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long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $5,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your Pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example had said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no we're not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a pull on Attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a medic get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medicate over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John leis 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 is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 e e e e e e e e e e e e that's right basically told that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I will go over to miss Shelton's house and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know what cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are [Applause] not we're not going back no we not going back no we we together we'll move forward because ours is a fight for the future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a national abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a medic's get let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 text and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that 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 and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are at playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina are you ready to make your voices her 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 there you go bless you and God bless America what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Mich Shelton our small business owner and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed 400 million dollar on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-exist in condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going going back we are not going back we are not going we're not going back no not going that no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply hell beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hardfought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a medic let's get a medic let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and 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 is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone suggest that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seals of the president of the United States never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and could never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important an races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I will go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner M Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody likees like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollar even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $44,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not W we're not going back no we not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own bodies and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except for irginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental Rights and Freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a let's get let's get medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 and assault weapons ban Universal background checkt and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if real Ed he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the scen of the president of the United States never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States [Applause] and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who's who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner M Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $66,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's develop M you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example had said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not going we're not going back no not going back no we we together we'll move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law [Applause] we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hardfought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generation of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a medic let's get a let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 checkt and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the beli that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune IM imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggest that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seals of the president of the United States never again never again [Applause] never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of P patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins [Applause] and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner M Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy by our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $44,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no we not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own bodies and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride [Applause] and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here LED the fight for Freedom let's get a medic medic let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medicate over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then in the sacred freedom to vote will finally passed 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 is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 20120 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that 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 and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who's who's opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your boat North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Melton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from healthc care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollar even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and for 35 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no not going back no we we together we'll move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a medic let's get AIC do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 Tex and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggest that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United State never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States [Applause] and could never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from healthc care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more more than a 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut so Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no we're not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own bodies and not have her government s what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not for playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hardfought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get him medic let's get let's get him Med do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medicate over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 text and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that 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 [Applause] never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins [Applause] and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who's who's opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race and till the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you to day North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I will go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know that challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including in $66,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not going [Applause] we're not going back no not going back no we we together we'll move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into [Applause] law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for freedom get a medic get medic let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 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 is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that 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 and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States [Applause] and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from healthc care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporate ations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than a 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollar even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the aable care act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no not going that no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own bodies and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the int intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hardfought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 [Applause] pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get him medic let's get let's get him Med do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medicate over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 cheex and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seals of the president of the United States never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation 's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who's who's opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are at playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner m Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going that no not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rap and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around W and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hardfought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 [Applause] pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a medic a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is Who We Are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means CU before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seals of the president of the United States never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are at playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the under Underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you God Bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you mentor or you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and Families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than a 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollar even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American Family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the [Applause] economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession session by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not [Applause] we're not going back no we not going that no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own bod and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump and selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into [Applause] law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental Al rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get them let get let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 text and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means CU before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seals of the president of the United States never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States [Applause] and could never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 50 4 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who's whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner M Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump will well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act Now think think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote Concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no not going back no we we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and inest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law [Applause] we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a med let get do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medicate over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the unit United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that 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 [Applause] never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the high EST form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are business lead leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for star start up businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion doll even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security in Medicare and he wants to imp OS what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going going back we are not we're not going back no we're not going that no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own bodies and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hands selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hardfought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 [Applause] and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a Med's get let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders to looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote and we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background cheex and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seals of the president of the United States never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh L running for governor who's whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the p power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was a second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner M Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Healthcare groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than a 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not [Applause] we're not going back no we're not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote yeah the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's here the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a Medici over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us LED the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 you Universal background checkt and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one won he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seals of the president of the United States never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States [Applause] and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who's whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Melton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than a 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intend tends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example had said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan Concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no we're not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own bod and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hardfought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a med let's get let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that 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 [Applause] never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins [Applause] and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who's whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $55,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from healthc care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your Pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not [Applause] we're not going back no we're not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to too with her body come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into [Applause] law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for freedom let's get a medic let's get a medic