God made man then he made some firefighters. Thing god. They are the only people i know who would run into fires. Ive said this before in washington and other places. Theyve endorsed me and i really appreciate them. Firefighters, they have not only saved my life, they gave me about a 30 chance of living they got me down. They brought me to a neurosurgeon for a 13 hour operation in the middle of a snowstorm and saved my life. So many of you were nice to me after i was elected the first time. The jaws of life freed my two boys, my wife was christmas shopping, i lost my wife and daughter. The jaws of life got them to the hospital in time and saved them. I was down and depressed one day, i was at my home. They went in. It was terrible. They got my wife out. She said they saved our cat. Its great to be back, it really is. Now we are both in town today. Or at least in the state today. It wasnt planned that way but i hope that trumps president s, theres may be a clarifying moment for us all. [ laughter ] [ applause ] americas farmers have been crushed by the tariffs in china and no one knows that better than the people in iowa. He thinks hes being tough, hes being tough. If he is being tough when someone else is feeling the pain, how many across the nation had the prospects of losing their business because of these trump tariffs . How many times have they gone to bed standing at the ceiling wondering whats going to happen or if they would make it . How about manufacturing . Trumps tariffs and trade wars, thats hard a lot of manufacturers. Within the midst of this. One of my proudest moments, you know i was blamed for pushing the bailout of general motors. But that was one of my proudest moments when the president of the rescue of the American Auto industry. [ applause ] we knew that it meant millions of jobs in the Automobile Companies and supply chains, it also meant the pride of the nation was at stake as well. Now, watching trump destroy the industry that the president helped save his discouraging. I dont think that the president really gets the basics. He thinks that these tariffs are being paid by china just like he thinks mexico is building the wall. [ applause ] this is amazing i mean. [ laughter ] joe, the kind. I keep thinking of my mother. Anyway. China is making massive investments into new technologies. As well as artificial intelligence, five as well as artificial intelligence, 5g, while he is tweeting they arent sitting still, no other country is. They are moving. While hes namecalling they are building roads and bridges and highspeed rails. Trump is pursuing damage and this erratic war on trade without a real strategy. That is the part that concerns me the most. Chinas positioning themselves to lead the world in renewable energy. It is just bizarre, while china is pressing their advantage all over the world, we need the rest of the world to deal with us dealing with china and what they are doing in the western part of their country i mean the eastern part of the country. But nothing is set. And so you but im worried about china. Keep following a path that the president has us on. If we do what we need to do here at home, if we stand up for americas interest, if we invest in our people, with our lives and our values, with the work of our partners, we could outcompete anyone in the world. Nobody else could compete with us. They cant. Thats not the program. They really cant. I have absolute confidence in the american workers. We are three times as productive, our ingenuity and our research and universities. We have some of the greatest universities. Here we are, every major new initiative. We own them, we have these great labs. They are owned by the people of the states in which they are located. We should on the 21st century, lets invest in america. Thats why [ applause ] thats why propose to restore initiatives in Scientific Research, cutting edge infrastructure, a workforce that will help us work and compete. We make this investment and we could create millions of good paying jobs, its not inconsistent with who we are. I really mean it. Think of what we can do. Lets build the united front of our eye lies who challenge their abusive behavior. Trump is attacking the very partners we need to deal with china. We need to rally half of the World Economy to hold them accountable for their cheating. Speaking out on their repression. But what is happening . We are alienating those allies. What are we doing . It makes no sense. And look, lets tighten up our defenses so that American Companies dont have to keep getting and giving away technology to china. And having it stolen. That is whats happening now. During the Obamabiden Administration we got them to cut cyber cuts but now its gotten significantly worse under this administration. It was real simple. When they said there was an error identification zone and no one could fly to the South China Sea i said we arent going to Pay Attention to these. We are going to fly through it. We flew b52s through it. Thats it. You want to steal our property . You say you have half ownership and access to our property . Guess what, you cant trade here unless you do the same instead of put tariffs on what we are doing with these businesses. We have to find a way to cooperate where we have a common interest. The chinese agreed to it the first time to limit their carbon pollution. We have to rejoin the paris peace accord. The paris climate accord, what did we do . We stepped away. My lord, you all know theres no such thing as Climate Change. I know you all know that. [ laughter ] look, theres a lot more we could do on Climate Change and Nuclear Weapon initiatives where there is a common interest but time and time again, it issue after issue, trump makes the wrong choices. Hes motivated by the wrong things. s denial of the Climate Crisis is ignorance of the devastating longterm impacts of tariffs and we are going to bankrupt the farm belt. Look folks, we are seeing devastating floods, i need not tell you, being in