Supporting the two Democratic Senate candidates in georgia this just got underway. We have came so far together and georgia democrats have done what others thought was impossible. We flipped georgia blue. Georgians already knew it but we proved to the entire nation that georgia is ready for big change. Last month we delivered our 16 Electoral College votes to president elect joe biden and my Vice President elect Kamala Harris. We are about to deliver, not one, but to georgia democrats into the United States senate in january and i could not be more proud of georgia democrats and the compliment that we made together but we are not done yet. All eyes are on georgia and we will singlehandedly determine the future of our country. Covid relief, healthcare, john lewis Voting Rights act and the stakes just couldnt be higher. It is all come down to georgia and not only are georgians counting on us but the entire country is counting on us, a vote for our candidates doesnt just mn change for georgia but working families across america will benefit from the hard work that we are putting in today and our win in november was not simply locked. Our win is a direct result of the sweat and tears of georgia democrats over the years and it is taking us years of deep organizing voters and years of reaching out to overlook georgians and reminding them of the power of their voice and their vote and they are true heroes of the 2020 election cycle where the georgia voters who use the power of their voices while i do like to boast about our incredible staff and volunteers and all of the hard work that is shaped georgia for years to calm it was georgia voters who showed up and showed out at the ballot box. It was the georgia voters during early voting time who waited hours to cast their ballots. It was the georgia voter who applied for their absentee ballots and promptly mailed them back in and it was the georgia voters who werent quite sure that their vote would make a difference but they showed up on election day anyway to make their voices heard. Georgia voters did this and will do it again and dont get me wrong, it will be a close election, every vote will make a difference and every vote matters and there is a lot of noise trying to distract us right now but democrats are doubling down to engage with and support voters at every level from Voter Registration to the ballot box it is all hands on deck and we need folks to vote and volunteer. We need you to help us to reach out to georgia voters and to make sure that theyve got the schools they need to safely and securely cast their ballots. Visit us at georgia democrat, that is georgia spelled out, georgia democrat. Org to join the fight and we need every single concerned citizen to pitch in and help us make history. With your help we will send john ossoff and Raphael Warnock to the United States senate. It is time for georgia republicans to face the consequences of their complicity and on january 6 we will send david perdue and Kelly Leffler packing. The opportunity to send not one but two democrats to the United States senate is a chance of a lifetime so lets not waste it you all, volunteer and vote and lets get it done. Thank you so much. Im Atlanta Mayor and im reminded of a quote by atlantas native son, doctor Martin Luther king jr. Who said we are not makers of history but we are made by history. Ive often wondered what he meant by that but as we are on the eve of one of the most important elections in our country and in our States History what i know to be true is this, generations that come after us will ask where did we stand at this time . When weve asked our grandparents and our parent where they work during the Civil Rights Movement some said they went forward and others said they marched and others said they made sandwiches and others have said i voted. That is what we have to be able to tell our childrens children that we stood up and we made a difference that when the opportunity for our nation to take a turn for the better was presented to us we did all in our power to make a difference. All of us may not be able to mobilize and knock on doors and make phone calls but you can vote and you can also take the opportunity to make sure that those in your households go and vote. John ossoff and Raphael Warnock, two men of principle, to men of conscious, two men that can help us change the course of this nation. All eyes are on georgias right now but the power is within us. Remember, you have until december 7 to register to vote. Early voting starts december 14 and the election is on january 5. Lets do what so many before us have done in georgia and they changed the world simply by standing up and being counted. Our votes will reflect our voices and what our voices say loud and clear in this state is that we need people of good conscience so that our childrens children will have a Better Future ahead. Thank you. Hello, georgia. Thank you so much for joining us for this extraordinary moment. We will bring together our two candidates for the u. S. Senate. The 44th president of the United States, president barack obama but before i bring them on, i want to talk about why we are here. You may remember a few weeks ago, we did something no one expected. We turned georgia blue. We won this election decisively and despite the number of recount, they keep giving us the same answer. Democrats showed up, georgians showed up and we decided to put this nation in the right direction. Needs leadership to understand the covered pandemic deserves to be met with the velocity and intentionality of science and a moral vision that says we can make things better, that we deserve justice in this nation for every person and that we are at a moment where our economy desperately needs pending and cannot be measured by the stock market, has to be measured whats happening to folks at the supermarket. We have a moment now we have a president elect, joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris there were not done