When I was noxious, like countless Texans, I grew up going back and forth across the
border from El Paso to Ciudad Juarez.
My family would shop, have dinner, go to the doctor, pick up medicines.
The border is my beloved home, the place where my children grew up.
Forget what you hear on the news, I'm from there.
When it comes to the border, hear me when I say, you know nothing, Donald Trump.
He and his Republican imitators see the border and immigration as a political opportunity
to exploit instead of an issue to address.
Congress hasn't passed comprehensive immigration reform in nearly four decades.
The three times they tried, Republicans blocked legislation that would have funded border security
and created a more humane immigration system.
They are not serious people.
You know who is serious?
Kamala Harris.
I met the vice president when she visited El Paso.
I saw firsthand how she engaged with law enforcement, migrants, and human rights advocates.
She was curious, she asked questions, she listened, and she didn't care if the cameras
were on.
First of all, she recognized that the situation at the border is complicated.
As filled with opportunities as it is with challenges, all Republicans have to offer
is demonization and bluster.
Democrats have solutions.
With Kamala Harris as president, we can live up to the promise of America.
We can strengthen legal pathways to immigration.
We can secure our borders, and we can treat with dignity those who seek a better future
within them.
I have a question for you.
Who really wants a solution at our border?
Our administration worked on the most significant border security bill in decades.
Some of the most conservative Republicans in Washington, D.C., supported the bill.
Even the border patrol endorsed it.
And that bill included thousands of new border agents and personnel.
Some technology can detect and stop fentanyl, more judges, and faster is silent processing.
For the first time in decades, a chance at a real bipartisan solution.
But at the last minute, Trump directed his allies in the Senate to vote it down.
They're blaming it on me.
I said, that's okay.
Please blame it on me.
Please.
Taint the bipartisan deal because he thought it would help him win an election.
Which goes to show Donald Trump does not care about border security.
He only cares about himself.
The real difference is, I was the attorney general of a border state.
In that job, I walked underground tunnels between the United States and Mexico on that
border with law enforcement officers.
I went after transnational gangs, drug cartels, and human traffickers that came into our country
illegally.
I prosecuted them in case after case, and I won.
So here is my pledge to you.
As president, I will bring back the border of security bill that Donald Trump killed,
and I will sign it into law and show Donald Trump what real leadership looks like.
Please welcome Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy.
So, I just want to let you know, I want to let you know that everything that you just
saw in that video, that's exactly what happened.
I know because I was the democratic senator who negotiated that bill to secure the border
with President Biden and Vice President Harris.
I want to tell you this as well.
Donald Trump's allies weren't just in the room.
They helped us write the whole bill.
It was a bipartisan bill.
It was a tough bill.
Twenty billion dollars in new border security gave the president the emergency power to
shut down the border made compassionate, but serious reforms to our asylum system.
One Republican said it would have had almost unanimous support if it weren't for Donald
Trump.
Trump killed that bill, and he did it because he knew that if we fixed the border, he'd
lose his ability to divide us.
His ability to fan the flames of fear about people who come from different places.
You guys know this, right?
Hate and division, that's Trump's oxygen, right?
People like Trump and JD Vance, they need it to survive in politics.
People are saying that they're weird, that they're creepy, and they are weird.
They are creepy.
But even worse, they're weak.
Kamala Harris is not weak.
For 20 years, Kamala Harris has been tough as nails when it comes to securing our border.
When she was a California prosecutor, she went after drug smugglers, human traffickers.
She put 100 gang members away in a single sweep.
Trump says that a safe nation can't be an immigrant nation.
That's flat wrong, and Kamala Harris knows it.
She knows this too.
Engraved on the Statue of Liberty is a poem.
The last line reads, I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
For generations, that lamp is called people to start a brave new life in America.
My ancestors, your ancestors, and the parents of the next president of the United States
of America.
Kamala Harris knows that we can be a nation of proud immigrants and a nation of strong
immigration laws.