farms and communities across the heartland right here in davenport, i was supposed to be here several months ago. I canceled because you had this godawful flooding event. There were flooded streets, it disrupted lives and businesses. Record flood levels, millions of dollars in damage as well as cleanup. Devastation in the heartland, it would be recordbreaking even with government funding support for farmers and farmers who arent alone. The economy of our cities and small town relies on being able to sell the crops around the world. Look folks, still, what is President Trump . He denies Climate Change. What did he tell piers morgan in an interview recently . He said well, whether goes both ways. [ laughter ] i dont know what he does but whether goes both ways. This reminds me when he tweeted in the winter. Tweet in the winter it said, it was cold outside, theres no such thing as Climate Change. As my mother would say, bless me father for i have sinned. How about when he said, no get this one. I went out and he said devastating fires in california, counties all across the west, devastated, millions of people put in harms way. What did he say . He said those california fires, they just need to rake their leaves. [ laughter ] im not joking or making this up. He could be a stand up comic if this werent so true. Look, if this wasnt so serious it would be another rich guy playing apartment in manhattan tweeting about scientists who dont know anything, it wouldnt matter, but he is the president. [ applause ] look , we need to do everything in our power to confront this Climate Change, i bleed out the detail plan i laid out a detailed plan. Instead of a president who gives this away, gives 2. 6 million worth of waivers to let exxon and chevron refineries get out of using renewable fuel, we need a president who will partner with farmers and ranchers, expanding the market for ethanol and the next generation of biofuel. We need to invest in the clean energy innovation, we need to build Clean Energy Infrastructure for a nationwide network of charging stations across america and in the 21st Century Railroad system. What are we doing . Think about it. I mean its like, putting america on the course of being clean air efficient. Instead he pulled america out of the Paris Agreement on climate, he just tried to muscle the state department to prevent him from discussing climate science. Before the congress. He thinks that windmills cause cancer. Im not making this up. I know. On april 2 he said, if youre in a windmill, congratulation, your house went down 75 in value, and they say the noise causes cancer. Look, we know about cancer, a lot of us. How many of you have lost someone to cancer or someone you love . What do you do . After he got elected, republicans and democrats joined together, aliens of dollars of research, billions of dollars of research in dealing with cancer itself. The first thing we did. The first budget he proposed, it was to cut 10 million. Folks, imagine what we could do if we invested half of that tax cut he gave. Even a 10th of it, using it for Scientific Research to deal with whats happening with cancer and to end it as we know it, alzheimers, dealing with obesity, dealing with what is happening. God almighty, this is all within our power. Remember when the justice was aching speaking about health and trying to decide that the Affordable Healthcare Act was in its entirety, unzipped constitutional unconstitutional. I campaigned for over 16 democrats. Running for the house, the senate, the state legislative bodies, guess what . I did not hear any of them talking about being against republicans or healthcare. All of a sudden they had another call. They saw the lord. He appeared before them. Think about it. All the sudden everybody was for it. Now he barely mentions the fact that he wants to gut it or get rid of it. He doesnt even tweet about it anymore. Here know that the American People will give him the same thrashing they gave the republican 2018 trying to get rid of the healthcare act. Guess what . Ive become this party nominee. Im not going to let the American People forget. Donald trump is trying to take away your potential for these conditions. Im not going to let the American People forget the Affordable Care act. Their kid gets to stay on the parents plan until they are age 26. I will not let the American People forget it is because of the Affordable Care act that millions of people have gained healthcare. More than one thing. One more thing, what amazes me, this president actually thinks wall street built this country. They didnt. The middle class built this country. Ordinary, hardworking, not a joke, the American People given half a chance have never let their country down. Not once. All they ask for is a shot. Just a shot. Im always talking about middle class and i tell you what, i know who built the country and i know one more thing, there is a growing middle class with economic, political and social stability. Whenever the country goes through a crisis its because they dont have the middle class that we have, things began to pray. The first time we dont have the wealthiest middle class in america its shrinking in america. We have people out there now, many of you know them and they might be some of you, you got a bill for 400, you didnt anticipate, you would know how to pay it. My dad used to say, joey remember when we moved, youd think i climbed out of a coal mine with a wood bucket on my head but we moved because there was no work and by the way he said by the way he abandoned you. I was nine years old. I left with my dad. Im so sorry i didnt stay. But i went home every summer. I went back for christmas and easter. I tried. Yellow you know i shouldnt get started. Look, the tax cut he passed. For multimillionaires and billionaires. Guess what . When im president , thats gone. Its gone. Look, you realize when reagan was president there were about 800 billion in cast tax expenditures, things we dont collect taxes on. Loopholes. Guess what, you know what it is today . 