BECAUSE SHE WILL%
BREAK MY
RECORD AS THE
PRESIDENT
WHO
SPENT THE MOST TIME AT
MCDONALD''S.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[LAUGHTER]
NOW , BUT WE
GOT AN ELECTION TO
WIN .
AND
REMEMBER, WE HAVE
GOT A
GUIDE
THAT IS PRETTY GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES.
DONALD
TRUMP HAS BEEN A PARAGON
OF CONSISTENCY.
HE I
S STILL
DIVIDING, STILL BLAMING, STILL
BELITTLING OTHER PEOPLE.
HE
CREATES CHAOS,
AND THEN HE
SORT OF CURATES IT
AS IF IT WERE PRECIOUS
ART .
LET ME
SAY , NOT A SINGLE DAY
GOES BY
, EVEN THOUGH
I HAVE BEEN
GONE FOR WELL OVER 23 YEARS
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE, NOT A DAY GOES
BY THAT I
DO NOT
THANK THE LORD
FOR THE CHANCE I HAD TO SERVE
AND WHAT IT
MEANT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND ONE OF THE REASONS
-- THANK
YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WAIT, WAIT,
WAIT --
ONE FO
THE
REASONS I LOVE THE JOB SO
MUCH
IS THAT IN THE TOUGHEST TIMES
, EVEN
ON THE DARKEST
DAYS, IF YOU TRY HARD
ENOUGH THERE WAS ALWAYS
SOMETHING GOOD YOU COULD DO FOR
SOMEBODY ELSE.
NOW
, SOME DAYS THAT IS NOT EASY TO DO.
YOU HAVE TO DEAL
WITH ALL OF
THESE EMERGENCIES OR
THERE IS
SOMETHING GOING
ON HERE, THERE,
OR YONDER, BUT KAMALA
HARRIS IS THE ONLY
CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE
WHO HAS
THE VISION, THE
EXPERIENCE, THE TEMPERAMENT, THE
WILL
, AND TO GUESS, THE SHEER
JOY
TO GET SOMETHING DONE.
[APPLAUSE]
I MEAN,
LOOK -- WHAT
DOES HER
OPPONENT DO WITH HIS VOICE.
HE MOSTLY TALKS ABOUT HIMSELF.
SO THE NEXT
TIME YOU HEAR
HIM, DO NOT COUNT THE
LIES.
COUNT THE
I''S.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
COUNT
THE I''S.
HIS
VENDETTAS, HIS VENGEANCE,
HIS COMPLAINTS, HIS CONSPIRACIES
.
HE IS LIKE ONE OF
THOSE TENORS
OPENING
UP BEFORE
HE WALKS OUT
ON STAGE LIKE I DID TRYING TO
GET HIS
LUNGS OPEN BY SAYING
ME ,
ME,
ME.
WHEN KAMALA HARRIS IS
PRESIDENT, EVERY DAY WILL BEGIN WITH
YOU,
YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SO
WE GOT TO ASK OURSELVES
THE QUESTIONS IF WE
ARE GOING TO HIRE A PRESIDENT.
DO
YOU WANT TO BUILD
A STRONG
ECONOMY FROM THE BOTTOM UP IN
THE MIDDLE OUT, OR DO
YOU WANT TO SPEND THE NEXT FOUR YEARS
TALKING ABOUT CROWD
SIZE?
[LAUGHTER]
YOU ARE GOING TO
HAVE A HARD
TIME BELIEVING THIS, BUT SO HELP
ME I TRIPLE
CHECKED.
SINCE THE
END OF THE COLD WAR
IN
1989, AMERICA HAS CREATED
ABOUT
51 MILLION NEW JOBS
.
I SWEAR I CHECKED THIS THREE
TIMES.
EVEN I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
WHAT''S THE
SCORE?
DEMOCRATS 50,
REPUBLICANS, 1.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND I AM
GLAD THAT WE HAVE GOT
A
CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING
COACH ON
OUR TEAM.
[C
HEERS]
BUT EVEN THE
MOST LIMITED OF US
IN WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
FOOTBALL OR ANY OTHER
SPORT KNOW THAT IF
YOU
ARE UP 50 AND THE OTHER SIDE
IS GOT
ONE, YOU ARE AHEAD.
WHAT ABOUT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING?
IT IS
A TERRIBLE
PROBLEM IN
AMERICA NOW, AND WE NEED MORE.
AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE.
IT
IS WHY THE DEMOCRATS PUT A LIMIT
ON MONTHLY PAYMENTS FOR
INSULIN
AND A $2000 A
YEAR OUT-OF-POCKET
LIMIT.
AND ARE TRYING TO
COVER MORE
DRUGS BY BARGAINING FOR PRICES.
WE
NEED MORE FINANCING FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES.
WE NEED
STILL TO STRENGTHEN OUR
ALLIANCES
.
I
ALMOST CROAKE
D I N
THE FIRST ABATED THIS ELECTION
SEASON WHEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAID
NOBODY RESPECTED AMERICA
ANYMORE LIKE
THEY DID WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT.
[LAUGHTER]
AND WITH A STRAIGHT
FACE.
LOOK, YOU GOT A GIVEN
, AND HE IS A GOOD
ACTOR.
WITH A STRAIGHT FACE HE CITED AS
EVIDENCE
OF THE RESPECT THAT
EXISTED FOR US WHEN HE WAS
THERE
THE PRESIDENTS
OF NORTH KOREA
AND RUSSIA.
I WOULD RATHER
HAVE THE PEOPLE
WHO RESPECT US NOW.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS
--
[APPLAUSE]
ONE OF THE THINGS IS WHEN YOU
SEND A SIGNAL TO THE OTHER
COUNTRIES
, YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW
WHETHER THEY AGREE WITH YOU ARE
NOT AT
LEAST THAT YOU ARE ON THE LEVEL.
HERE
IS WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT
YOU BELIEVE.
WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO
MAKE
TO THESE ENDLESS TRIBUTES
TO THE
LATE, GREAT HANNIBAL LECTOR
?
[LAUGHTER]
I
MEAN -- PRESIDENT
OBAMA ONCE GAVE ME THE GREAT
HONOR OF
SAYING I WAS THE EXPLAINER
IN
CHIEF.
I THOUGHT
AND THOUGHT
ABOUT IT,
AND I DON''T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
LIKE HAKEEM
JEFFRIES I TOO WANT
AN AMERICA THAT IS MORE JOYFUL
,
MORE INCLUSIVE, MORE FUTURE
FOCUS.
JUST THINK WHAT A BURDEN
IT HAS
BEEN ON
US TO GET UP DAY AFTER
DAY AFTER DAY,
BUR IED IN
MEANINGLESS HOT RHETORIC
WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES
OUT
THERE ,
SO MANY PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE
SOLVED.
I WANT
THAT , AND THAT
IS THE
AMERICA KAMALA HARRIS WILL LEAD
.
AND SHE
HAS ALREADY MADE HER
FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DECISION
, AND SHE KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE
PARK WHEN SHE
ASKED GOVERNOR TIM
WALZ
TO
BE HER NOMINEE FOR VICE
PRESIDENT .
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AS THEY USED TO
SAY WHEN I
WAS A YOUNG
MAN GROWING UP IN ARKANSAS
, YOU
DO NOT HAVE TO BE ALL
BROKE OUT WITH BRILLIANCE.
YOU JUST LOOK AT TIM
WALZ, LISTEN TO
THEM, FOLLOW HIS
RECORD ,
AS A TEACHER, AS A COACH
IN THE NATIONAL GUARD
, AS A
CONGRESSMAN WHERE HE WAS THE
ONLY
DEMOCRAT SAVE ONE
ELECTED
TO THAT DISTRICT INTO MORE THAN
100 YEARS
, AND HE STAYED A LONG
TIME.
AND THEN HE BECAME A GREAT
GOVERNOR
.
AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS HE WAS
A
CRACK SHOT
WHO HAD THE COURAGE
AMONG HIS RURAL
CONSTITUENTS TO SAY WE DO NOT
NEED THESE ASSAULT
WEAPONS AVAILABLE
TO PEOPLE WHO
CAN KILL OUR KIDS IN SCHOOLS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SO ARMED WITH A REVERSE
DECISION, KAMALA
HARRIS
CONFERENCE AN
INTERESTING
DILEMMA.
WE ARE
GOING TO WALK AT IF
YOU''RE
FEELING PRETTY GOOD, I
THINK.
WE HAVE GOT ENERGY
, W E
FEEL HAPPY.
WE FEEL LIKE A LOTUS OFF OUR
SHOULDERS,
AND WE KNOW WE ARE JUST BEING
ASKED TO FIGHT THE
SAME FIGHT
THAT THE FORCES OF
PROGRESS EFFECTIVE FIGHT FOR 250
YEARS.
[APPLAUSE]
IN THE FACE OF
STIFF AND OFTEN
VIOLENT OPPOSITION
, WE HAVE TO
FIND A WAY TO GO FORWARD
TOGETHER.
WHERE WE THE PEOPLE
MAKE OUR UNION MORE
PERFECT.
SO THAT IS A GOOD
THING.
HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY LOSE?
KAMALA HARRIS HAS
FOUGHT HER
KIDS HER WHOLE LIFE WHO WERELEFT
BEHIND.
SHE HAS
TAKEN ON GANGS TRAFFICKING ACROSS THE BORDER.
