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. [APPLAUSE] 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. [APPLAUSE] 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. [APPLAUSE] 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. [APPLAUSE] 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. [APPLAUSE] 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 [APPLAUSE] 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. [APPLAUSE] 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. [APPLAUSE] 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. [APPLAUSE] 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. [APPLAUSE] 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. [APPLAUSE] 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. [APPLAUSE] 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. [APPLAUSE] I'VE DEMONSTRATED A LITTLE BIT OF WISDOM. HERE'S WHAT I DO KNOW. I KNOW HOW TO TELL THE TRUTH. [APPLAUSE] 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. [APPLAUSE] IS MY CHILD, AND DON'T YOU CRY. MOVE ON UP TOWARDS YOUR DESTINATION THOUGH YOU MAY FIND FROM TIME TO TIME