That, in this vitally important tle [applause] good morning, everybody. Thats good south side. For those of you that are not from south side, welcome to the south side of des moines. [applause] or, as the rest of us like to call it, gods country. [laughter] you are part of a family when you are in the south side. Areuse we on the south side a working class family. We are a workingclass family that believes that if you work hard for a living, if you play by the rules, if you do whats right, you deserve a little dignity in your life. Absolutely. [laughter] [applause] family withdiverse italians living next irish, to latinos, next to africanamericans, next to gaze, immigrants,its, immigrants, natural born citizens. We are a family that believes this diversity makes us a stronger family. [applause] we are a family that looks out for each other. We may not get along all of the time, but by god we will make sure our neighbors are cared for and looked out for. But,y fight a little bit, by god, if you come after us, we are coming after you enforce. [applause] because we believe that if you take on one of us, you are taking on all of us. So welcome to the south side. Because the south side is family. And, thats means we are all family. We all have values. And, we all need to be looking out for one another. This is the america we left behind. And, this is the america that we are going to, and that is why we need joe biden for president. [cheers and applause] about four years ago, my mother passed away. My wife, betty, and i were in minnesota with her for the two weeks before she passed away. The night after she passed, we came back down to des moines to get a change of clothes and our funeral close and sleep in our own bed for once. The next morning, we had to back headed back up to minnesota. On our way up there, we got a phone call, and it was a blocked call so i thought i would win a freetrade to trip to orlando free trip to orlando or the irs is after me. [laughter] i answer that phone call and it was joe biden calling. The Vice President of the United States took time out of his day to make sure i was doing all right, because thats what family does for one another. Thats what america should be doing for one another. That is the soul of america. Compare that to our current president. [laughter] [booing] we dont do that in america. But, thats why joe biden is running for president. [cheers and applause] joe biden is running for president to restore the soul of this nation, to rebuild the backbone of this country and bring this family back together again as family and as americans. Just take a look at donald trump. Now, turn away. [laughter] but then look at joe biden. [cheers and applause] , but thebetter sight strange thing is, putin doesnt want joe biden to be president. [indiscernible] and donald trump is obviously scared to run against him in a general election. [cheers and applause] biden, anduse joe joe bidens words, will beat donald trump like a drum. [cheers and applause] better, once joe biden is elected president , he will bring peter schiff to the world stage. And even more importantly, a dignified leadership here at home. [cheers and applause] ive known joe biden for over 10 years now, and i can tell you one thing, he is what he is. That means if joe biden tells you something, you can take it to the bank. You may not like it all of the time, but you wont have Mick Mulvaney coming out the next day saying that is not what he said. [applause] [laughter] [applause] because you know his word means something. He is a man of integrity and guidinghat have been a force through this world for years on end, and he will be a Guiding Force through this world and country in another year. Yes [cheers and applause] thats what a leader is all about. I would like unlike donald trump, joe biden understands what its like to struggle and keep moving forward as a family and as america. He knows the problems of everyday people, and the problems they face, and as president , he will work to create a pathway to the middle class and restore the family that is america. Tot is why im so honored ,ntroduce my friend, my hero and the next president , first lady, and first grandchild. [laughter] of the United States of america, joe biden joe, jill, and natalie biden. [cheers and applause] [chanting] mrs. Biden thank you, bruce thank you, bruce for everything that you have done. As a teacher, i especially want to thank you for trying to make college more affordable for our students. How many teachers are in the audience . [cheers and applause] comingden thank you for out and congratulations on your recent vacation. I know how important that was. [laughter] mrs. Biden there are many things about my husbands career that im proud of. From the bills he passed in the heate to truly critical work did sidebyside with president obama for eight years, antidemand is justice for women through the violence against women act. He stood up to the nra and one twice won twice. [cheers and applause] mrs. Biden he fought for the final votes to get the Affordable Care act passed and he led the effort to end cancer as we know it. But, so many of the things that make me proudest of him werent covered by the news or arent recorded in the congressional library. For example, once, when joe was making his way through the west wing on the way to prepare for a major speech, there was a tour going through. They take tours through the stoppeduse, and so he to talk to them. One of the little boys who was on that tour had a stutter. Many of you may know joe has a stutter had a stutter when he was a young kid as well. He pulled the little boy and his mom aside and he invited them to come to the speech prep. To the next hour, he talked him, the little boy, about how much fear he used to have about his own impediment and how he learned to overcome it. He showed him how he marked up his speech and how he used rhythm and music to control the cadence. And keptaged him saying, you can do it, too. He kept telling him he believed in him. That little boy wasnt and that that little boy was not defined by his stutter. And that is not the only time he did Something Like that. Just like bruce said, joe is the one who makes the call. Time when