That's why when she's president, she will bring that border bill back, and Kamala Harris
is going to pass it.
How do I know this?
Because in this race, there is only one candidate who has ever been willing to do the worthy,
redeeming work of making our country better, of recognizing that we do not have to choose
between celebrating our heritage and enforcing our laws.
The beautiful thing about America is that we can be both.
We can be a nation of immigrants who love their country and a nation with a secure border.
And there is only one candidate.
There is only one candidate who can deliver that vision of America, and it's Kamala Harris.
Thank you very much, Democrats.
Please welcome Bear County Sheriff Javier Salazar.
On the other side of the border, the traffickers, they pack migrants into 18 wheelers like cattle,
50, 100 at a time, then they seal the doors.
That's when the 911 calls come.
We hear them, desperate, terrified, gasping for air.
Now sometimes we get there in time.
Sometimes despite our best efforts, we can't.
When Donald Trump comes down to Texas, stands next to officers and uniforms just like mine.
He's not there to help us.
Don't think that.
Not for a second.
He is a self-serving man.
I mean, just like when he killed the border bill, he just made our jobs harder.
Now Kamala, on the other hand, has been fighting border crime for years.
She's gone down to Mexico and worked to stop the traffickers.
And when the traffickers didn't stop, she put them in jail.
Now down in my neck of the woods, we call that fooling around and finding out.
I may be paraphrasing a bit.
We protect them now.
The border sheriffs that I know, right, and I, we're like Kamala.
We protect and serve.
We enforce the law.
We show compassion.
And we fight like hell to protect our border.
Because as with all we've all these known in Texas, Guando Luchamos, and Ganamos, when
we fight, we win.
Please welcome California Representative Pete Aguilar.
I'm Pete Aguilar, chair of the Democratic Caucus.
For four generations, my family has called California home.
I grew up in San Bernardino, a working-class community defined by family, faith, and hard
work.
These values shared by Latino families across this country are what made my families American
Dream possible.
And only Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will protect the American Dream so that every family can
earn a living, own a home, and reach their full potential.
This is a vision for America that Donald Trump will never understand.
All he knows is chaos and division.
He talks about tearing American families apart, pitting neighbor against neighbor,
community against community.
Compare that to what Kamala Harris has done as Vice President.
Almost half a million people who live here and are married to a U.S. citizen can now
apply for lawful permanent residence.
DACA recipients who graduated college have easier access to work visas.
And we would have much more security at the border if Donald Trump hadn't tanked the bipartisan
bill.
Folks, we don't have to choose between a secure border and building in America for all.
Under President Harris, we can and will do both.
As a prosecutor, she took on transnational gangs and cartels.
As president, she will fight for pathways to citizenship.
And I can tell you, as the highest-ranking Latino in Congress, our community understands
the stakes in this election because we believe in the promise of this country.
We believe our nation is stronger when we keep families together.
We believe our union is more perfect when dreamers become doctors, teachers, construction
workers, and military service members.
Latinos believe in that American dream and a brighter future.
Even where we secure our border, fix our broken immigration system, and unlock economic
opportunity for all.
And together, we will win.
Thank you.
I am a Filipino-Japanese DACA recipient.
I am a third-year medical student and I am a DACA recipient.
Thanks to DACA, I've been able to open up my own business and represent clients as a lawyer.
So many of my dreams came a little bit closer.
And it's disheartening to know that the court system may end DACA next year.
And to also hear Donald Trump calling from mass deportations.
It is time that we recognize dreamers for who they are.
We are contributors to this great nation.
I support Vice President Harris, who has continued to fight for DACA recipients.
She was the one who stood with us, who sat with us, who heard our stories.
We need a future President Harris to ensure that dreamers like me can continue to work
and provide for ourselves, our communities, and our families.
It's welcome.
United States Marine Corps veteran Carlos Eduardo Espina.
Buenos noches miente.
My name is Carlos Eduardo Espina.
And if two decades ago, when my parents immigrated to college station, Texas, you told me that
one day their son would reach 14 million followers on social media, graduate law school,
and speak at the Democratic National Convention, they might not believe you.
But this is the United States of America, the land of opportunities where anything is
possible.
I know this, I know this, because daily, I interact with people who, like my parents,
came to America to fulfill the dreams and ambitions that in their home countries were
impossible.
People who work hard contribute to society, pay taxes, because, yes, immigrants pay taxes
and love.
And love this country deeply.
The same people Donald Trump wants you to believe are poisoning the blood of our country.
This is dangerous, and it is outright anti-American.
Because as Ronald Reagan once said, Ronald Reagan a Republican once said, we lead the
world because unique among nations, we draw our people, our strength from every country
and every corner of the world.
Reagan knew, Reagan knew that welcoming immigrants is not a Democratic or a Republican value,
it is an American value.
The B pro-immigrant is to be pro-America.
And that's why Kamala Harris understands this too, and that's why, once elected, she will
reject hate and find solutions that make our nation stronger.
So let's get her elected, let's get her elected, and ensure that our country remains
a beacon of freedom and opportunity for all.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the great state of Texas.
And welcome, former Homeland Security and counter-terrorism advisor to Vice President
Pence, Olivia Troy.
Four years ago, I resigned from the Trump administration.
As a Republican who dreamed of working in the White House, it was a hard decision.
And as an American, it was the right one.
I saw how Donald Trump undermined our intelligence community, our military leaders, and ultimately
our democratic process.
Now he's doing it again, lying, and laying the groundwork to undermine this election.
It's his MO, to so doubt and division.
That's what Trump wants, because it's the only way he wins.
And that's what our foreign adversaries want, because it's the only way they win.
As a national security expert, Ika Molatina, Ika, Deona Imingrante, Mexicana, Karelisio
and Zwingamericano, being inside Trump's White House was terrifying.
But what keeps me up at night is what will happen if he gets back there.
The guardrails are gone, the few adults in the room, the first time, resigned or were
fired.
I grew up in the kind of working family that Trump pretends to care about, conservative,
Catholic, Texan, July 4th, was our most sacred holiday.
Those values made me a Republican, and they're the same values that make me proud to support
Kamala Harris, not because we agree on every issue, but because we agree on the most important
issue, protecting our freedom.
So to my fellow Republicans, you aren't voting for a Democrat, you're voting for democracy.
You aren't betraying our party, you're standing up for our country.
Thank you.
Please welcome former Georgia Lieutenant Governor, Jeff Duncan.
Good evening, I bring greetings from the great state of Georgia.
So let's get the hard part out of the way, I am a Republican.
But tonight, I stand here as an American, an American that cares more about the future
of this country than the future of Donald Trump.
My journey started to this podium years ago when I realized Donald Trump was willing to
lie, cheat and steal to try to overturn the 2020 election.
I realized Trump was a direct threat to democracy, and his actions disqualified him from ever,
ever stepping foot into the Oval Office again.
I could spend my time revving up this crowd, but I'm certain I don't have to talk anybody
out of voting for Donald Trump here.
So I'm going to focus my attention on the millions of Republicans and independents
that are at home that are sick and tired of making excuses for Donald Trump.
If Republicans are being intellectually honest with ourselves, our party is not civil or
conservative, it's chaotic and crazy, and the only thing left to do is dump Trump.
These days, our party acts more like a cult, a cult worshiping a felonist thug.
Look, you don't have to agree with every policy position of Kamala Harris.
I don't, but you do have to recognize her prosecutor mindset that understands right
from wrong, good from evil.
She's a steady hand and will bring leadership to the White House that Donald Trump could
never do.
Let me be clear to my Republican friends at home watching.
If you vote for Kamala Harris in 2024, you're not a Democrat, you're a patriot.
In our family, in our family, my wife Brooke and I are raising three boys and we have
a family motto, and it says, doing the right thing will never be the wrong thing.
