Please welcome to the stage teethree. [applause] thank you. Thank you so much. [applause] thank you. Thank you iowa. Thank you Iowa Democratic party. Thank you fellow democrats. [cheers and applause] the first time i came to the state was as a volunteer to knock on doors for president ial candidate a young man with a funny name. [cheers and applause] and we knew the stakes were high then. The stakes are colossal now. If countries cannot afford more for more years that cannot recognize it. We know what is at stake and we know he will do everything he can to hold onto power. But if you nominate me his playbook will not work this time around. [cheers and applause] i dont get a golf course with my name on it while pretending to care about the working class. I dont even golf. I drive a chevy that was built in ohio by the very same workers this president has led down. [applause] and i dont go to work in an office in washington dc. It is six hours that way on iad. Here in the midwest. And we can see the outline of our ethanol plant which is why understand the measure of this president s betrayal of American Farmers and i know how to talk about it. [cheers and applause] and i do have to throw a military parade to see what a convoy looks like. [cheers and applause] is right about he was doing Celebrity Apprentice i was in gaffe afghanistan. That will not work against me. Im here to end the era of donald trump. I am here to launch the era that must come next. [cheers and applause] because in order to win and lead ill take a lot more than the Political Warfare we have come to accept from washington dc. [cheers and applause] we already have a divider in chief. I am offering a white house you look at the white house your Blood Pressure goes down instead of through the roof. I am asking you to picture that first day when donald trump is no longer the president of the United States. [cheers and applause] that would end the chaos in the corruption and the tantrum and the tweets but what comes next but still a 14 yearold who has written out a will because shes afraid her next day at school will be her last. A 12 yearold will be waiting for action who asked me about healthcare not because she is he in policy buff but because she has juvenile diabetes and is afraid parents will lose their coverage. [applause] i am wanted to make up the pieces to do right from those who have waited far too long. [applause] with that majority that is hungry for change. To see that hunger across the country shenandoah iowa where a young man from a farm family instead of asking what role agriculture will play in Climate Change in a diner in indiana filled with those who are worried about deportation and i will see this in a few weeks on the morning of thanksgiving day because in 2019 in rural michigan you see a man going deer hunting with his husbands father. This is a Majority Ready to deliver the most regressive one progressive reform for the last 50 years in medicare for all that want to honoring your decision. [cheers and applause] even to do something about gun violence and Climate Change to ensure the dignity of every american to pass the senate races to build your health and wealth and your Life Expectancy or a relationship with law enforcement. People are ready to get this done. So stand with our teachers. [cheers and applause] let people of faith know you dont have to shake your head and ask yourself. Iowa is a stranger and you welcomed me. [applause] i will not waver from our commitment to the boldness of our ideas are attire from the efforts to include everyone in the future we are trying to build. Progressives, moderates and republicans who are ready for a change. The time has come. [applause] we will fight when we must fight but i will never get so wrapped up in the fighting that we think fighting is the point. The point is what lies on the other side of the fight. [cheers and applause] and what is on the other side of that fight is the hope of the American Experience defined by belonging and that is what we are here to deliver. [cheers and applause] and talking about hope and belonging call it optimistic but do not call it naive. This is not based on my age but on my experience. [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause]. Hr your vote for president of the United States. [applause] [cheering] thats why i believe in this country. [applause] i would ask you to caucus for me on february 3 because i know what the presidency is for this and the glorification of the president it is the unification of the american people. That is why we have the office. [applause] are you ready to bring this country together is . Are you ready to turn to a new era together . Let us make history together and we will have a lot to celebrate and we will know where to go from there. Thank you, iowa. Thank you, democrats. Thank you so much. [cheering] Vice President joe biden. [cheering] thank you, thank you. Hello, iowa democrats. Let me get right to it. You all know this election is more important than anyone youve ever voted in, no matter your age and its not because of us running but the man that holds the office. The very character of america is on the ballot next november. The very character of the country. Donald trump is lacking any character we need. You know, folks, hate only hides. Its never leave. It comes out from under the rock anincludes everything. This is a man who started this Campaign Based on hate and division, dividing people in ways whose embrace, hes looked at people like Vladimir Putin and embraced them. Theres a couple things ive learned the past couple of weeks. Number one is Vladimir Putin doesnt want me to be president. [applause] and number two, donald trump doesnt want me to be the nominee. He spent a lot of money to make sure that im not. Im flattered. We have got to beat this man. Its not enough that we just be ten. We