hetakes sees people hurting. He fights for the people who even as vice, and president , he was never, ever too busy to call a friend or make a visit to the hospital. Character, ithis is a part of everything he does. Its why he works so hard to pass the violence against thens act women act in aca. It is why he has the take has the courage to take on the nra. Its why he will never stop fighting for families who need help with College Tuition and medical bills and hope for better jobs. About a month ago, i was in tottle and a woman came up me and she had tears in her eyes. I always sort of brace for that, theyse i know or i feel are usually someone who has lost a child or is suffering with myself so i had to brace to talk to this woman, but her story was not a sad story. She was overwhelmed with gratitude. Had suffered with a stutter all his life, but he had met joe, and joe kept in touch with him. He called him every so often and, things to joes encouragement, he built up his confidence and he overcame his fears of failing. ,o her astonishment, her son just like joe, had conquered his impediment, focused on his studies, and is now headed to college. [cheers and applause] in a time where our nation is drowning in cynicism and corruption and, lets face it, cruelty, we need a man like joe more than ever. Can you imagine what it must feel like or what it would feel like to have a president that we can feel proud of again . Yeah. [cheers and applause] so, picture it is 2021, a morning like this morning, a beautiful fall morning, you are sipping your coffee, and you pick up the morning paper. The headline isnt about some late night tweet storm. [cheers and applause] instead, it is a story about children who will benefit from universal pre k. You turn on the television and the anchors are talking about how were going to build on the Affordable Care act and reporting that, finally, someone is standing up to the nra and keeping our schools and children safe. [cheers and applause] mrs. Biden and, when they cut to the president of the United States, you dont turn the channel. [cheers and applause] you call your kids in from the other room, come in, come in, the president is on the tv. Have youru want to children hear what the president has to say. I president that brings people together, not tears families apart. A president that believes our best days are ahead of us, and that is joe biden. [cheers and applause] that is the future that i want, and i know thats the future that you all want, too, but it is up to us, all of us here in this room, your friends, your family, to make this happen. We have to stand up, we have to speak up, we have to sign commitment cards, and you have to bring your friends out to knock on doors, and we have to do it now. Of likes to tell the story how he had to ask me to marry him five times. [laughter] mrs. Biden but, the truth is, i have fallen in love with him many more times than that. And of course, he had two beautiful boys, natalies daddy and hunter. To stand beside him, in all of the roles hes played, father, grandfather, president , and soon, with your help, president of the United States. [cheers and applause] v. P. Biden folks, i want to say thank you. Thank you to jail. She never says it to me at home to jill. She never says it to me at home. [laughter] v. P. Biden thank you, honey. I appreciate it. This is a woman who has been a professional educator for her life and a professor at a Community College the last several decades. Before that, she taught high school. [laughter] but for a long time, one of the interesting things [laughter] v. P. Biden one of the interesting things is that its all about the way we were both raised. We both could have come from the south side, not a joke. I may be irish but im not stupid. [laughter] v. P. Biden its not a bad combination. We came from a similar neighborhood in two different states, but i want to introduce you to our granddaughter. I have five grandchildren, four granddaughters, and they love me more than anything in the whole world, right . [laughter] natalie is our son bos oldest and she has all of he was made of and a lot more. She has been coming out when she can. She was able to play a little hooky yesterday to come out, and so she is with us and i want to thank her for being here. [cheers and applause] v. P. Biden look, folks. You know, first of all, thank you all for being here and i want to thank bruce and betty. I dont know where betty is but i want to thank them both. Thank you very much. We have been friends a long time. Folks, this is all about a basic, basic point. Forad used to always say, real, you remember the things your father said or mother said more than once. Everybody joey, no one is better than you but everyone is your equal. That was a mantra in my house. No one is better than you, but everyone is your equal. That is how i was raised. That raised to believe that everybody deserves a shot. I came from two little towns as a kid, scranton, pennsylvania. You listen to per rock barack obama, you would think i climbed out of the coal bucket but myshovel in my hand, dad was a white collar salesperson. Everything died economically. I moved back to claymont, delaware, which was then a big steel town. We had several steelworkers in that town and i grew up selfconscious. I came from an Irish Catholic neighborhood in scranton and i was subconscious that i wasnt polish or italian because that was everybody that worked in claymont. , like brucelieved said, if you worked hard and played by the rules, there wasnt anything you couldnt do. You had a chance to make it. The first person in my immediate family to go to college, and it was a big deal this dad, but it was like, is what you can do. Heres the point. The point of it is, whats going on right now really is we really are and the bad soul of the country. Not how this man is conducting World Affairs or affairs at home, pitting people against one another based on their race, religion, sexual orientation, whether or not they are male or female, and the things he says when talking about people is disgraceful. There is no other way of saying it. As my grandmother used to say, if you spoke like that, we would watch your mouth out with