yet. We are not done because we still need to solidify the u. S. Senate. We have three branches of government although some times it doesnt seemed like it. In the senate, we have the opportunity to match the needs of the people, the power of our leaders. Unfortunately for the state of georgia, weve had to leaders missing in action. Two people who decided to put profit above the people and people who refuse to take response ability for creating a culture of intimidation, of cultivating culture and going to straight to ensure. I want to talk about what georgia can do to make it right. We have two senate seats up for grabs but we know how to win those seats. We know how to put together a coalition of a coalition, of the good, a coalition of georgians want to not only serve the needs of their fellow citizens but understand their part of our in reigniting the promise of who im excited because we just happen overnight. We know theres lift up mitigate that homes the voices coming. We built a coalition, accomplished something we havent been able to 28 years. In this moment, we know what is going to happen no we can continue to rely on the new voices that have come from young people who search from 14 to 16 of our electric. We can increase participation of Asian American and Pacific Islander voices 152020, increase participation by 91 . Our latino voices were amplified by 72 over 2020. Africanamerican voices 20 and the white increase by 16 . Ive listed every one of those communities, no one community can do it alone. We are a nation built on our diversity we are a state that reflects that more than any other battleground of her house. What we can do in this moment is recognized elect rafael, electing the future. Two men have given their lives to service, despite not having the titles have always been willing to do the work. Not only my candidate friends. I look forward to introducing you to each of them but for now, ill start with my friend, raffaella. I read 15 years ago when he came to the Baptist Church but i got to know him best in 2014 when i launched a little project called the new georgia project to register the unregistered 800,000 people of color. I reached out to him, i said i need help, a stand with me and talk about why this matters, he didnt book, he stood up and stood firm and defendant those voices. Hes worked tirelessly to ensure that the left behind and left out do not get forgotten when he is in the room that is what we need to take into the u. S. Senate. He understands we are talking about, access to healthcare and jobs, or access to justice, we need to have someone understanding what it means to be without those things. As someone who always with the people over profit. Please join me in welcoming my friend and the next u. S. Senator, raffaella. Thank you so very much. It is always great to be with you and i have enjoyed, over the years, getting into good trouble as john lewis used to put it, with you. Thank you to everybody for joining us today and being with stacy and john in this fight together i am deeply honored, as always, to be with president barack obama inspires us all so many ways. I want to thank our congresswoman, michaela woman, congresswoman elect and i want to thank the lantus great mayor for taking the time this afternoon to get people out to. Traveling across the state, ive been making my way into cities and towns and when i go into these small towns often they are surprised i am there and i am surprised that they are surprised. They say they are not accustomed to people running for senate or serving in these little towns which is strange to me because we wanted to be the next to senators for the whole state of georgia. As i encounter people and their stories, ive been thinking a lot lately about my dad. I grew up as one of 12 children in public housing, we were short on money. We have deep sense of values and hard work. My dad used to wake me up every morning seven days a week, 6 00 a. M. He would say some, get up and get dressed. Put your shoes on and get ready. Sometimes didnt understand, it was saturday morning. Getting ready for what . She said i dont know, ill figure it out later just get ready. Thats a life lesson i take with me all of my journey. I want to say to georgians, it is time for us to get ready. Put our shoes on. The battle is not over. We got a race in front of us and we intend to win and we need all georgians to recognize this deciding moment in our country. Georgia is at the center of the. If you want to protect healthcare coverage for 1. 8 million georgians with preexisting conditions, get your shoes on and get ready. If you want pandemic relief for georgians who have had to close their doors in the businesses they have started from scratch, get your shoes on and get ready. If youre concerned about teachers and frontline workers and their ability to do the work they are so deeply committed to, it is time for you to put your shoes on and get ready. If you want u. S. Senate takes on the challenges our country is facing, and we will partner with president elect biden and Vice President elect harris to deliver for georgia, we need to put our shoes on and get ready to vote. The wind is our back, the wind is with us, the other side knows it, they are learning. And they should be but this is our moment, we are delighted georgia is on everybodys mind and we need all georgians to stand up in this moment in American History and wind the future for all of our children. Thank you all for joining us and i look forward to the conversations. Thank you so much, reverend. You talk about getting ready and i want to say we have hit a milestone georgia already more than 1 million georgians who applied for absentee ballots, we encourage Everyone Needs to make plan to vote, go to peach vote. Com so you can apply for your absentee ballot and find out about early voting december 14. If youre not registered to vote yet or if you got someone who will be 18 by january 5, a certain few go to the website you can