During 2020, during just the lowest of lows, we had armed officers outside our house protecting
us from other Republicans.
Donald Trump had targeted us.
My son came downstairs and he handed me this coaster that I had given him years before
at a father's son or cheat for our church and he said, hey, dad, doing the right thing
will never be the wrong thing.
Stay strong.
To my fellow Republicans at home that want to pivot back towards policy, empathy and tone,
you know the right thing to do.
Now let's have the courage to do it in November.
Thank you and God bless you.
We will never give up.
We will never concede.
It doesn't happen, you don't concede when there's death.
And after this, we're going to walk down and I'll be there with you, we're going to walk
down to the Capitol because you'll never take back our country with weakness.
You have to show strength and you have to be strong.
He does look like we're going to have an ad hoc march stepping off here.
There's a crowd search heading east.
Mike Pence, I hope you're going to stand up for the good of our Constitution and for
the good of our country.
And if you're not, I'm going to be very disappointed in you.
I will tell you right now.
We're going to give Raya 40 to do that, we're out of here, we're going to give Raya
40.
We're going to try to get compliance with this now, defensively, or Raya.
49 hours of declaring it a Raya.
I'm just going to be advised to try to bridge and get to the Capitol.
We have a breach to the Capitol, breach to the Capitol, to the Capitol, over.
Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country
and our Constitution.
We can't hold this, we're going to give it too many people, and look at this vantage
to the Capitol, and look at the Capitol, and look at the Capitol, and look at the Capitol
, and look at the Capitol, and look at the Capitol, and look at the Capitol, and look
at the Capitol, and look at the Capitol, and look at the Capitol, and look at the Capitol
Capitol.
And if I win, I will be looking very, very strongly at that part, and I mean full part
with an apology, just the many an apology.
They were peaceful people, these were great people.
The crowd was unbelievable,
and I mentioned the word love, the love.
The love in the air, I've never seen anything like it.
Here we go.
Please welcome Mississippi representative Benny Thompson.
On January 6, like most of my colleagues, I had one goal to uphold the votes of the
American people, the cornerstone of our American democracy.
But as what you just witnessed, let me remind you that the members of that ballot mark had
another goal.
They wanted to stop the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in American democracy.
Thank God they failed.
Because in this country, we sell lot differences at the ballot box, not through ballots.
It took a long time to get here, and we are not going back.
Because I remember that dark history, it's my own history.
In this life, my father never cast a vote because of Jim Crow.
So I dedicated my career to protecting the votes against violence and discrimination.
You can imagine what I felt on January 6, when I saw with my own eyes those insurrectionists
trying to take that away.
They did it to rob millions of Americans of their votes.
They did it because Donald Trump couldn't help losing.
He lied about the election fraud.
He called his conspiracy-led mob to Washington.
He would rather subvert democracy than submit to it.
Now he's plotting again.
His campaign proclaims that elections won't end until the moment of inauguration.
We will win or it was rigged.
We win or else.
This is Donald Trump's America.
Elections are about choice.
Choose democracy, not political violence.
Choose America we always taught our children to love.
Choose Kamala Harris.
Please welcome former United States Capitol's police sergeant, Aquilino Ganell.
Thank you.
Before I begin, I need to acknowledge the sacrifices that five officers who die as a
result of January 6, May on that day.
My name is Aquilino Ganell.
I immigrated to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic when I was 12.
I became an American citizen.
I was a sergeant in the U.S. Army in a Capitol Police officer.
I had seen violence while serving in Iraq.
But nothing, nothing prepared me for January 6.
We officer risked everything to protect innocent people.
We were beaten and blinded.
I was assaulted with a pole attached to the American flag.
President Trump summoned our attackers, incited with them.
He betrayed us.
When I joined the Army in Capitol Police, I took a note to defend the Constitution.
I did so with duty in my soul, and I still feel it.
To Donald Trump, I asked, why don't you?