have to beat him so everyone knows we are not going back to the time when another president like kim can hold that office. I will beat him like a drum if i am your nominee and he knows it. He breathes nothing but oxygen into hate. Look what happened in charlottesville. People coming out of the woods and fields carrying torches, preaching hate and division. The comment on that or did he say he said they were very fine people on both sides. No president in the American History has ever said that including Andrew Johnson before the civil war. Look, folks i learned something early on from my family. They said nobody is better than you but everyone is your equal. Think about it, how we are treating people, how he has treated people. Look my dad used to say its all about dignity. I said after charlottesville we were in a battle for the soul of america and we are. If you doubt it, think about it. The middle class is under siege and it is the soul of america. Wall street bankers didnt build america. The middle class built america and unions built the middle class. [cheering] how can a parent maintain their dignity when they look at a child with a preexisting condition something they cant afford to get insurance for th them, how can a parent maintain their dignity when they have a child or husband or wife whos terminally ill and the Insurance Company can come along and say sorry, you have run out of coverage, die in peace on your own. How can a parent have the dignity . Thats why we have to build on the Affordable Care act and not abandon it. Thats why we have to provide a public option. Thats why we have to make sure everyone has access. Ladies and gentlemen, we can do this quickly without taxing the middle class and make sure 160 Million People that have Health Insurance they like him keep it if they like and if not, they can buy into a medicare like proposal. Ladies and gentlemen, it will not take four or five or ten years to happen, it will happen immediately. [applause] [cheering] we know the increase in taxes. How can a parent maintain their dignity and have to look into say like many people did this fall at the breakfast table sorry we cant borrow the money or figured out how to get you there. Theres nothing we can do im sorry. We have to change this. My wife, jill, teaches full ti time. 12 years of education is no longer enough to make it in the middle class thats why we have triple the amount of money that we spend paying teachers 60 grand making sure her children can go to school and making sure Community College is free and those that have college debt if they volunteer and engage in Public Service their debts can be forgiven. Thats what he can do. How can we look at our children knowing that this issue facing america is Climate Change and we are doing nothing about it or how can we walk into a situation where today children went to School Learning how to duck and cover because they may get shot in school, talk about a troubled soul in the country, thats trouble. We have to go out and take on the nra and beat them. Im the only one that has beat them and i will beat them again. Assault rifles, there is no room for them. In addition to that, what rationale that is a sick system ladies and gentlemen. And talking about Climate Change first thing i will do as your president is rejoined the Paris Climate Accord which i helped train together. And the nations that joined that i will up the ante on them to make sure they keep it and that we put in place a Climate Change plan. We make up 15 . What we will do we will have locked in standards that cannot be changed. Ladies and gentlemen how can we talk about not restoring the soul of america if we dont do that . Ladies and gentlemen we think about the way we work now. As i said, why in gods name should a firefighter, school teacher, nurse pay a tax rate higher than a trader making millions of dollars. Its wrong and under my proposal i promise we will begin to reward and we are going to change the tactics. [applause] [cheering] we are in a situation where the next president of the united dates is going to face a world in chaos. Its going to require a president that on day number 110 unite the country has the experience to put together major initiatives to bring the country together. I know some of my colleagues say thats naive but ive done it. I promise you i know how to do it and i will do it again. If you cant bring the country together we are in trouble. Ladies and gentlemen, think about it. The next president is going to be commander in chief in a world of disarray. There will be no time for onthejob training knowing that our allies know what you are doing and that you will keep your word. [cheering] folks, look. The United States of america is so much better prepared than any nation in the world. We are the wealthiest country in the world it has the most productive, threetime as productive every major change taking place in more of them in the United States than all of the rest of the world combined. [cheering] so what are we doing . Democrats, republicans and independents Walking Around with their heads down like what are we going to do. The first thing we have to do is get rid of donald trump, get him out of office. Once that happens, the road is cleared for significant change. There is no reason why we will not lead the world in the 21st century. Its time for america to lift their heads up and remember who in gods name we are. This is the United States of america. We have never, never failed a conflict he set our minds to once we decide what youre going to do. Its time to decide and vote. [cheering] heres the deal. The only thing that stands in the way is donald trump. Hes spending so much money running ads against me in a primary because he knows that i will be tim and i will beat him like a drum. Ladies and gentlemen, get out and remember who we are. Lets take the country back and begin to leave the world again. Thank you, thank you. [cheering] [cheering] thank you, iowa [cheering] i love campaigning in iowa because this is one of the only places in the country where democracy still works as it is intended. You know this but i dont know if you realize how much power is in this room tonight. [cheering] i did the math. Do you know how many californians each of you is worth . 