President Biden Addresses NAACP Convention in Nevada
July 16, 2024
- Unidentified Speaker:
- >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK
YOU.
FOLKS, MY NAME IS JOE BIDEN AND
I'M A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE
NAACP
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND I AM ALL IN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
MY WORD I AM ALL IN.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON -- THANKS TO
ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE
THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS BUT BY THE
MOST IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS IN
OUR COUNTRY THE SPECIAL BLANK
AND I MEAN THAT SINCERELY TO
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO ARE HERE
INCLUDING STEVEN HORSFORD CHAIR
OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK
CAUCUS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS BUT I
KNOW HE IS OUT THERE.
IN SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE CBC.
AND LENNY THOMPSON OF
MISSISSIPPI, CHAIR OF THE
JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE.
THE BEST FRIEND ANYONE CAN HAVE
JIM CLYBURN OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
[APPLAUSE]
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T NOTICE HE
TURNED AROUND.
LOOK THE 247th, 1947 HARRY
TRUMAN CHAIRMAN OF -- THE FIRST
CHAIRMAN TO SPEAK AT THIS
CONVENTION AND HE WAS REMEMBERED
FOR A LOT OF THINGS BUT THE
NAACP HE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR
THE CIVIL RIGHTS AGENDA.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNED THE
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 64, SIX
YEARS AGO.
HARRY TRUMAN WAS PRESIDENT WAS
COUNTED OUT AND NONE KNOWN FOR
SOMETHING ELSE.
THE STORY GOES TRUMAN SAID IF
YOU WANT A FRIEND IN WASHINGTON
GET A DOG.
WELL GUESS WHAT?
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AFTER
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I KNOW
WHAT HE MEANS.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S SO GOOD TO
HAVE REAL FRIENDS.
I HAVE REAL FRIENDS, SO MANY OF
YOU HAD MY BACK AND I THINK I'VE
HAD YOURS AS WELL.
AND I WILL NEVER FORGET IT.
[APPLAUSE]
AND A COUPLE OF DELAWARE FOLKS
HERE AS WELL AND ONE OF MY BEST
FRIENDS.
HIS NICKNAME HIS MOUTH.
A LONGSHOREMAN LOYAL AS.
I'M TRULY HONORED TO BE HERE.
THERE'S A TENSE MOMENT IN THIS
COUNTRY IT IS A TENSE MOMENT FOR
THE FEW DAYS AFTER THE
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DONALD
TRUMP GRATEFUL HE WAS NOT
SERIOUSLY INJURED AND CONTINUED
TO FOR HE AND HIS FAMILY.
IT'S TIME FOR AN IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION IN THIS COUNTRY.
OUR RHETORIC HAS GOTTEN TOO
HEATED.
AS I HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT MY
PRESIDENCY WE HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY LOWER THE
TEMPERATURE AND CONDEMN VIOLENCE
IN ANY FORM.
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YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER IN AMERICA
WE ARE NOT ENEMIES.
WE ARE FRIENDS.
WE ARE NEIGHBORS.
WE ARE FELLOW AMERICANS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY AND WE SHOULD
REJECT PHYSICAL VIOLENCE OR
VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND PERIOD NO
EXCEPTIONS.
VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER.
THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD RALLY
AROUND OF THIS NATION.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
IN 1908 THE NAACP WAS FORMED AND
THAT'S WHAT STARTED IT.
YOU KNOW THE PAIN OF VIOLENCE
AND UNDERSTAND WE TRY TO TALK
ABOUT STANDING AGAINST VIOLENCE
WE MUST STAND AGAINST ALL
VIOLENCE.
WE MUST STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE
AGAINST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
IN PENNSYLVANIA AND STAND
AGAINST ALL VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE AGAINST GEORGE FLOYD OF
MINNESOTA.
AND POLICE OFFICERS LIKE EUGENE
GOODMAN ON JANUARY 6.
ELECTION WORKERS LIKE RUBY FREE
MEN AND SHAYE MOSS IN ATLANTA.
