION. DIGNITY! FAIRNESS! AND ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES! [APPLAUSE] WE ARE THE HEIRS TO THE GREATEST DEMOCRACY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, AND ON BEHALF OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN AND ALL THOSE WHO SACRIFICED SO DEARLY FOR OUR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY, WE MUST BE WORTHY OF THIS MOMENT. IT IS NOW OUR RETURN TO DO WHAT GENERATIONS BEFORE US HAVE DONE, GUIDED BY OPTIMISM AND FAITH, TO FIGHT WITH THIS COUNTRY WE LOVE, TO FIGHT FOR THE IDEALS WE CHERISH, AND TO UPHOLD THE AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE ON EARTH. THE PRIVILEGE AND PRIDE OF BEING AN AMERICAN! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] SO LET'S GET OUT THERE, LET'S FIGHT FOR IT, LET'S GET OUT THERE, LET'S VOTE FOR IT, AND TOGETHER, LET US WRITE THE NEXT GREAT CHAPTER IN THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY STORY EVER TOLD! THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, AND MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF