Disproportionately affects our elders, people who dont have a safe ways to live, people of color, people who are already struggling in life. Trumpse is no question response to this pandemic has been a disaster. [honking] us. Has hurt that has hurt our families. Trump and my opponent said this pandemic would just go away. Cases continue to rise. They make fun of people who wear masks, but people continue to die. Trump and mitch mcconnell, all summer and fall failed to put together any kind of strategy to help minnesotans affected by this virus. About the idled worker at the mine in northern minnesota waiting for that Unemployment Insurance to be renewed. Im thinking about the mom trying to work and make sure her daughter is getting the education she needs remotely. Suingile, my opponent is governor walz for doing the things he needs to do to keep us all safe. In thisnot what we want moment, is it minnesota . [honking] it is not what we want. This moment is strong, empathetic leadership. Leadership that lifts up the best of who we are because we really are all in this together. Who joe biden and Kamala Harris are. That is who they are. That is what this election is all about. This election is not just about what is wrong in our country, it is what we are going to do to make it right. That is why we are focused on building forward. This coronavirus pandemic under control. We can do that. We can do that. [honking] to gos not just going away. We can take control of this. Then, lets build forward with evan or and peggy flanagan, with me and Amy Klobuchar in the majority in the United States senate. [honking] kamalae biden and harris, people who know how to get results. Rebuildre going to American Manufacturing. That is what we are going to do. We are going to rebuild American Manufacturing and lets start with rebuilding a supply chain with medical supplies and equipment right here in the United States. [honking] lets support working families and Small Businesses and lets start with those Small Businesses. [honking] address the systemic racism that is holding too many people back. We can do that with joe biden and Kamala Harris. [honking] choice, minnesota. Rootedchoose leadership in strength and decency and optimism. Lets choose leadership focused on getting results. Lets choose leadership that brings out the best in us. As Paul Wellstone said, fulfilling the promise we all do better when we all do better. [honking] minnesotans, this is not about political parties. This isnt about whether you are a democrat or republican or none of the above. This is about our childrens future. This is about the future of our democracy. Election is over and for days and i want you to know i am optimistic because i believe we, the people, will win. [honking] 1,970,000 minnesotans have already voted. Thats a lot of people. [honking] Vice President biden, i want you to know we are hellbent to win here in minnesota. [honking] thing, minnesota, and this is really important just yesterday, a federal court throughout the election rule we had been counting on in minnesota. So it is so important, if you have not already voted and you have a mailin ballot, you must not put that ballot in the mail. You must handdeliver that ballot so your voice and your vote will be counted and heard. This is really important. [honking] highestsome of the Voter Participation of any place in the country and we need every single one of your verse everything the one of your voices to be heard. Dont put your ballot in the mailbox. When we do this, when we do this, minnesota, we the people will put joe biden and Kamala Harris in the white house. [honking] we will win this senate seat. [honking] we will put a democratic majority in the United States senate. [honking] work. En we will get to thank you so much, minnesota. Lets get to work. [honking] aint nothing wrong with that, baby aint nothing wrong please welcome senator Amy Klobuchar. Sen. Klobuchar hello, and a soda. To welcome the next president of the United States, joe biden . [honking] are you ready to reelect my good u. S. D, tina smith to the senate . [honking] joe howoing to show minnesota holds the record almost every year for the biggest turn out in the United States of america. And we are not going to let him down. [honking] republicans are trying to the very last minute to stop our votes from being counted, to stop minnesotans from voting. They are doing it to everyone with these lawsuits. To are you going to let republican electors and some lawsuits stop our people from voting . No. I i want to remind you, and want the country to listen to this. Minnesotans, you dutifully mailed and your ballots, but if you have one at home right now, you 380,000 people out there, do not mail it in. Bring it to a dropbox, right . All you can vote in person over our state early. It is easy to do. Then, if you dont do those two things, you can vote on election day. If you want to know how and go to i wille, vote. Com and find out. That is, if you are given the right to vote, we will send joe biden and Kamala Harris to the white house. [honking] want to say a few words to donald trump. Despite how many times he has minnesota issota, not trump country. It is your country. [honking] one of the last times he came, he made us a promise, a big promise, the president did. He said if he doesnt win minnesota, hes never coming back again. [honking] so, minnesota, lets hold him to it. [honking] times, he was somewhere else, he said why dont suburban women like me . How muchs show him they doubt. [honking] this is our moment. Cannot take four more years of donald trump. The rule of law cant take four more years of a president who thinks he is above it. Decency cannot take four more years of a president who doesnt care about it. Take fouracy cannot more years of a president who thinks he can bulldoze through cannotthe American Dream take four more years of a president who thinks he can choose who lives it. [honking] for me, like so many people out there, the reason people are voting in droves, the reason over 85 million americans have voted is that for so money people, this isnt just about tv commercials and numbers and rhetoric, this is personal. It is personal for me. Sick with got really this virus early on in march and he ended up in the hospital for onrly a week with pneumonia, oxygen. He made it through. He is here. John is right here. [honking] when i found out a few months ago that the president actually knew way back then because he told bob woodward he knew it was airborne and at the time, we were cleaning up every surface, which we should do, but we didnt even know how much it was airborne back then. He might not have gotten sick, but the president didnt tell us. In his dad got it assisted living at age 92 and i will never forget standing outside the glass, looking in, three of the 16 people where he lived died and i looked at him and he looked so small and so sad and confused. And i thought this is going to be the last time i ever see him, like that. He made it through. But so Many Americans have not made it through. 225,000americans, over americans are going to be at their thanksgiving table and there is going to be an empty chair. 24 minnesotans have not been so lucky. But it didnt have to be that way. And it doesnt have to be that way. We dont need to have a president who claims everyone for everything. He blames dr. Fauci, he blames his own people, he literally should have a sign on his desk that says the buck stops anywhere but here. [honking] joe biden, he will take responsibility see how perfect that was . He will take responsibility. He will be a president for all of america because, as he has said, this is not a partisan moment. This is an american moment. Minnesota, we, deserve leaders who are as resilient as our people. We deserve leaders who will bring people together, who dont wake up every morning and say what mean tweet can i write . How can i divide people . Joe biden will be a president who has built the support of yes, our fired up democratic faith but independence and republicans across the country. He has the support of john kasich, former republican evan of ohio. He has the support of colin powell. My friend,support of cindy mccain. He has built a coalition that will help us win, but it will also help us govern so that we can take on the challenges of our times. Yes, this pandemic, but also our economy, climate change, affordable education, and yes, universal health care. Deserves president joe biden. [honking] so, joe biden is a man of scrappy working class roots. A man whose own hardships have only made him more determined to lift up those who have been left out. He has a plan to build back better and you can count on him to help this country not just toover but renew its spirit take on the challenges of our time. Competent, but he will also govern from his heart. He will be the president for all of america. Recently, he gave his last Closing Argument in georgia. That warmed my heart because as some of you know, i ran for president. And as i went around the hentry, i told the story told at warm springs and he went that way because that is where Franklin Delano roosevelt went to recover from the poliovirus and he was a beloved president and came in at a very, very hard time for our country and in literally 100 days change the course of history. That is the burden that will be on joe bidens shoulders. And when Franklin Roosevelt completed his work, after many, many years, when he died, he was so beloved that the country stood up, spontaneously at the train tracks where his body was taken through the countryside and theres a story of a guy, a regular guy standing by those tracks with his hat in his hand and the reporter looked at him and said sir, the guy is sobbing did you know president roosevelt . And the guy said no. I didnt know the president , but he knew me. He knew me. [honking] that is joe biden. Trying to balance your toddler on your knee and tried to allens your lap top on your desk, joe biden knows you and he will fight for you. If you are a dad that has to teach a first grader to use the mute button just so she can learn to read, joe biden knows you and he will fight for you. If youve got a parent in a nursing home, assisted living or even in their own house and you cant even go and give them a and hee biden knows you will fight for you. If you cant decide if you are going to fill your refrigerator or fill your prescription, joe biden knows you and he will fight for you. This is it, minnesota. And i want to say one last thing to everyone at home watching. Caught in the extreme of our politics and you are looking for someone who is going to stand up for you and you are tired of the noise and the nonsense, joe knows you and he will fight for you. So let us get out the vote. Let us not let one Political Party stop the people of our republicans,ats, independence coming together electing a man of true grit, a man who loves this nation, a man who will get up every morning and think of you instead of him and that is joe biden. Thank you, minnesota. Lets go and win. [applause] [honking] aint nothing wrong with that aint nothing wrong aint nothing wrong with that, mama aint nothing wrong aint nothing wrong with that aint nothing wrong with that, now aint nothing wrong with that aint nothing wrong uptodays event has been set to adhere to social distancing guidelines outlined by Health Experts and the state of minnesota. Thanks. Tell me that you were memory that moment tell me that you still care southern nights please welcome jessica in trammell hello, minnesota. You how much of an honor it is to be here with you today. With ainnesotan preexisting condition. We have all heard all year how this is the most consequential election of our lifetime and maybe in history. It is not an exaggeration. Democracyuture of our and the health and wellbeing of our community is on the ballot. And i know that because i live that. In 2012, when i was seven months pregnant, i was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is a vicious disease, where a body attacks itself through its own immune system. So my body started attacking my joints and eating holes into my bones. It is extraordinarily painful. Sometimes just turning a key in a lock can feel like my knuckles will just first open. Cure. Ere is no but i did find a medication. The problem is that medication costs 54,000 per year, every year for the rest of my life. Actre the Affordable Care was signed into law, my medication would have bankrupted me. My pregnancy itself could have considered a preexisting condition. But the aca kept me and my family afloat for eight years. Helped pass the aca. [honking] now, 20 million more americans have insurance now than 10 years ago. Joe biden fought for millions like me who have the existing conditions. When i tell you the stakes of this election are life and death, i am speaking from personal experience. And yes, senator klobuchar, i do take this personally. [honking] because donald trump wants to repeal the. He said that. He is at the Supreme Court right now asking them to strike down that law. If that happens, if i lose my insurance, i will get that 54,000 will. I cant afford that. I am here to tell you if we elect joe biden, we will have an ally in the white house instead of an adversary. [honking] he will make Health Care Available to more americans than ever before. Instead of repealing the, he will build on it. He will add a public option to expand coverage and he will lower Prescription Drug and other health costs. Minnesotans are already voting in record numbers. Yet. He job is not done with so much at stake, we cannot afford to be complacent. I cannot relax. Until we are certain every minnesotan has done their job and cast their ballots for joe biden and, harris. [honking] here is what i need you to do. If you havent voted yet, goad do it today. Go to i will vote. Com mn to fight and early voting site near you. And if you have an absentee ballot you havent may yield you havent mailed in yet, take it as soon as possible to a drop off location. If we do that in the next four days, we will elect joe biden. [honking] with that, it is my distinct honor to introduce the man himself, the next president of the United States of america, joe biden. Prince go crazy by playing] hello, minnesota. Jessica, thank you for being here and sharing your story. Unfortunately, some of the other americans have stories like you, faced with health problems, fighting for their lives and forced think not only about facing the battle but how they can afford the treatment. Come Insurance Companies in at the most vulnerable moments for you and your family members, i remember when my son beau was lying in the hospital after he came home from iraq after a year. He had stage iv glioblastoma. They didnt tell him how long he live. Ing to as he laid there fighting for his life, fighting to hang on, i thought to myself what would it company,f my insurance his Insurance Company said you have run out of coverage. Times up. You are on your own. Ones, its a question no should have to face in america. That is why i fought so hard and why obamacare was such a big thing. It is unconscionable. [honking] its unconscionable donald trump, from the day he got elected to right now, he is fighting in court to rip that away from tens of millions of americans. But we are not going to let him do it. We are never going back to those days. [honking] win, for you,o jessica, and your family. I promise you i will protect your family as if it were my own. [honking] thank all the speakers you heard earlier. Minnesotanor, leading with decency and integrity. One of the outstanding members backngress, lets send her to the house of representatives. We need her badly. And your incredible junior senator, tina smith she has got to go back. [honking] and look, lets win back the Minnesota State senate while we are at it. [honking] one of the nations finest leaders in a dear friend, ive been honored to stand alongside and fight together for a long time, senator Amy Klobuchar. Amy, i love you. Thank you. [honking] florida, had a chance to spend a little more time with another in another minnesota icon. Carl anthony towns. Man. He can play, you know him as the heart and soul of the timberwolves, but hes also a son, who like many other americans lost his mom to covid 19 a couple of months ago. For all those sons and daughters, those parents, siblings, husbands, and wives facing empty chairs at dining room tables, all of those who reach over at night to say good night to their husband or wife, they deserve so much better. These guys are not very polite, but they are like trump. [honking] they are going to be ok. We are going to take care of them as well. We need to come together and fight for all these folks. We have four days left to get it done. Four days. Millions of americans already voting. Millions more will vote by tuesday. And i believe when you use your power to vote, it will change the course of this country in the course of history. Right here in minnesota, with all of you, in the final days, keep that sense of empowerment. Of empowerment, that sense of optimism so we can overcome. Theres a reason they dont want to hear me. They know the president doesnt say anything, so they are not used to not hearing anything. I know its hard, folks. Now than 20028i believe thousand americans have died because of covid19. Nearly 2500 here in minnesota, gone. We have 9 million new cases nationwide. Millions of americans are out of work. On the edge, they cant see any light, they dont know where its going, and donald trump has simply given up. Over the weekend, white house counsel, chief of staff, he said the following we are not going to control the pandemic. At the debate last week, donald trump turned to me and