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the other kids on the block. She

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was glad to do the

22:05

thankless, unglamorous work that

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for generations has strengthened the

22:10

fabric of this nation. The

22:13

belief that if you do unto

22:15

others, if you love thy neighbor,

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if you work and scrape and

22:20

sacrifice, it will pay off. If

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not for you, then maybe for

22:24

your children or your grandchildren. You

22:28

see, those values have

22:31

been passed on

22:34

through family farms and

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factory towns, through tree-lined

22:38

streets and crowded tenements,

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through prayer groups and National

22:43

Guard units and social studies

22:45

classrooms. Those were

22:47

the values my mother poured into

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me until her very last breath.

22:54

Kamala Harris and I built

22:56

our lives on those same

22:58

foundational values. Even

23:01

though our mothers grew up in the ocean

23:03

apart, they shared

23:05

the same belief in the promise

23:07

of this country. That's

23:10

why her mother

23:12

moved here from India at 19. It's

23:16

why she taught Kamala about

23:18

justice, about the

23:20

obligation to lift others up, about

23:24

our responsibility to give more than

23:26

we take. She'd

23:29

often tell her daughter, don't

23:31

sit around and complain about things. Do

23:34

something. So

23:38

with that voice in her

23:41

head, Kamala went

23:43

out and she worked hard in

23:45

school graduating from an HBCU, earning

23:48

her law degree at a state

23:51

school. And

23:53

then she went on to work for

23:55

the people, fighting to

23:57

hold lawbreakers accountable, strengthening the

24:00

rule of law, fighting to

24:02

get folks better wages, cheaper

24:04

prescription drugs, a good education,

24:07

decent health care, child care,

24:09

elder care. From a

24:11

middle class household, Kamala worked her

24:14

way up to become Vice President

24:16

of the United States of America.

24:21

My girl,

24:24

Kamala Harris, is more

24:26

than ready for this moment. She

24:30

is one of the most

24:32

qualified people ever to seek the office

24:34

of the presidency. And

24:41

she is one of the

24:43

most dignified. A

24:45

tribute to her mother, to my mother, and

24:48

to your mother too. The

24:51

embodiment of

24:53

the stories we tell ourselves about

24:56

this country. Her story is

24:58

your story. It's my story.

25:01

It's the story of the vast

25:03

majority of Americans trying to

25:05

build a better life. Look

25:07

Kamala knows, like we do, that

25:10

regardless of where you come from, what you

25:12

look like, who you love, how you worship,

25:14

or what's in your bank account, we

25:16

all deserve the opportunity to

25:18

build a decent life. All

25:22

of our contributions deserve

25:24

to be accepted and

25:26

valued. Because

25:32

no one has a monopoly on

25:35

what it means to be an American.

25:37

No one. Kamala

25:46

has shown her allegiance to

25:48

this nation, not by spewing

25:50

anger and bitterness, but

25:53

by living a life of service and

25:56

always pushing the doors of opportunity

25:58

open to others. She

26:00

understands that most of

26:03

us will never be afforded the

26:05

grace of failing forward. We

26:08

will never benefit from the

26:10

affirmative action of generational wealth.

26:26

If we bankrupt a business or

26:29

choke in a crisis, we don't get

26:31

a second, third, or fourth chance. If

26:35

things don't go our

26:37

way, we don't

26:39

have the luxury of whining or cheating

26:41

others to get further ahead. No, we

26:46

don't get to change the rules

26:48

so we always win. If

26:50

we see a mountain in front of us, we

26:52

don't expect there to be an escalator waiting to

26:54

take us to the top. No,

26:57

we put our heads down. We

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get to work. In

27:06

America, we do something.

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And throughout her entire

27:13

life, that's what

27:16

we've seen from Kamala Harris. The

27:19

steel of her spine, the

27:22

steadiness of her upbringing, the honesty

27:24

of her example, and yes, the

27:27

joy of her laughter and her light.

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It couldn't be more obvious. Of