learn how to get the register to vote by december 7. One reason we need folks to get registered and make the plans to not only send raffaella to the u. S. Senate but we always know we need help. The partner he deserves department that georgia deserves. I served a democratic leader and there are a lot of folks who came by my Office Support a special election occurring in 2017 but what was so remarkable about john was that he didnt just come plan. He came with questions. He wanted to know what he needed to do a multi racial, multi generational coalition it would take to win that district. What was so impressive was not just that he asked for advice, he listens. He makes it his mission to understand that an investigative journalist, someone who runs a small business, he understands how important it is that we not only ask, ask the right questions but listen to the answers we are given and do our best to make certain we always win. Hes fighting a battle against someone who spent six years not meeting with constituents, not serving the people, not being willing to answer the questions but i know john as the next u. S. Senator, we will have a man working sidebyside with raffaella will always ask georgians, what do we need and how can i help . Please welcome our next u. S. Senator, john. So much. I love you. Thank you for what you have done for the state of georgia, throughout your career building over these last ten years. Reverend, it is an honor to run along side you and obama, thank you for lending a hand in your support and friendship. My mother was a 23 years old when she came to this country alone as an immigrant. For her, america represented hope. She believed we were on a country, on a journey making progress to fully realize our founding ideals, that we were in gods eyes. Opportunity and rights were given equally to all of us. That is the vision to our country federal my mother here. She became an activist for the equal rights amendment, she became a businesswoman and citizen because she recognized the ballot box is where we push this country forward. What happened in these last four years as our country has been ripped apart by fear and division, it broke my mothers heart. What happened in the last year as the catastrophic failure of our leaders is compounded in economic damage from the pandemic, has broken so many hearts but if youre wondering what youve been feeling in your heart these last four weeks, and unfamiliar feeling you havent dealt, its called hope to remind us of what we felt 12 years ago when barack obama ran for president at a time of war and recession and financial crisis and put hope in our hearts. In georgia right now, represents the hope of the nation as having an georgia is such a beautiful clarification of where the house is where our state is. Youve got the young, jewish journalist son of an immigrant. Running along side of the teacher who holds doctor kings pulpit ebenezer Baptist Church is a Grassroots Movement for health, jobs and justice in the midst of the crisis we are running against, bonnie and clyde of political corruption who represent politicians who put themselves over the people. We have the chance in georgia to stand up and make a difference, to define the future for all of us have equal justice under the law were all of us can get the healthcare we need, to leave future generations clean and beautiful planet, to make sure everyone has a dignified work that pays a living wage, to empower out of this crisis and get Economic Relief to people who need it. That is what is on the line. I want to thank all of my heart for being part of this moment. Lets history and when these races write the next chapter in American History together thank you so much so much you been willing to do the way you have continued to meet this moment. Its my distinct pleasure to introduce the reason we are all here, i had the opportunity to speak as a senator, he is in the state of georgia in 2007, we were in a small Conference Room and i dont think i appreciated it at that moment how extraordinary the conversation i was able to have was. Barack obama met with a group of us talking about his vision for the presidency but what he was willing to do was listen to us, state legislatures as we described concerns and are communities as we talked about the peers of our people and unlike so many politicians who often interrupt what they think you already know, he listens. More important, because hes been in the state legislature and was a u. S. Senator, he took that information with him into the white house. For eight years, we watched someone who loves just the notion of america but the people of our country. We watched him lead us through crisis, we watched him guide us to better ideas and higher ideals, someone who brought with him training as an organizer, his commitment as a state legislator, his knowledge and the constitutional scholar, his leadership is a u. S. Senator but more important, his ethics as just a good man who understands what it means to stand up for others, to deliver on your promises and always tell if it was possible but encourages us to dream stand before us is nothing unethical about success we saw in 2008 and 2012 is what we have here in georgia in 2020. We have the opportunity to build a Better Future and theres no one better to talk about john and raffaella thought about the great man himself, president barack obama. Thank you, stacy. I need michelle to hear that introduction. Times were not always profit in your own land. [laughter] you been such a good friend but reportedly, you been an extraordinary leader and its wonderful to see john and reverend, two candidates who not only know their stuff, not only have specific plans around advancing health, jobs and justice but have shown a lifetime commitment to making sure all people have a seat at the table, who who for a lifetime, have dedicated their life to service, who have displayed again and again they care about people, including or maybe, especially