On January 6, I nearly died protecting the Capitol, and I will do it again for our democracy.
The way to preserve it is to elect Kamala Harris, our first female commander in chief.
Please welcome New Jersey representative Andy Kim.
When I was a kid, my parents brought me to the Capitol.
They taught me that it's sacred ground, a symbol of our democracy.
When I got to Congress, I was excited to bring my little boys to the same beautiful
building.
I asked them, do you like the Capitol?
And my oldest son, Austin, said, I love the Capitol, and lowercase two.
They are so sweet.
But shortly after, we saw something unimaginable.
A mob tearing down flags, assaulting police officers.
That night, I walked into the rotunda.
The floor was covered in broken glass and garbage, strewn with the chaos unleashed by
Donald Trump.
And I thought to myself, how did it get this bad?
So I did the only thing I could think of.
I grabbed the trash bag and started cleaning up.
What I learned on January 6 is that all of us, all of us, are caretakers for our great
republic.
We can heal this country, but only if we try.
Many of you are doing your part through your voices and your votes.
Always remember this chaos that we see it doesn't have to be this way.
As a father, I refuse to believe that our kids are doomed to grow up in a broken America.
There is a hunger right now in this country for a new generation of leadership to step
up.
Let's choose Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
Let's do this for our kids and our grandkids.
Thank you.
Please welcome Olivia Juliana.
Hello from a proud Texas Democrats.
This November, I'll cast my first vote in a presidential election ever.
The fact is, our right to vote is under attack.
I've seen it, long wait lines.
People blocked from registering to vote.
Texans denied our voice.
Donald Trump's Republicans are making it harder for us to vote, but we won't let them
get away with it, and Kamala Harris won't let them get away with it either.
She's fought for our freedoms.
She's fought for our voice.
So we will only be heard if we vote.
As the saying goes, if you're not at the table, you're on the menu.
So Gen Z, let's take our seat in our democracy and cast our ballots this November for Kamala
Harris and Tim Walz.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, American icon Stevie Wonder.
I love you.
I just want to say, I love you, I love you.
And every song that I've sang, every song that I've written, it's because of my love
for you right here.
But this year, this year I've prayed very hard for peace to come to our world's nations,
but also to each one of our hearts.
Even though our hearts have been beaten and broken, beyond prayer, I know the importance
of action, and now is the time to understand where we are and what it will take to win.
Win the broken hearts, win the disenchanted, win the angry spirits, now is the time.
This is the moment to remember when you tell your children where you were and what you did.
As we stand between history's pain and tomorrow's promises, we must choose courage over complacency.
It is time to get up and go Belts.
Listen, the choice is clear, clear than anyone else is saying.
You hear me clear that anyone else is saying.
You feel me?
We need to choose joy over anger, kindness over recrimination, and peace over war, every
time.
We must choose to be above the other words, the hateful anger, and the division those
words and anger create.
We must keep on keeping on until we truly are a united people of these United States.
And then, and then, we will reach a higher ground.
Are y'all ready?
Are y'all ready to reach a higher ground?
Are you ready to reach a higher, higher, higher ground?
Damn it.
I want to hear you again, are you ready?
Are we ready?
Do you know we need Kamala Harris?
Yes, we do, and we need a great man as we do have, as a future vice president.
You know that.
So you know what, I'm depending on you to do as Spike Blee would say, the right thing.
Are y'all ready?
Are you ready?
Last year, are you ready?
I'm ready, Steve.
Are you ready?
I'm ready.
Clap your hands like this.
Everybody clap your hands.
Clap, clap, clap, clap.
Now, somebody scream.
Here we go.
Are y'all ready?
I want y'all to see you with me, come on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep
on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on
, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep
on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep
on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on
, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on
, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on
Wow, wow...
Wow, I couldn't see the rest of y'all, but from back to Brasko was getting down.
Stevie's song is powerful, but so was his words.
He said courage over complacency.
He gave us a call in his remarks, but now I got to tell you the party is going to keep
going.