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WE HAVE TO STAND AGAINST THE
VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION BY
SUPREMACY AND MURDERS INNOCENT
LIVES IN A GROCERY STORE IN
BUFFALO NEW YORK WHEN I WENT
THERE.
THE EMANUEL CHURCH IN CHARLESTON
SOUTH CAROLINA, AND THE CHILDREN
OF SANDY HOOK AND UVALDE.
CONTRA GOERS IN LAS VEGAS AND
PEOPLE ON THE STREET ACROSS
AMERICA THAT NEVER MAKES THE
NEWS.
IT'S EVERY DAY ACROSS THIS
COMMUNITY.
IF WE NEED TO SPEAK ABOUT
VIOLENCE WHEN HE DOES SPEAK
ABOUT GUNS.
FOR CHILDREN -- MORE CHILDREN IN
AMERICA DIED OF GUNSHOT WINS
THAN ANY OTHER REASON.
THAT IS STUNNING AND THAT IS.
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AND SHEER COWARDICE IF WE DO
NOTHING ABOUT IT.
IF YOU WANT TO STAND AGAINST
VIOLENCE AMERICANS AND JOIN ME.
AND AR-15 WAS USED IN THE
SHOOTING OF DONALD TRUMP LIKE AN
ASSAULT WEAPON THAT HAS KILLED
SO MANY CHILDREN.
IT'S TIME TO THEM.
I DID IT THAT ONCE AND I WILL DO
IT AGAIN.
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NOW, BECAUSE WE MUST LOWER THE
TEMPERATURE DOESN'T MEAN WE
SHOULD STOP TELLING THE TRUTH.
WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE AND WHAT YOU WILL DO.
THAT'S FAIR GAME.
AS TERRY TRUMAN SAID I'VE NEVER
NEVER -- I JUST TOLD THE TRUTH
AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO APPEAL
UPON THE CARE TO TAKE GOING TO
BUY ME MILLIONS OF AMERICANS OFF
OUR HEALTH INSURANCE IN A
2 TRILLION-DOLLAR TAX CUT TO
BENEFIT THE SUPER WEALTH IN THE
CORPORATIONS AND EXPLODED THE
FEDERAL DEBT WORSE THAN ANY ONE
PRESIDENT IN ANY ONE TERM.
THERE'S NO ROOM.
WE NEED TO GROW THE ECONOMY.
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IS 2ISMANAGEMENT 2F THE PANDEMIC
THAT WAS ESPECIALLY DEVASTATING
TO BLACK COMMUNITIES.
I KNOW BECAUSE OF OTHER
COUNTRIES OF COLOR BUT THAT
CRISIS DROVE UP BLACK
UNEMPLOYMENT DECIMATED SMALL
BLACK BUSINESSES IN DONALD TRUMP
CALLED FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD
WHILE PROTESTING.
I'M SERIOUS, GO FIGURE.
FROM A GUY SAYING BARACK OBAMA
WASN'T BORN IN AMERICAN WASN'T A
U.S. CITIZEN.
OF COURSE HERE'S WHAT HE THINKS
OF BLACK JOBS.
IT TELLS A LOT ABOUT THE MAN AND
ABOUT HIS CHARACTER.
FOLKS I KNOW WHAT A BLACK JOB
IS.
IT'S A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I KNOW WHAT A BLACK JOB IS.
THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT BARACK
OBAMA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I WAS VICE PRESIDENT FOR BARACK
AND SHE IS MY VICE PRESIDENT.
I NOMINATED THE FIRST BLACK
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
HE'S DOING ONE OF A JOB.
I NOMINATE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN
TO UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
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IT MATTERS.
IT MATTERS.
AND I PROMISED MYSELF, AND I
PROMISED AMERICA THAT MY
ADMINISTRATION WOULD LOOK LIKE
AMERICA.
AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE THE MOST
DIVERSE OF OF HISTORY.
THAT'S WHO WE ARE.
THESE GUYS DON'T GET IT AND
THAT'S WHY WE ARE SO SUCCESSFUL.
I'M SERIOUS.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES US THE
GREATEST NATION ON EARTH AND
IT'S NOT HYPERBOLE.
FOLKS, BECAUSE IF YOU I'M
PRESIDENT AND KAMALA HARRIS AS
VICE PRESIDENT.
AND BY THE WAY SHE IS NOT ONLY A
GREAT VICE PRESIDENT, SHE COULD
BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
[APPLAUSE]
[CHANTING]
FOUR MORE YEARS.
FOUR MORE YEARS.
FOUR MORE YEARS.
- >> THANK YOU.
WITH THE HELP OF THE NAACP BLACK
ELECTED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, WE
HAVE GOTTEN SO MUCH DONE.
SERIOUSLY.
PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN SAID WE
HAVE GOTTEN MORE DONE THAN ANY
PRESIDENT SINCE FRANKLIN
ROOSEVELT.
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THINK ABOUT WHERE THE BLACK
COMMUNITY WAS WHEN I CAME INTO
OFFICE BUT THINK ABOUT HOW FAR
THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAS COME BUT
WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
OUR ECONOMY IS LITERALLY THE
STRONGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.
RECORD GROWTH OF BLACK SMALL
BUSINESSES AND LET ME SAY THIS
AGAIN BECAUSE TRUMP IS LYING
LIKE HELL ABOUT IT.
BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT A
RECORD LOW IN THE BIDEN/HARRIS
ADMINISTRATION.
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400 TO S. 1400-DOLLAR CHECKS AND
300-DOLLAR CHECKS PER MONTH TO
GET FAMILIES TO THE PANDEMIC.
IT'S NOT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
, WHEN I DID THAT.
WE PUT MORE MONEY TOWARD IT THAN
ANYONE.
THE CUT BLACK CHILD POVERTY IN
HALF.
AND WHEN WE FINALLY GET THROUGH
TO PEOPLE OUR ECONOMIC POLICIES
GROW THE 2CONOMY 2HEN 2E SPEND
MONEY, GROWS A PREDICTOR OF THE
AMERICAN ECONOMY TO THE
STRONGEST IN THE WORLD.
I AM DETERMINED TO MAKE THAT TAX
CUT PERMANENT.
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NO CHILD SHOULD EVER GO HUNGRY
IN AMERICA.
AND BY THE WAY ALL THE DATA
SHOWS WE DRIVE THE DEFICIT BUT
THEY DRIVE UP DEFICITS FOLKS.
CHILDCARE GUESS WHAT MOM OR DAD
CAN WORK IN THE CHILD CAN BE
SAFE.
WE ARE CONNECTING BLACK
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE CUT OFF
FROM OLD HIGHWAYS.
MY CITY WILMINGTON DELAWARE I-95
RUNS WORD USED TO BE A BLACK
COMMUNITY AND DIVIDED IT, SIX OR
EIGHT WIDE AND WE MADE SURE THEY
WERE ABLE TO PAVE OVER THE TOP
OF THAT AND STILL HAVE THE
HIGHWAY.
IT'S COSTLY.
EVERY LEADPIPE IN EVERY HOUSE OF
AMERICA REMOVES EVERY CHILD CAN
DRINK CLEAN WATER WITHOUT THE
FEAR OF BRAIN DAMAGE.
WE ARE DELIVERING HIGH-SPEED
AFFORDABLE BROADBAND.
NO CHILD SHOULD HAVE TO SIT OUT
IN THE PARKING LOT WITH THEIR
MOM IN FRONT OF THE McDONALD'S
SO THEY CAN GET ON LINE TO DO
THEIR HOMEWORK.
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AND BECAUSE OF YOU WE ARE ONLY
PROTECTING UP ON THE CARE IT
ALLOWED ME TO INCREASE AT MAKING
HEALTH CARE MORE AFFORDABLE AND
BY THE WAY MORE THAN IT'S EVER
BEEN, MORE THAN IT'S EVER BEEN,
MILLIONS NOW HAVE HEALTH CARE.
WE ARE PUTTING HOMEOWNERSHIP,
HOMEOWNERSHIP WITHIN REACH.
HOW DO YOU GENERATE GENERATIONAL
WEALTH?
