and vice president Harris excuse me and as vice president she fought for student
debt relief I know I know that when we elect her
president of the United States she will be fighting for us and just yesterday
she won the support of the delegates needed to lead our party and how it is
my distinct honor to introduce the first woman elected vice president of the
United States and the next president of the United States Kamala Paris
I'ma keep on running cuz the winner don't quit on the tells
thank you thank you
thank you
thank you thank you thank you everyone thank you thank you good afternoon with
Scott said good afternoon everyone thank you it is good to be back thank you all
very much can we please hear it for Leah and her extraordinary story and
leadership and I do believe our teachers do God's work they teach other people's
children and God knows we don't pay them enough and it is so good to be here and
be back with so many extraordinary leaders including my friend the great
governor of Wisconsin Tony Evers my dear friend Senator Tammy Baldwin
and you know I had the privilege of serving with Tammy when I was in the
United States Senate and she is always fighting for the people of this state
and I know that the folks that are here are going to make sure you return her to
Washington DC in November yes we are gonna elect her back to Washington DC it is
so good to be here also with Lieutenant Governor Sarah Rodriguez attorney general
Josh Cole Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godluski County Executive David
David Crowley Mayor Cavalier Johnson and the great state party chair Ben
Wickler so I have worked with Ben you and I've been working together for years
and I can attest he knows how to build the infrastructure that delivers winds up
and down the ballot thank you Ben so it is good to be back in Wisconsin and it is
great to be in Milwaukee as many of you know our state campaign headquarters are
in this city yes and that there is a reason for that the path to the White
House goes through Wisconsin yes it does and to win in Wisconsin we are counting
on you right here in Milwaukee and you all helped us win in 2020 and in 2024 we
will win again so Milwaukee I want to start by saying a few words and I could
really speak at length but a few words about our incredible president Joe Biden
it has truly been one of the greatest honors of my life to serve as vice president to our
president Joe Biden Joe's legacy of accomplishment over his entire career and over the past
three and a half years is unmatched in modern history in one term think about it
in one term as president he has already surpassed the legacy of most presidents who served two
terms in office and I know we are all deeply deeply grateful for his continuing service
to our nation and it is my great honor to have Joe Biden's endorsement in this race
so Wisconsin I am told as of this morning that we have earned the support of enough delegates
to secure the Democratic nomination and I am so very honored and I pledge to you I will spend
the coming weeks continuing to unite our party so that we are ready to win in November
so friends we have 105 days until election day and in that time we've got some work to do
but we're not afraid of hard work we like hard work don't we
and we will win this election yes we will
so as Leah told you before I was elected vice president before I was elected the United
States senator I was elected attorney general of the state of California and I was a courtroom
prosecutor before then and in those roles I took on perpetrators of all kinds
of
predators who abused women fraudsters who ripped off consumers cheaters who broke the rules for
their own gain so hear me when I say I know Donald Trump's type
and in this campaign I promise you
I will proudly put my record against his any day of the week
as attorney general of California I took on one of our country's largest for profit
colleges that was scamming students Donald Trump ran a for-profit college that scammed students
as a prosecutor I specialized in cases involving sexual abuse well Trump was found liable for
committing sexual abuse as attorney general California I took on the big Wall Street banks
and held them accountable for fraud Donald Trump was just found guilty of fraud on 34 counts
but let's also make no mistake this campaign is not just about us versus Donald Trump
this campaign is about who we fight for this is about who we fight for
just look at how we are running our campaigns so Donald Trump is relying on support from billionaires
and big corporations and he is trading access in exchange for campaign contributions
a couple months ago you all saw that a couple months ago at Marilago he literally promised
big oil companies big oil lobbyists he would do their bidding for one billion dollars in campaign
donations on the other hand we are running a people powered campaign
and we just had some breaking news we just had the best 24 hours
of grassroots fundraising in presidential campaign history
and because we are a people powered campaign that is how you know we will be a people first
presidency and Wisconsin this campaign is also about two different visions for our nation
one where we are focused on the future the other focused on the past we believe in a future where
every person has the opportunity not just to get by but to get ahead a future where no child has
to grow up in poverty where every worker has the freedom to join a union
where every person has affordable health care
affordable child care
and paid family leave
we believe in a future where every senior can retire with dignity
so all of this is to say building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency
because here's the thing we all hear Wisconsin know when our middle class is strong
America is strong
but Donald Trump wants to take our country backward he and his extreme project 2025 agenda
will weaken the middle class like we know we got to take this seriously can you believe they put
that thing in writing read it as 900 pages but here's the thing when you read it you will see
Donald Trump intends to cut social security and medicare he intends to give tax breaks to
billionaires and big corporations and make working families foot the bill
they intend to end the affordable care act
and take us back then to a time when insurance companies have the power to deny people with
pre-existing conditions remember what that was like children with asthma women who survived
breast cancer grandparents with diabetes America has tried these failed economic policies before
but we are not going back
we are not going back
we're not going back we're not going back
and i'll tell you why we're not going back because ours is a fight for the future
and it is a fight for freedom
generations of america's generations and we have to remember this the shoulders on which we stand
generations of americans before us led the fight for freedom and now Wisconsin the baton is in our
hands we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will make sure every american has the ability
to cast their ballot and have it counted
we who believe that every person in our nation should have the freedom to live safe from the
terror of gun violence will finally pass red flag laws universal background checks and an assault
weapons ban
and we who believe in reproductive freedom
will stop donald trump's extreme abortion bans because we trust women to make decisions about
their own body and not have their government tell them what to do
and when congress passes along to restore reproductive freedoms as president of the united states i
will sign it into law
so with sconce and ultimately in this election we each face a question
what kind of country do we want to live in a country
and to your point do we want to live in a country of freedom compassion and rule of law
or a country of chaos fear and hate
and here's the beauty of this moment we each have the power to answer that question
the power is with the people we each have the power to answer that question
and in the next 105 days then we have work to do
we have doors to knock on we have phone calls to make we have voters to register
and we have an election to win
so with sconce and today i ask you are you ready to get to work
do we believe in freedom
do we believe in opportunity
do we believe in the promise of america
and are we ready to fight for it
and when we fight we win
god bless you god bless united states
where are you i need freedom to i'm great today