1,000 each. When i look around at the arena tonight i do not just c. 14,000 iowans, ic 14 million californians. That is the power in this roomhave the power to change the course of history. Thats why it is a thrill to be back here and a privilege to address the wall. Im a president ial candidate, yes i am also a parent. How many of you are parents. My wife is here with us tonight. We have two young boys, christopher and damien. Im running because of a thought that we have had unafraid to express and it is this, our kids are not all right. We have left them a future darker than the lives that we have learned. Many of you think of me as a business guy but for the last seven years ive been a nonprofit guy. I started a nonprofit called venture for america that helped create thousands of jobs in cities like detroit, cleveland, st. Louis, baltimore and you know what i saw during this seven years . Millions of young people who are not starting families let alone businesses because they couldnt pay their bills. I sold millions of young people buried under a mountain of debt and trapped in their parents basement. [cheering] iphone record high levels of anxiety, stress, depression, Mental Illness and even suicide and drug overdoses. First time in 100 years its happened and if you turn on cable news today why would you think donald trump is our president . Goahead and shouts something now. Russia, racism, hillary clinton, emails, all mixed together. But i believe many of you know different. I am a numbers guy into the reason that he is our president , the reason that he won your state by eight points is that we gave away 40,000 manufacturing jobs right here and you saw all those towns go from blue to red as it happened. And it didnt just happen here in iowa, we did it in chicken, ohio, pennsylvania, wisconsin, missouri. All the swing states he needed to win. 4 Million Manufacturing jobs and unfortunately we are not stopping there. How many of you have seen stores close where you live and work in the state . And why are they closing, it is a oneword answer. Amazon. Thats right. 20 billion in business every year causing 30 of choice for us and all stood close. How much do they pay in federal taxes last year . If your math, 20 billion hours, zero back. 30 of your stores and malls closed. The most common job in your state is retail. A 39yearold woman making between nine to 10 an hour. When her store closes, what is her next move going to be . Im a numbers guy but you dont need the numbers. Look around your communities. You see it when you walk into cvs and the grocery store. We see our neighbors and kids addicted to drugs and headlines where they are working on cars that can drive themselves. These are the problems of donald trump elected, more and more are feeling left behind. Experts are calling this economic transformation, this period before the Industrial Revolution. When is the last time you heard a politician even say the word Industrial Revolution . Just now, right . And im barely a politician. These are the problems i got donald trump elected and this is what you must solve and use your power. Ask yourself for a moment how is a man you never heard of eight months ago going after joe biden and Elizabeth Warren . [cheering] how did a man you never heard of before raise 10 million last quarter in increments of only 30 each . My fans are almost as cheap as bernie. Its because i know what the true nature of the problems are and how we can solve them. [cheering] it is up to you to take these to present a new way forward as fast as possible. What is this new way forward, what is the vision . If you dont know anything about me or my campaign, an asian man running for president that wants to get [inaudible] the first time you heard that it sounded like a gimmick too good to be true but its not my idea and its not a new idea. Martin luther king fought for it in the 60s. Economists endorsed it, the house of representatives passed it twice in 1971 and 11 years later once they passed the dividend between one to 2,000 a year no questions asked a status that and how does alaska pay for its . What is the oil of the 21st century . Technology, software, so driving cars and trucks. Our data is now worth more than oil. Raise your hand if you got your data check in the mail. Where do they go, facebook, amazon, google and a trillion Dollar Tech Companies that are paying zero. Think about what a thousand dollars a month wouldve been in the hands of you and your friends and neighbors who need a lower stress level it would mean fewer arguments with your spouse, being able to retire with dignity. It would mean not having to choose between car repairs and new clothing for your kids. Its not about the money but its about what it means to us. Ive been getting a thousand dollars a month to families for a number of months now. I recommend it. One of them is here tonight who lives in iowa falls. Thank you, kyle. So he lives in iowa falls with his mom is recovering from cancer. When i saw kyle on my last trip he said hed taken care of some bills and was playing shows for the first time in years. It was a guitar in for jodi it was car repairs to visit her daughter, mallory in florida it was going back to school at the age of 68. This is what the freedom to spend would mean for us in real life and the reason you can make the reality like this because it is your power and your power alone. [cheering] now, my first move was sent to run for pres