SHE HAS FOUGHT TO PROTECT THE
RIGHTS OF HOMEOWNERS
. SHE
HAS BEEN OUR LEADER IN THE
FIGHT FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS,
AND WE KNOW
A MAJORITY
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE WITH US ON
THAT
.
AND SHE HAS
GAINED AN IT
A OF
EXPERIENCE AS VICE PRESIDENT,
ADVANCING OUR VALUES AND
INTERESTS AROUND THE WORLD.
SHE HAS ALREADY SAID SHE IS
GOING TO WORK REALLY
HARD TO MAKE SURE
THAT NO AMERICAN
WORKING FULL TIME
LIVES IN
POVERTY OR HAS
TO WORRY
ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN LIVING IN
POVERTY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SHE SAYS WE
HAVE GOT TO
MAKE HOMEOWNERSHIP AN ACHIEVABLE
DREAM
FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST THE
PRIVILEGED.
SHE
SAID -- AND THIS MEANT A LOT TO
ME --
THAT SHE WOULD PROTECT
EVERYBODY''S RIGHT TO VOTE
WHETHER OR NOT THEY VOTED FOR
HER.
THEY WERE
CITIZENS, AND THEY DESERVE THE RIGHT TO
VOTE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THE OTHER DAY HER OPPONENT
IMPLIED THAT
IF HIS PEOPLE VOTED ONE MORE
TIME THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO RIG
IT FROM NOW
ON AND THEY WOULD
NOT HAVE TO BE ABLE TO VOTE AGAIN.
YOU THINK THEY
ARE KIDDING.
BUT I KNOW A LOT OF THESE
FOLKS.
MOST OF THEM ARE REALLY GOOD
PEOPLE, BUT SOME OF THEM
THINK THAT THEY ARE
BOUND TO DOMINATE
AMERICA
POLITICALLY,
ECONOMICALLY, AND SOCIALLY
, AND
THEY HAVE TO USE POLITICS TO DO
IT
, AND THEY SHOULD RAKE THE
SYSTEM.
-- RIG
THE SYSTEM.
I
DON''T BELIEVE THAT. SO HERE IS WHAT I WANT TO TELL
YOU.
WE HAVE
SEEN MORE
THAN ONE
ELECTION SLIP AWAY FROM US WHEN WE
THOUGHT IT COULD NOT HAPPEN.
WHEN PEOPLE GOT DISTRACTED BY
PHONY ISSUES.
OR
OVERCONFIDENT.
THIS IS A BRUTAL,
TOUGH BUSINESS.
I
WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY.
ONE OF THE
REASONS THAT
PRESIDENT TO BE HARRIS
IS DOING
SO WELL IS THAT WE ARE ALSO
HAPPY
.
[APPLAUSE]
BUT YOU
SHOULD NEVER UNDERESTIMATE YOUR
ADVERSARY, AND THESE PEOPLE ARE REALLY
GOOD
AT DISTRACTING US.
AT TRIGGERING
DOUBT , AT
TRIGGERING BUYERS REMORSE.
AS
OF SAID SO ELOQUENTLY LAST
NIGHT,
THEY ARE HUMAN, YOU KNOW.
THEY ARE BOUND TO MAKE A MISTAKE
NOW AND THEN.
WE HAVE GOT TO BE TOUGH.
AND
SO AS SOMEBODY WHO SPENDS A
LOT OF TIME
IN
SMALL TOWNS AND RURAL
AREAS IN NEW YORK AND
ARKANSAS AND OTHER PLACES
, I
URGE YOU TO TALK TO ALL OF YOUR
NEIGHBORS.
I URGE
YOU TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE
THEY ARE.
I URGE
YOU NOT TO DEMEAN THEM
, BUT NOT TO PRETEND YOU
DON''T DISAGREE WITH THEM IF YOU DO.
TREAT
THEM WITH
RESPECT, JUST
THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO
TREAT YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
ASK FOR THEIR
HELP, AND THEN FOLLOW OUR
LEADER ,
KAMALA, AND
ASK THEM
HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
WE
DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW HAVE A LOT OF
HAY IN
THE BAR
N.
WE HAVE GOT MASSIVE
ACHIEVEMENTS,
MASSIVE ADVANCES,
BUT THERE IS STILL A LOT OF
SLIPS
BETWEEN TODAY AND ELECTION
DATE THAT WE HAVE TO NAVIGATE.
AND
SO I WANT TO SAY
THIS FROM
THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
I HAVE NO
IDEA HOW MANY MORE OF
THESE I WILL BE ABLE TO COME TO.
I STARTED
IN 1976, AND I HAVE
BEEN TO EVERYONE SINCE.
[APPLAUSE]
NO,
1972.
LORD, I AM GETTING OLD.
BUT HERE IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO
KNOW.