1 trillion, 400 billion, you cant find me an economist anywhere in the state that will say theres justification social politically or in any economic region for at least 500 alien dollars of that money. Imagine what we could do. We dont have to hurt anybody, we dont have to punish anybody including the rich. But everyone should start paying their fair should i become president. We are going to invest in the people and the economy. We are going to get rid of 100 billion in tax reform. Theres no rationale. I will build the economy that doesnt just reward wealth but im building an economy that rewards work. Work. Think about it. Think about it. Look, ive got nothing against the wealthy but they know they dont need another tax break. They know what. Im looking to build an economy that works for everyone, an economy that restores the dignity of work, how could you as a person busting your neck out there in your jobs, how could you have dignity if you cant provide for the basics for your family . For healthcare . For education . For just a little bit of breathing room. My dad used to say, middle class, its not being able thick did well enough they could go to school after high school. Whether it was trade school or community college. Whether it was four years of college. You know, right now, 65, 100 jobs today requires something beyond a high school degree. The fact is, ive said this many times, we could overcome four years of this presidency, i think we could overcome it. A lot of damage has been done and it will take a lot of hard work but ladies and gentlemen, if hes in the white house for eight years he will forever change and fundamentally alter the character of the nation. I really mean that. This is beyond the issues. I believe that trump closes the fundamental threat for america. [ applause ] the core values, what we stand for, who we are, what we believe, lets start with charlottesville. I would never thought i would see that coming as a kid out of the civil rights movement, i did not think i would see that uric neonazis lighting torches. He saw it, their contorted faces, filled with hate. Chanting the same antisemitic threats. Thats okay. This is not a trump rally. And these folks were accompanied by White Supremacists as well as by the ku klux klan. Decent people have the courage to stand up against hate, what happened . He asked the president what he thought. He said there were fine people in both groups. No joke. That is what he said. That is what he said. And ladies and gentlemen look, later when he realized when he said that he was getting some heat. He said those people were going to march to protect a statute a confederate statue. Hes yet to acknowledge or apologize for what he said. Our children are listening. Violences complicity, look at what is happening, look at where we see, looking at these policies taking kids from their mothers and fathers putting them literally, in cages, thousands of them. What does that say . What does that say to the world . Who we are, folks look, the phrase we hold these who are all created equal. Its the american creed, its who we are, its what weve been. We have not always lived up to it that we never fully abandoned it. We never stop trying to create a more perfect union. It is the american creed but trump does not see it that way. He says when we talk that way it makes us weak that he has no idea what makes a strong. What makes us strong as a nation is our honesty, decency, treating one with dignity. I really mean that. [ applause ] demonizing no one. Let the poor, not the muslim, not them powerless, not the immigrants, we give hate no safe harbor but now, its been given credibility. People are coming out from under the rocks and saying and doing things that never would be accepted before. A small percentage of people but it is real. And again, not a joke, our children are watching. Our children are listening. Look, understanding that we are part of something bigger than ourselves. We always understand that and weve always know that. Does anyone in this room think that donald trump understands that . Okay . Look everywhere we turn, its clear that donald trump is shredding what we most believe. We believe, i have the belief that we need to restore the basic values we stand for. We are not led by just the example of our power but the power of our example. That is where the rest of the world comes to us thats why many people flock here. That is why america is an idea. Its not a joke. Its the most unique idea in all of history. And it is being damaged around the world. Trump attended the 75th anniversary of dday, the most important symbol in the world of the importance of american alliances, it was after that war that many of your fathers and mothers and others and grandparents gave their lives. What happened after . We decided that we were no longer going to allow for the abuse of power for anyone nation. So thats when we formed nato so that no one nation could act independently and abuse power like this happen before throughout history in europe at least twice in that century. Man, you know, what has donald trump done . Donald trump has said a few words about nato this time. They are completely against Everything Else he said and done including an interview he made with fox news before his injures before his speech. To threaten to leave nato. He talked about the obsolescence of it, he talked about the need for the same reason, the whole rationale for the european union. Was for one nation to dominate that region. What has happened . They are the enemy. They are the enemy. Did he do anything that hes prepared to signal her walk away from the thugs and dictators that he has embraced on the world stage . Standing before the International Community and turning to a dictator like putin and saying i believe him rather than all of our intelligence agencies . Not only is this unbelievable but think about what this does to our allies who, in fact, share information with our intelli