EVERYTHING GOT STUCK IN SCRANTON
WITH NO JOBS AND WE MOVED TO
DELAWARE SO WE COULD BUY A SMALL
HOUSE AND THAT'S HOW YOU BUILD
EQUITY.
THE THREE-BEDROOM SPLIT LEVEL
HOME WITH FOUR KIDS AND THE
GRANDPA LIVING WITH US IN THE
HOME.
WE ARE MAKING THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN
CLIMATE IN ALL OF HISTORY.
[APPLAUSE]
INCLUDING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EVER.
THINK ABOUT MY STATE OF DELAWARE
AND NOT MANY OF YOU KNOW MY
STATE.
THE RIVER RUNS UP ALONG IT AND
AT THE TOP OF THE STATE THERE'S
A HALFMOON AND THEIR MORE
REFINERIES THAN ANYWHERE IN THE
COUNTRY.
AND GUESS WHAT THE WINDS
SOUTHEAST.
WE HAD THE HIGHEST CANCER RATE.
THEY WERE FENCE LINE COMMUNITIES
AND YOU KNOW WHAT FENCE LINE
COMMUNITIES ARE?
THEY ARE BLACK 20s AND I
PROMISE WE WILL TAKE CARE OF
THOSE COMMUNITIES FIRST, FIRST,
FIRST.
I MEAN IT.
THE SAME WAY IN OTHER PLACES.
WE RELIEVE STUDENT DEBT FOR MORE
THAN 4 MILLION BORROWERS.
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT WORK BLACK
BORROWERS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HAVE
CALLED ME SAYING MR. PRESIDENT
I'VE GOTTEN PHONE NUMBERS AND
CALLED THEM BACK.
MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU.
WE COULDN'T HAVE CHILDREN AND
YOU KNOW IT.
COULDN'T BUY A HOME BUT WHAT YOU
DID YOU FREED ME OF MY DEBT AND,
AND GAVE ME 10,000 BUCKS FOR A
DOWN PAYMENT FOR A HOME.
[APPLAUSE]
THIS PROJECT 2025 OF TRUMP'S
DOESN'T TALK ABOUT EDUCATION.
HBCUs ARE JUST AS GOOD AS ANY
COLLEGE.
I'M SERIOUS.
IT'S NOT A JOKING, LAW AND I
HAVE A CONSTANT FIGHT.
SHE SAYS HOWARD IS THE BEST AND
I SAID -- IS THE BEST.
THAT'S WHERE I GOT MY START MY
POINT IS THIS, MY POINT IS THIS.
WHERE ARE THE HIGH-TECH JOBS
THAT PAY A LOT OF MONEY?
THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR
THE LABORATORY OR MONEY FOR ALL
THAT MATERIAL SO THAT'S WHY I'VE
INVESTED A RECORD $16 BILLION IN
HBCUs.
[APPLAUSE]
NO HBCU STUDENT ANY LESS
QUALIFIED THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.
[APPLAUSE]
AND BY THE WAY MAKING SURE NO
ONE GOES TO JAIL FOR THE MERE
USE OF THE POSSESSION OF
MARIJUANA.
THE RECORD SHOULD BE EXPUNGED.
HOLDS THEM BACK.
ALSO BECAUSE OF YOU NAACP HAS
MADE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS IN BLACK AMERICA AND
ALL OF HISTORY.
WE ARE SEEING THE RESULTS.
THE WEALTH GAP IS THE LOWEST
IT'S BEEN IN 20 YEARS.
INFLATION IS DOWN THREE YEARS IN
COMING DOWN FURTHER AND WILL
HAVE AS THEY SAY A SOFT LANDING.
FOLKS YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IT
GROW.
THAT'S NOT JUST MY VIEW.
THE 16 NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING
ECONOMIST PUT OUT A STATEMENT
LOOKING AT MY ECONOMIC PLAN AND
TRUMP'S AND HE SAID MY PLAN WILL
CONTINUE TO LOWER INFLATION AND
GROW THE ECONOMY.
PRICES ARE FALLING CARS AND
GROCERIES AND WILL KEEP
CORPORATE GREED AT BAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT
TRUMP?
POLICIES WILL CAUSE A RECESSION.
16 NOBEL LAUREATES.
LOOK, I COME FROM THE CORPORATE
STATE OF THE WORLD, DELAWARE.
I KNOW HOW THEY WORK.
THEY ARE MORE IN MY STATE THAN
ANY STATE IN AMERICA ALL
COMBINED TO GUESS WHAT?
WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH CORPORATE
GREED NOW.
NO, IT IS.
CORPORATE PROFITS ARE DOUBLED
SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND THEY KEEP
BRINGING PRICES BUT WE HAVE TO
BRING PRICES DOWN FURTHER.
THE IDEA CORPORATE OWNED HOUSING
IS ABLE TO RAISE YOUR RENT
NEARLY 40 BUCKS A MONTH OR
SOMETHING.
I'M ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE YOU CAN'T
RAISE IT MORE THAN $55.
[APPLAUSE]
THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE ARE JUST
GETTING STARTED.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT
THE PAST.
WE NEED A VISION FOR THE FUTURE.
HERE'S MY PLAN FOR THE FIRST 100
DAYS OF A SECOND TERM.
, LAW AND I ARE CALLING ON
CONGRESS TO PASS THE JOHN LEWIS
VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
[APPLAUSE]
I HAD IT ALL LIKE WAS ABLE TO DO
WITH EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY BUT WE
NEED TO ACT AND WOULD NEED TO
PASS THE FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT.
I WILL SIGN THE LAW IMMEDIATELY
AND GUESS WHAT, COME HELL OR
HIGH WATER WE WILL STORE --
RESTORE RAVI COWETA SALADO LAND.
[APPLAUSE]
WE WILL RESTORE ROE v. WADE AS
THE LAVA LAND.
YOU WILL TELL ME WE COULDN'T
PASS
IT 2UT 2E DID.
I SIGNED A HISTORIC EXECUTIVE
ORDER AND I'M GOING TO COME BACK
LINE THE POLICING ACT, HELL OR
HIGH WATER.
WE WILL STOP REPUBLICANS AND
THEIR PROGRAM IN 2025 AND
STOPPED THEM.
I'M GOING TO EXPAND SOCIAL
SECURITY AND MEDICARE BY MAKING
THE WEALTHY PAY THEIR FAIR
SHARE.
[APPLAUSE]
WE WILL BRING RENT DOWN AND
BUILD 2 MILLION AFFORDABLE HOMES
IN RENT INCREASES OF 5% A YEAR
SO CORPORATE LANDLORDS CAN'T --
ANYWAY.
WE ARE GOING TO KEEP RELIEVING
STUDENT DEBT.
[APPLAUSE]
WE ARE GOING TO END MEDICAL
DEBT.
WE'LL MAKE SURE MEDICAL DEBT CAN
NO LONGER BE PUT ON A CREDIT
REPORT.
I'M WORKING WITH STATES TO WIPE
OUT MEDICAL DEBT FOR PENNIES ON
THE DOLLAR SO IT'S NOT HANGING
OVER YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR
LIFE.
I'LL RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE.
THEIR FIRST TERM TO CAP THE COST
OF INSULIN TO $35.
TOTAL PROCEDURES AND 24 AND 25
AT $2000.
SOME OF THOSE CANCER DRUGS OR
10, 12, $14,000 A YEAR.
EVERYONE IN AMERICA AND BY THE
WAY DID NOT ONLY SAVES LIVES
I'LL SAVE TAXPAYERS JUST LIKE IT
DID ON THE FIRST ROUND.
TO SAVE TAXPAYERS $160 BILLION.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY THESE
EXORBITANT PRICES.
ANYWAY, THIS YEAR MEDICARE
NEGOTIATING LOWER PRICES FOR
SOME OF THE MOST COSTLY DRUGS ON
THE MARKET.
FOR HEART DISEASE AND ARTHRITIS.
IN MY NEXT TERM I WANT TO GO
FURTHER GIVE MEDICARE THE POWER
TO NEGOTIATE LOWER PRICES FOR 50
DRUGS, NOT 10.
THAT WILL NOT ONLY SAVE LIVES
I'LL SAVE THE TAXPAYER AND OTHER
$200 BILLION A YEAR.
IF YOU NOTICE ALL THE STUFF THEY
HAVE SAID ABOUT THE DEFICIT WE
HAVE LOWERED THE DEFICIT CANNOT
RAISE THAT INCREASED ECONOMIC
GROWTH.
FOLKS HERE'S WHAT ELSE I'M
DETERMINED TO DO I'M DETERMINED
TO END TRUMP'S -- AND MAKE THE
TAX CODE FAIR AND EASE THE
BURDEN ON WORKING PEOPLE.
I KEPT MY COMMITMENT THAT NO ONE
MAKING LESS THAN $40,000 WILL
PAY A PENNY MORE IN FEDERAL
TAXES THAT WE HAVE IN AMERICA
THAT HAS 1000 BILLIONAIRES.
THE FEDERAL TAXES 8.2%.
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE LEANERS
PAY A MINIMUM 25%.
NO BILLIONAIRE SHOULD PAY A
LOWER TAX RATES AND A TEACHER,
FIREFIGHTER OR A NURSE OR A
JANITOR.
THAT IS SIMPLY.
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AND WHEN WE DO THAT, THAT ALONE
WILL GENERATE $500 BILLION OF
REVENUE OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
IT WILL LOWER COSTS FOR FAMILIES
AND SAVE THE GOVERNMENT MONEY
AND DO MORE FOR ELDER CARE AND
CHILDCARE BRING DOWN THE FEDERAL
DEFICIT AND SO MUCH MORE.
IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE FOLKS.
THEY HAVE CONVINCED US THAT IT'S
COSTING MONEY SAVING MONEY.
IT'S SAVING MONEY.
IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT.
THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES WILL APPOINT 2WO 2ORE
JUSTICES 2O 2HE 2UPREME COURT.
JUST IMAGINE, I KNOW THE STAKES.
FOLKS, MY BUSINESS AS USUAL IS
CONTINUING TO WORK FOR THE
PEOPLE OF THIS NATION.
I'M NOT PERFECT BY ANY STRETCH
OF IMAGINATION.
EVERYBODY DESERVES A SHOT.
GIVE HATE HARBOR.
LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND.
THAT'S A STARK CONTRAST TO THEM.
THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING, AND
UNDO EVERYTHING THE NAACP STAND
FOR AN THEY ARE LYING ABOUT
THEIR PROJECT 2025.
THEY WANT TO DENY YOU FREEDOM
THE FREEDOM TO VOTE HAVE YOUR
VOTE COUNTED AND IMPOSE A
NATIONWIDE BAN ON ABORTION.
IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY DOUBT JUST
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HE'S BEEN
SAYING.
HE WANTS TO PROSECUTE POLITICAL
ENEMIES.
THEY WANT TO CUT SOCIAL SECURITY
AND MEDICARE TAKE AWAY
PROTECTIONS FROM 40 MILLION
PEOPLE.
STOP MEDICARE FROM NEGOTIATING
DRUG PRICES.
RISKING PEOPLES LIVES COSTING
THE GOVERNMENT MORE MONEY.
IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
YOU OUGHT TO READ IT.
WE KNOW HOW WELL WE DO WITH THE
STATES.
IT WOULD CUT SCHOOL LUNCHES,
ELIMINATE THE STAR PROGRAM AND
FOR LOWER INCOME CHILDREN.
IT WOULD ALLOW EMPLOYERS TO STOP
PAYING OVERTIME, GET THIS ONE
COMES TO STOP PAYING OVERTIME
FOR AN HOURLY WORKER.
BUT IT WOULD GIVE THE WEALTHY
AND CORPORATE BIG TAX BREAK.
IT WOULD DECIMATE DIVERSITY,
EQUITY AND INCLUSION ALL ACROSS
AMERICA.
THEY ARE ALREADY TRYING TO DO
IT.