27:36

the two major candidates in this race, only

27:39

Kamala Harris truly understands

27:41

the unseen labor and

27:43

unwavering commitment that has

27:45

always made America great. Now,

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1:14:03

much as any

1:14:05

policy or program, I

1:14:09

believe that's what we yearn for. A

1:14:12

return to an America where we work together

1:14:15

and look out for each other. A

1:14:18

restoration of

1:14:21

what Lincoln

1:14:23

called on the eve of

1:14:25

Civil War, our

1:14:29

bonds of affection. An

1:14:32

America of the Teps, what he called

1:14:34

the bitter angels

1:14:36

of our nature. That

1:14:40

is what this election is about. And

1:14:44

I believe that's why if we each do

1:14:46

our part over the next 77 days,

1:14:49

if we knock on doors, if

1:14:51

we make phone calls, if we

1:14:53

talk to our friends, if

1:14:55

we listen to our neighbors, if

1:15:00

we work like we've never

1:15:02

worked before, if we

1:15:05

hold firm to our convictions, we

1:15:11

will elect Kamala Harris as the next

1:15:13

President of the United States and

1:15:16

Tim Woles as the next Vice President of

1:15:18

the United States. We

1:15:21

will elect leaders up and down

1:15:24

the ballot who will fight for

1:15:27

the hopeful, forward-looking America

1:15:29

we all believe in. And

1:15:31

together, we too will build

1:15:33

a country that is more secure

1:15:35

and more just, more

1:15:38

equal, and more free. So

1:15:41

let's get to work. God bless you. to

1:28:00

the idea of multiracial democracy because they accepted

1:28:02

it for eight years at some level. And

1:28:04

then really quickly to go to Michelle. Michelle

1:28:08

Obama was a tour de force tonight. We

1:28:10

were talking about this before, Alex and I,

1:28:12

that one of the things people often forget

1:28:15

is that as talented and brilliant

1:28:17

as Barack Obama is as an

1:28:19

orator, Michelle Obama is his

1:28:22

equal and every so often, sometimes

1:28:24

even better. Michelle Obama preached tonight.

1:28:27

She gave a sermon to this country. She

1:28:29

gave instructions and things that needed to be done.

1:28:31

And this audience ate it all the way up.

1:28:35

And the last thing I will say,

1:28:37

we also heard love stories tonight. It

1:28:39

is so rare to hear the kind of

1:28:42

deep and abiding love that we heard from

1:28:44

Doug M. Hock. Dougie loves Kamala. And

1:28:48

we got that full on and

1:28:50

we can also see that Barack

1:28:52

loves Michelle and they both loved

1:28:54

her mom. That love and

1:28:56

that joy, this room lit up with

1:28:58

it. And it is the reason that

1:29:00

they're doing so well on this democratic

1:29:02

side because they're bringing the love and

1:29:04

the joy and the family connection that

1:29:06

we lacked at that other convention. Yeah,

1:29:08

it is a that's it's very good.

1:29:10

You know, it's a really good point.

1:29:12

And it actually it feels like not

1:29:14

a bookend but a companion to the

1:29:17

We Love You, Joe. We love Joe. We love

1:29:19

Joe. So, point of love last night for

1:29:22

for President Biden on night one. And then

1:29:24

to have those love stories talked about on

1:29:27

night two, it does feel like companion pieces.

1:29:29

Now, speaking of love, I was sitting next

1:29:31

to Simone Sanders, former senior staffer

1:29:33

to Kamala Harris, who

1:29:35

was watching the Doug

1:29:38

Emhoff speech. And I thought you,

1:29:40

Simone Sanders Townsend, were going to crawl

1:29:43

out of your skin. I thought you

1:29:45

were going to leave your body. You

1:29:47

were so enthused by that speech. I

1:29:49

just you know, because

1:29:51

this is not what Doug

1:29:53

Emhoff signed up to do when he

1:29:55

went to law school. He did not

1:29:57

have this on his bingo card. And

1:30:00

I remember right after the

1:30:03

inauguration in 2020, and

1:30:05

the second gentleman then and the vice president, they

1:30:08

were gonna have to walk up these stairs and

1:30:11

do something. And as they were about to walk up, the

1:30:13

second gentleman was about to walk right with the vice president.

1:30:15

I'm like, no sir, you don't. I'm

1:30:17

like, somebody tell the staff that no one breathed

1:30:19

a second gentleman. He's like, to

1:30:22

see him standing on that stage tonight, he

1:30:24

was fully in his moment.

1:30:27

He was standing there. And oftentimes

1:30:30

you talk about spouses

1:30:32

supporting their, partner

1:30:34

who's in a powerful position. And I

1:30:37

frankly sometimes think we talk about it in

1:30:39

a place of, that it comes from a

1:30:41

place of weakness. And Doug Imhoff is a

1:30:43

strong person. He is a strong man who

1:30:45

has self assured someone who the vice president

1:30:47

leans on when for advice. He

1:30:51

is somebody, if you really wanna understand what is

1:30:53

going on or how to maybe get your point

1:30:55

across better, ask the second gentleman

1:30:58

because he is the best possible counsel.

1:31:00

And so to see him standing up

1:31:02

there tonight as an example

1:31:04

for so many people across the country,

1:31:06

because Doug Imhoff's family looks like a

1:31:08

lot of families. I am in a

1:31:10

blended family. Like I have a son,

1:31:12

I am a stepmother, but I have

1:31:14

a son. You know, so I just

1:31:17

thought it was amazing for America

1:31:19

to see that. Michelle LaVon Robinson

1:31:21

Obama, from the South side of

1:31:23

Chicago, honey, was on that stage tonight. And

1:31:26

yes, she preached, but frankly, I think that she

1:31:28

was fed up. She was fed up with Trump.

1:31:31

That's why in 2016, she went low. You

1:31:34

know, 2020, when they go low, 2016, when they go low,

1:31:36

we go high. She, today, she

1:31:38

looked him dead in the face and

1:31:41

gave America instructions. It was what

1:31:43

people needed to do. Can I just say this? I

1:31:45

just thought it was so striking to think about how

1:31:47

he started in a convention hall, as we all know.

1:31:49

And he gave a speech about red and blue. And

1:31:51

it's so, it was so striking to

1:31:54

have him update it to the algorithms, to the MAGA

1:31:56

divisions, to those attacks. He really spoke a bit about

1:31:58

you build a wall, then you feel low.