soap. [laughter] v. P. Biden but i really mean it. [applause] v. P. Biden i dont think anybody would ever imagine we would hear anything like this. I dont think they thought we would hear anything like this. Folks, the reason i talk about restoring the soul of the country, we cant do what we need to do if we dont restore the basic sense of dignity and decency for which we treat another. It sounds corny to say it, but we were organized on a principal. We hold these truths to be selfevident, but we have never lived up to that. Weve never walked away from that. This man fundamentally walked away from it, and his word cannot be taken at home and or abroad. He has abandoned our friends, and braced dictators, embraced dictators, but heres the deal. As democrats, we have a lot of good people running, but you know, one of you said to me, i want expose you, but i met some folks in the back that said stop talking about what youre going to do and talk about your vision. Heres the deal. Much, andwants very some of the opponents, want to characterize views in terms of if youre thinking big and if you are criticized. If something you believe is outlandish, you must be republican, and in fact you either think big or small. Ladies and gentlemen, the vision i have for this country, there is nothing small about it. It is like going to the moon. For, we can provide universal health care. I vision is no one goes to bed like my dad did in our three bedroom house with four kids and a grand pop living with us, worrying about how hes going to take care of his family [indiscernible] let her go. Let her go. Let her speak. This is not republican time. Please let her speak. Let her speak. Gasake on the oil and lobbyists, not to be tied down by campaigns owners. [singing] [chanting we want joe] v. P. Biden folks. Notice, they left before i could answer their questions, number one. Going two, this is whats on that is whats wrong with our party right now. That everything is taken in context that are not accurate contexts that are not accurate. Heres the point i want to make, the plans we have, and youre going to help me implement, are bolder than any plans that have come along. Everything a person in america is entitled to health care, but im able to provide that health care. I know how to get it done and pass it, and i know how to cover it. [cheers and applause] notice, somef you of our opponents are good people and are struggling to tell you how in gods name they will pay for anything. I tell you straight up how we are going to pay for it and how much it will cost and how it will get done, and ive done it. The second thing going on is we need to fundamentally radically change our education system, but we can do that. We can do that without going out and making a promise we will cover everybodys debt no matter what it is, no matter how it was acquired, whether you finished school or not, etc. Everybody knows if you start off in a title i school, you are finding yourself at a slight disadvantage to begin with because you come from a community that has fewer resources. I triple the amount of resources, 15 billion to 14 bullion dollars. Teachers get salaries of 60,000, you can bring in school psychologists, and every single study in your great universities and around the country show if you do that, it exponentially increases the prospect of a child going past high school. [cheers and applause] v. P. Biden the vision i have is qualified for is Community College, whether you lost your job at age 50 and have to go back and find a new way to make a living, or whether you are right out of high school, can do it for free because we can afford it. It is a 6 billion project. 6 billion, all we have to do is cut one of the one trillion 1,400,000,000,000 in taxes out tax cuts out there. Its a vision. Right now, i did a study for the president , my president , president obama, and on what the jobs in the future are. Six in 10 jobs require more than a High School Degree to get the job today. There are rational ways to do this, but it is a bold vision, a bold vision. We can also have people pay off their student debt and have student debt forgiven if they do what we have always done, engage in charitable or volunteer work. If you are a teacher, working a womans shelter, you work and you are involved in the peace corps or domestic policy, there is a lot of ways you can write off that debt if you volunteer. So, public service, that is the point. Thats it. You know. [indiscernible] v. P. Biden well, there you go. You did it as a senator. You made it so people like myself, First Time College goers could work at the capitol hill and do the symposium at the white house. [applause] look. Iden the other thing is that global thatng, look, the idea somehow we make these assertions that get eliminated in two years, no one says that, but the fact is that we know how to get emissions missions by 2050, and by 2030, we can lock in systems you cant get out of so we can get there and guarantee it. But folks, we only make up 15 of the worlds problem. The remaining 85 is the group i put is the group together called the Paris Climate Accord with 170 three other nations that, in fact, make up 85 of the problem. There are two things we have to do, the first thing as president is i will rejoin the thing i help put together, number one. [applause] two, withinnumber the first 100 days, i will have those 173 countries and their leaders come to the United States for a conference on how we will up the ante and get this done. I know how to do that. Thats what ive done my whole career. Ringing nations together as well as passing things in the ofislative hall, congress the United States of america. We have to resist the temptation, and i will resist the 10 patient today to criticize any of my opponents who are running for the. Omination the way we win is unify, come together as democrats. We all have the same hopes and dreams. The question is, how do we get there. Its not a lack of a vision. My vision is and understand. We all have basically the same hopes and dreams. Practically how do we get there . But its not a lack of a vision. The vision is my practically how do we get there . But its not a lack of a vision. The vision is my vision is more extensive th