I BANNING BOOKS AND TRYING TO
ERASE BLACK HISTORY.
BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN
HISTORY.
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FOLKS, I'M NOT BEING DRAMATIC
BUT WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO
ME AND SO IMPORTANT TO ME TO
MAKE JUNETEENTH A FEDERAL
HOLIDAY.
[APPLAUSE]
THEY CAN'T ERASE IT.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ON
JUNETEENTH AND THAT'S WHY I MADE
A FEDERAL HATE CRIME IN EMMETT
TILL'S MEMORY.
REMEMBER WHAT THEY TRIED TO DO?
AS WELL IS ESTABLISH A NATIONAL
MONUMENT NAMING FOR EMMETT TILL
SO MUCH MORE AND THERE'S NO
DOUBT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
LOOK FOLKS, AS I HAVE SAID
BEFORE WE KNOW BLACK HISTORY IS
AMERICAN HISTORY AND IT'S AS
SIMPLE AS THAT.
LET ME CLOSE WITH THIS, MOM
TELLS US I WAS YOUNG AND NOW I'M
OLD.
I WILL NOT SEE THE RIGHTEOUS
FORSAKEN.
I WILL NOT SEE THE RIGHTEOUS
FORSAKEN.
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I'VE DEMONSTRATED A LITTLE BIT
OF WISDOM.
HERE'S WHAT I DO KNOW.
I KNOW HOW TO TELL THE TRUTH.
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I KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG.
I KNOW HOW TO DO THIS JOB.
AND I NOTE THE GOOD -- I KNOW
THE GOOD KNOWS WE HAVE GONE TOO
FAR TO LEAVE US NOW.
THE WORK THAT YOU WERE DOING
THAT INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS FOR
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR
VOICES HEARD.
THERE WAS THIS TIME IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
WE MUST ALL BE DEFENDERS FOR
FREEDOM, JUSTICE, EQUALITY.
IT'S THE BEDROCK OF DEMOCRACY.
THERE IS NO MORE IMPORTANT VOICE
IN THE TRUTH AND THE VOICES OF
THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
I MEAN IT.
[APPLAUSE]
WHEN AMERICANS FAIL TO LIVE UP
TO SAY WHAT WE BELIEVE WE DON'T
GIVE UP HOPE AND NOR DO I.
WE HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THIS
COUNTRY EVEN WHEN IT HASN'T
LOVED US BACK.
WE FERC HARD, HARD AS HELL.
JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
OUR CHILDREN YOUR CHILDREN
GRANDCHILDREN ASK YOURSELF WHAT
AMERICA DO WANT TO LEAVE THEM?
MY ANSWER IS AN AMERICA OF HOPE
FAIRNESS AND OPPORTUNITY AND
POSSIBILITIES.
LOOK, I HAVE MORE TIME WITH XI
JINPING IN CHINA THAN ANY OTHER
WORLD LEADER.
AND IN CHINA ON THE STEPS OF THE
MOUNTAIN AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND
HE SAID TRUTH.
IN ONE WORD AMERICA,
POSSIBILITIES.
NOTHING IS BEYOND OUR CAPACITY.
AMERICA'S PROMISE IS AVAILABLE
TO EVERYBODY.
WE ARE -- FOLKS IT'S ABOUT YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY AND EVERYTHING
THE NAACP HAS STOOD FOR FOR
GENERATIONS FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY,
AMERICA, ALWAYS MARCHING ALWAYS
BELIEVING ALWAYS KEEPING THE
FAITH.
WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS.
I ASK YOU, ARE YOU ALL IN?
I'M ALL IN.
- >> ALL IN.
-
>> REMEMBER WHO WE ARE.
WE ARE THE NICE BITS OF AMERICAN
THERE'S NOTHING ON -- BEYOND HER
CAPACITY THAT WE CAN DO
TOGETHER.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND PROTECT
OUR COUNTRY.
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IS MY CHILD, AND DON'T YOU CRY.
MOVE ON UP
TOWARDS YOUR DESTINATION
THOUGH YOU MAY FIND FROM TIME TO
TIME