We're just getting started y'all.
And this is a segment that I am very, very excited about because it might be Wednesday
night and we might be in Chicago, but, but it's starting to feel like something I've wanted
to say my whole life, live from New York, it's Saturday night.
Please welcome, Keaton Thompson.
All right, all right, all right.
What's up, D and C.
All right, y'all remember this big old book from before, when Colorado Governor Jared
Poland ripped the page out of it, this is Project 2025, the Republican blueprint for a second
Trump term, it is a, yeah, yeah, boo.
It is a real document that you can read for yourself at comalaheris.com forward slash
Project 2025.
You ever seen a document that could kill a small animal and democracy at the same time?
Here it is.
You know how when you download an app and there are hundreds of pages there that you
don't read, it's just the terms and conditions and you just click agree, right?
Well these are the terms and conditions of a second Trump presidency.
You vote for him, you vote for all of this.
Just take a look, all right, do we got Matt here with us tonight, it's Matt here, hey,
there he is, Matt, how are you sir, all right Matt, now Matt, I understand that you work
as an AV tech in Nevada and you make a decent hourly rage, is that right?
Oh, I don't know if we can hear Matt, can we hear Matt?
So who's going to fix it?
Keep speaking Matt so we can hear you, uh-huh, okay, that's good, I guess we're going to
move on from Matt, and this is Becky, Becky, can we hear you?
Hi Keenan, it's great to be here.
Thank you, all right, good, now Becky, you're married, correct?
I am, and my wife had been together for about eight years.
Oh, that's amazing, very, very cute, but I have got some bad news for you, I hate that.
On page 584, project 2025 calls for the elimination of protections for LGBTQ plus Americans.
So, yeah, right back to the Stone Age, I'm afraid so-
Right back to the Stone Age, that's terrible.
Yeah, it is, thank you Becky for being here and making that wonderful point.
All right, next up, we have Nirvana, Nirvana, are you with us?
And your people are with us as well, all right, good.
Now, Nirvana, I understand that you are on insulin to manage your diabetes, yes?
Yes, and thanks to President Biden and Vice President Harris, I only paid $35 a month
for my insulin.
That is great.
But on page 465, project 2025 calls for millions of people like yourself to pay more for prescription
drugs like insulin.
Why?
Well, I guess maybe to help big pharma make more money that they can donate to Republican
politicians, I assume.
Yeah, that makes sense.
Yes, unfortunately, it does make sense.
All right, let's talk to Anita, Anita, are you there?
Yes, hello Anita, hello, and Anita, what do you do for a living?
I don't know who GYN, who delivers babies and does surgery, an OBGYN.
She is an OBGYN that delivers babies, uh-oh.
Uh-oh, yeah, it's bad news, isn't it?
It sure is.
On page 459, project 2025, resurrects a law from the 1800s called the Comstock Act to
ban abortion nationwide and throw healthcare providers in jail.
Oh my God, that is awful.
Yes, it is awful.
All right, let's do one more.
Is Sharia with us?
Sharia, are you there?
Hey, Q&A, I'm here.
Yes, Sharia, I love it.
All right, let's talk to you.
I understand that you work for the federal government.
Yes, sir, I'm in the United States Department of Education.
I'm a proud civil servant and a proud union president.
She works for the Department of Education and she's a proud civil servant.
Well, unfortunately for you, on page 78, project 2025 calls for President Trump to
purge the civil service of everyone who isn't a MAGA loyalist.
Are you a MAGA loyalist?
Now, Keena, absolutely not.
Hey, I'm just asking, I mean, you might as well be because, also, page 319 calls for
the complete elimination of the Department of Education.
Yeah, there's a bunch of stuff in here, but that's all we have time for at the moment.
Just remember, everything that we just talked about is very real.
It is in this book.
You can read it online at comalaheres.com forward slash project 2025.
And most importantly, you can stop it from ever happening by electing Kamala Harris as
the next president of the United States.