let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic it over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 text and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that 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 and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States [Applause] and could never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome response responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million is on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know what cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than a 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollar even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from the election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are in insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immortal moral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly signed into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from on violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a medic let's get let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 passing assault weapons ban Universal background text and red flag so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that 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 and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and could never occup occy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome resp responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who's whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is we are going to cut red tape and work with the private SE ctor to build 3 million new homes by the end of my first term and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering in well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no we're not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a naal abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom Generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get aic's get let's get a med do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic at over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then in the sacred freedom to vote will find passed 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 text and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that 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 and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many states that are at playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina are you ready to make your your voes 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I will go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than a 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including six ,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I'm know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example had said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not [Applause] we're not going back no not going that no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every sing state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard won fundamental rights and freedoms 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 here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a let's get a let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seals of the president of the United States never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States [Applause] and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there small business leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner M Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollar even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has oh concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no we not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would un UND do the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law [Applause] we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a medic let's get let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medicate over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the batan is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means CU before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that 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 [Applause] never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are at playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owner owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than a 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollar of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own bodies and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 States have have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held belief to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] vience the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a medic let's get a medic let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders too looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and 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 is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seals of the president of the United States never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know no the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Mich Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable hous housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from healthc care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly 4 ,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not [Applause] we're not going back no we're not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own bodies and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States stes I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a letter let's get let's get a letter do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medicate over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before for us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 weapon ban Universal background text and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 this Stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seals of the president of the United States never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States [Applause] and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are at playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Melton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than a 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $66,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans gold Sachs for example had said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law [Applause] we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with PR and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get them Med let's get let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medicate over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders too looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and 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 checkt and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even higher because two months ago the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president that he will effec ly be immune no matter what he does in the White House well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seals of the president of the United States never again never again [Applause] never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins [Applause] and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Melton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are civically leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know what cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from healthc care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no we not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be tell telling her what to do with her body come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into [Applause] law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a medic's get let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medicate over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 text and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggest he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the con stitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seals of the president of the United States never again never again never and put that all in the context of of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are at playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina are you ready to make your voices heard so 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to Melton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner M Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on PR gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than a 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollar of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollar even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman saxs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember C except you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million I Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no not going that no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intent with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incet it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly signed into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hardfought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 priz and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get aic's get a med do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders too looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even higher because 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that 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 and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and would never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days till election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who's whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I'm know what cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is we are going to cut red tape work with the private sector to build 3 million new homes by the end of my first term and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from healthc care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no we not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a fullon attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get him medic let's get let's get him Med do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medicate over there yeah but let's let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then in the sacred free 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 text and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us must be very clear someone who suggests that 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 and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and could never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Car in 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 there you go go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than a 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necess necess ities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sach for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not going back [Applause] we're not going back no not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a Fight For Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard f hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a minut let's get a medic let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders too looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vot at and we who believe and the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background check and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States shouldn't never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States [Applause] and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are at playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings of on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner M Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from healthc care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to in the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no we're not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman woman to be able to make decisions about her own bodies and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into [Applause] law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a fullon attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a medic's get let's get medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medicate over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 checkt and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote ter termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that 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 and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who who opponent who opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on a abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a 50,00 ,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is we are going to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build 3 million new two homes by the end of my first term and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example had said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre preexisting condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no not going that no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deep deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hardfought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a med a medic let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for you each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and L 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 is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be imun imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggest that 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 and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the pr promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless you America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often work very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for a America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $44,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks we suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not [Applause] we're not going back no we're not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own bodies and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected to three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental Rights and Freedoms 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 here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get get get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so Generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 cheex and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means because before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that 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 and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United State [Applause] and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who's whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are at playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your or vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was is a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner M Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed 400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $66,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not going we're not going back no not going that no we we together we'll move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law [Applause] we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hardfought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA J generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a medic let's get a medic let get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means because before there might have been at least