IF YOU VOTE FOR THIS TEAM
, IF YOU CAN GET THEM
ELECTED AND LET
THEM BRING IN THIS BREATH OFFRESH
AIR ,
YOU WILL BE PROUD OF
IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE PROUD OF
IT.YOUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE PROUD
OF IT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
TAKE IT FROM A
MAN WHO ONCE HAD THE HONOR TO BE
CALLED IN THIS
CONVENTION
THE MAN FROM HOPE.
WE NEED KAMALA
HARRIS , THE
PRESIDENT OF
JOY , TO LEAD
US.
SO , I WILL BE DOING MY
PART, YOU
DO YOURS.I WILL SEE
YOU WHEN
WE ARE
MAKING A REAL JOYFUL NOISE WHEN
THE VOTES ARE BEING COUNTED.
GOD BLESS
YOU, AND GOD BLESS
AMERICA.
♪
GEOFF:
FORMER PRESIDENT BILL
CLINTON THERE
DELIVERING SOME POINTED ATTACKS ON DONALD
TRUMP
WHILE ALSO MAKING THE CASE FOR
KAMALA HARRIS
, SAYING WE NEED A PRESIDENT
OF JOY.
WHILE WE ARE AWAITING A HOUSE
SPEAKER AMERICA
NANCY PELOSI
TO
TAKE THE STAGE, JUST AN
ASSESSMENT.
CORRESPONDENT: HE IS
NOT WHAT HE
WAS IN 2012 WHEN HE
GAVE A SPELLBINDING
TALK FOR BARACK
OBAMA.
HE IS NOT THE BOGEYMAN
.
CORRESPONDENT: I
THINK WITH THE
PARTY
FAITHFUL IT IS
ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR FROM PRESIDENT
CLINTON.
ON THE
You're watching Democratic tional
Convention coveragefrom Chicago. I'm
Frederica Freyberg. We'll stay withNewsHour
coverage, but we want to
check in now with "Here&Now". Senior
political reporter Zac Schultz, who comes
to us from Chicago and
hi, Zach. So leading up to tonight's
headliners of Bill Clinton andTim
Walz, you've been reporting on the ground there
in Chicago,of course. And
you heard from some big
names that came to speak to the Wisconsin
delegation today.>> That's
right. Fred. The Wisconsin delegation breakfast
each morning has had a
pretty impressive list of Democraticstars from
around the country coming in to speak. And
today was no different. There was
Julie Su, the labor secretary, Senator
Cory Booker from new Jersey, and the big
name was Nancy Pelosi. The former Housespeaker
came in and addressed the
Wisconsin delegates. And what she talked about
was ownthe ground game.
She was talking about winning in the fall
is not about rallies or enthusiasm.
It's about getting out there and
knocking doors. Also speakingwas representative
Mark Pocan from Madison, he Liberal fromMadison
in Congress. And he hadthe same message
talking about the importance of getting outthere
and knocking doors this fall. Here's what he
had to say. >> We'll soon go back
home. And the real work will begin,because
we live in a
purple state, that means we have
some red and maroon areas. We havesome
beautiful indigo blue areas, but
overall we are purple and no
one knows that more thanthe people in
this room that wedo not make
politics a spectator sport. We are in
the game .>> So obviously the
race for president is very, very
close in Wisconsin. But Pocan also
spoke to you about the statelegislature. What
did he say there?>> Well, Democrats are
getting bullish on their possibilitiesof actually
flipping the Assembly with the new
redistricting lines. They are fully expecting to win
seats and shrink the
Republican majority in the Senate. They hope to
pick up at least one, maybe 2
or 3 seats. Not enough to flip it
there, but to break thesupermajority. But they
think there is a more realistic chanceevery
day that with Kamala Harris doing better and
better, that she can pull more of these
new people running in these wideopen
districts around the state. And they're optimistic that
they can actually pull it off.There's a
lot of very interesting seats that have a
slight Republican lean, and ifthere's enough momentum at th
e top of the ticket, that could
make the difference in terms ofgiving Tony
Evers one chamber to deal with next year.
When it comes to talking about thebudget.
>> Very, very interesting. ZacSchultz thanks so
much. We look forward to seeing you again
tomorrow. We will be here at thesame
time tomorrow with latest updates from the last
day of the DNC in
Chicago on Friday. Join "Here& Now" at
7:00 for full coverage of the convention and
what it means for DECADES.
PERSONALLY , I KNOW HER A PERSON
DEEP FAITH, WHICH IS REFLECTED IN
HER COMMUNITY CARE
OFFICIALLY,
SHE HAS A LEADER OF
WISDOM AND
ICY. MOST
RECENTLY DEMONSTRATED
WOMEN''S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
[APPLAUSE] POLITICALLY
, SHE
IS ASTUTE AND WINNING DIFFICULT
ELECTIONS,
QUICKLY SECURING THE
AND AND