the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seals of the president of the United States never again never again [Applause] never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins [Applause] and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner M Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses is cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankrupcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your heart hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detail fail and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no we're not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into [Applause] law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hardfought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a medic let's get a let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medicate over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking at out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 checkt and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should termin 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 and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for govern governor who's whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina are you ready to make your voices heard so 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner M Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollar even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not [Applause] not going back no not going back no we we together we'll move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply hell beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hardfought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 [Applause] pride and here's the thing that I'm know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a let's get do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 back background check and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means CU before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United uned States never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National security adviser his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States [Applause] and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand and the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner M Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is we are going to to cut red tape and work with the private sector to build 3 million new homes by the end of my first term and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than a 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan yeah I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no we're not going back no we we together will move forward because our yours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own bodies and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused used to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not stop playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hardfought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a medic let's get a med let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medicate over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe this 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 cheex and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 20120 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that 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 [Applause] never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins [Applause] and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who's who's opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets in including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on every day basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would re ight inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not [Applause] we're not going back no not going back no we we together we'll move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 our body come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into [Applause] law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for freedom let's get him letter let's get him let's get him do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a m okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 is on the line in this election and we got this we got but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means CU before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggest that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United State never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States [Applause] and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love of our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Mich Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the best backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver PL L and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than a 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollar even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Don Donal Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own bodies and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into [Applause] law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun violence [Applause] the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a med let's get let's get a do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medicate over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 text and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 20120 the stakes are even higher because two months ago the United States state supreme court basically told the former president that he will effectively be immune no matter what he does in the White House well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who call for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that 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 and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who's who's a opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a to total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to miss Shelton's house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner M Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to get give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when CU look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people and families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut cut thousands of dollars of your hard earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 2025 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollars even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American family nearly $44,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into a recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not we're not going back no not going back no we we together we'll move forward because ours is a fight for the future and and ours is a fight for Freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own bodies and not have her government tell her what to do W and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not playing around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms 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 here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get them's get let's get do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lis 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 TX and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suest he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seals of the president of the United State never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United [Applause] States and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American it's an awesome responsibility that's right that's right that's right that's right and I do believe I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America and so North Carolina we have 54 days until election day 54 days until election day and just 35 days until early voting begins and it's not only the presidency that's on the ballot there are many many important races like Josh Stein running for governor who whose opponent whose opponent was handpicked by Donald Trump because he wants a total ban on abortion in this state and that is just one of the many Stakes that are playing this election but see we know the power is with the people the power is with the people your voice is your vote North Carolina and you are going to make all the difference in the outcome of this race and look we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog let's be clear about that we are the underdog and so we have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we will win we will win and so I ask you today North Carolina 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 there you go God bless you and God bless America and let me tell you I love our small businesses are there Small Business Leaders here raise your hand that's right that's right so you know growing up growing up my mother she worked long hours she often worked very long hours my mother and so my sister Maya and I would go over to Melton house now miss Shelton we called her our second mother she was the second mother to us she actually was from Louisiana and she would take care of us in the evenings and on the weekends when my mother was working and she was a small business owner and let me tell you what I learned from being a young child about a a small business owner Miss Shelton our small business owners you are Business Leaders and you are Civic leaders you are Community leaders you hire locally you men Mentor you are part of the fabric of our communities and you like Miss Shelton are the backbone of America's economy the backbone so I have a plan for you and my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction for startup businesses cuz I understand not everybody like the person that was on the stage with me the other night gets handed $400 million on a silver platter and then files for bankruptcy six times come on come on I know when cuz look my mother she worked hard she saved up and it wasn't until I was a teenager she was able to buy our first home I know the challenges that Americans and working people in families are having right now in terms of affordable housing and we need to build more housing in America so part of my plan part of my vision for an opportunity economy is 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 and I have a plan to lower the cost cost of living for America's families on everything from Health Care to groceries including taking on price gouging and those corporations when they take advantage of people in need under my plan more than a 100 million Americans will get a tax cut thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money will go back in your pockets including $6,000 during the first year of a child's life for young parents knowing in that critical stage of your child's development you might need a little help not just to get by but to get ahead and I will always put the middle class and Working Families First I know where I came from I know where I came from from I'm clear about that now Donald Trump well he has a different plan just Google project 20125 I see you have it is a detailed and dangerous blueprint for what he will do if he is elected president Donald Trump will give billionaires massive Cuts massive tax cuts and cut corporate taxes by over a trillion dollar even as they pull down record profits he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what I call a trump sales tax on everyday basic necessities which will cost the average American Family nearly $4,000 a year some of the top economists in our country and in the world have reviewed these plans Goldman Sachs for example has said that my plan would grow our economy and his plan would shrink the economy that his plan would reignite inflation and send us into recession by the middle of next year on top of this on top of this Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act now think about that think about that think we remember what it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre-existing condition remember what that was so he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate he made clear he has no plan to replace it in fact you remember concept you remember he has quote concepts of a plan concepts of a plan I mean we're 54 days from this election concepts of a plan which means no actual plan which means no actual plan and 45 million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act so understand what that means he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back when folks were suffering well we're not going back we are not going back we are not [Applause] we're not going back no we not going back no we we together will move forward because ours is a fight for the [Applause] future and and ours is a fight for freedom like the fundamental freedom of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own bodies and not have her government tell her what to do and we remember how we got here Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade with the intention they would undo the protections and they did exactly as he intended and now more than 20 states have a trump abortion ban including North Carolina and every single state in the South except Virginia many with no exceptions even for rape and incest it is immoral immoral and I know everyone here understands let us 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 come on come on and when and when he was asked on Tuesday night Donald Trump refused to say that he would veto a National Abortion ban well well when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly sign it into law we are not plan around and across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental rights and freedoms like the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Applause] violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and here's the thing that I know about all of the North Carolinian leaders who are here you know this so well it's part of your DNA generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom generations of Americans before us many from right here led the fight for Freedom let's get a let's get let's get a medic do we have a medic get no let's get a medic over there please let's get a medic over there yeah but let's make sure see see this is who we are we look out for each other that's what leaders do looking out for each other okay we've got a medic okay so generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the Baton is in our hands the Baton is now in our hands and we who believe then 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 text and red flag laws so much is on the line in this election and we got this we got this but look but look here's the thing this is not 2016 or 2020 the stakes are even 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 well well well here's the thing the courts will take care of that let's take care of November how about that all right but imagine imagine what that Court ruling means imagine what that means cuz before there might have been at least the the the belief that there would be the threat of consequence but now there's an explicit ruling from the court that suggests he would be immune imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that would look like he who who has vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one he who called for the quote termination of the Constitution of the United States and let us be very clear someone who suggests that we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States never again never again never and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the White House people who saw him every day his National Security advisor his defense secretary his chief of staff and his vice president all all of whom have warned America Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States [Applause] and to never occupy our nation's highest office again so North Carolina I believe it all comes down to this we are here together we are here together because we love our country we love our country and we together understand the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth the privilege and pride of being an American