You are going to be Vice President of the United States . Sen. Harris greetings, america. It is truly an honor to be speaking with you tonight. That i am here tonight is a testament to generations before me, women and men who believed so fiercely in the promise of equality, liberty, and justice for all. The 100thmarks anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment as we celebrate the women who fought for that right. Yet, so many black women who helped secure that victory were still prohibited from voting long after its ratification. But they were undeterred. Recognition,re or they organized and testified and rallied and marched and fought, not just for their vote but for a seat at the table. These women and the generations that followed worked to make realracy and opportunity in the lives of all of us who followed. The paved the way for trailblazing leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton , and these Women Inspired us to pick up the torch and fight on. Women like mary church terrel, sandy lou hamer, and diane nash, and the great shirley chisholm. We are not often taught their stories. We all standans, on their shoulders. And there is another woman whose name is not known, whose story is not shared, another woman whose shoulders i stand on. And that is my mother. Shyamala gopalan harris. She came at the age of 19 to pursue her dream of curing cancer. She met my father who came from jamaica to study economics. They fell in love in that most american way, while marching together for justice in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s in the streets of oakland and berkeley. Ew of a strollers eye vi what the great john lewis called good trouble. When i was five, my parents split, and my mother raised us on her own. Like so many mothers, she worked aroundtheclock to make it work, packing lunches before we woke up and paying bills after we went to bed, helping us with homework at the Kitchen Table and shuttling us to church for choir practice. She made it look easy, though it never was. My mother instilled in my sister maya and me the values that would chart the course of our lives. She raised us to be proud, strong black women, and she raised us to know and be proud of our indian heritage. She taught us to put family first, the family you are born into and the family you choose. Family is my husband doug, whom i met on a blind date set up by my best friend. Family is our beautiful children, cole and ella, who call me momala. Family is my best friend and my nieces and my godchildren. Family is my uncles and my aunts. Family is mrs. Shelton, my second mother who lived two doors down and helped raise me. Family is my beloved alpha cap alpha, our divine nine, and my hbc you brothers and sisters bcu brothers and sisters. Mother, the most important person in my life, passed away from cancer. And even as she taught our family, she also pushed us to see a world beyond ourselves. She taught us to be conscious and compassionate about the struggles of all people, to believe Public Service is a the fight fornd justice is a shared responsibility. That led me to become a lawyer. A district attorney, attorney general, and a United States senator. And at every step of the way, i have been guided by the words that i spoke from the first time i stood in a courtroom. Kamala harris, for the people. Andve fought for children survivors of sexual assault. I fought against transnational criminal organizations. I took on the biggest banks and help take down one of the biggest forprofit colleges. Helped take down one of the biggest forprofit colleges. I know a predator when i see one. My mother taught me that service to others gives life purpose and meaning, and, oh, how i wish she were here tonight, but i know she is looking down on me from above. I keep thinking about that 25yearold indian mother, all of five feet tall, who gave birth to me at Kaiser Hospital in oakland, california. On that day, she probably could never have imagined that i would be standing before you now and speaking these words. Nomination for Vice President of United States of america. I do so committed to the values she taught me, to the word that teaches me to walk by faith and not by sight, and to a vision passed on through generations of americans, one that joe biden shares, a vision of our nation as a beloved community, where all are welcome, no matter what we look like, no matter where we , ae from or who we love country where we may not agree on every detail, but we are united by the fundamental belief that every human being is an infinite worth, deserving of compassion, dignity, and respect outcountry where we look for one another, where we rise and fall as one, where we face our challenges and celebrate our triumphs together. Today, that country feels distant. Failure ofps leadership has caused lives and livelihoods. If you are a parent struggling with your childs remote learning, or you are a teacher, struggling on the other site of that screen, you know what we are doing right now is not working. A nation that is grieving. Lossoflife, the loss of jobs, the loss of opportunities, the loss of normalcy, and, yes, the loss of certainty. And while this virus touches us all, we have got to be honest. It is not an equal opportunity offender. Black, latino, and Indigenous People are suffering and dying disproportionately. And this is not a coincidence. It is the effect of structural inism, of inequities education and technology, health care and housing, job security and transportation, the injustice in reproductive and Maternal Health care, and the excessive use of force by police , and in our broader criminal justice system. Virus, it has no eyes, and yet, it knows exactly how we see each other and how we treat each other. And lets be clear. Racism. No vaccine for work. E got to do the for george floyd, for breonna taylor, for the lives of too many others to name, for our children, and for all of. We have got to do the work to fulfill that promise of equal justice under law, because heres the thing. None of us are free until all of us are free. So we are at an inflection point. Leaves usnt chaos adrift. The incompetence makes us feel afraid. The callousness makes us feel alone. It is a lot. And here is the thing. And deserve sor much more. We must elect a president who will bring something different, something better, and do the important work, a president who will bring all of together, black, white, latino, asian, to achieve the future we collectively want. We must elect joe biden. And i will tell you, i knew joe as Vice President. On the campaign trail, and i first got to know joe as the father of my friend. U and i servedea as attorneys general of our states, delaware and california. During the great recession, he and i spoke on the phone nearly every day, working together to win back millions of dollars for homeowners from the big banks that foreclosed on peoples i, we wouldeau and talk about his family, how as a single father, joe would spend four hours every day riding the train back and forth from wilmington to washington. Got to haveter breakfast everyone with their dad. They went to sleep every night with the sound of his voice reading bedtime stories. And while they endured an unspeakable loss, those two little boys always knew that they were deeply, unconditionally loved. And what also moved me about joe is the work that he did as he was going back and forth. This is the leader who wrote the violence against women act and enacted the assault weapons ban. As vicese who president , implemented the recovery act, which brought our country back from the great recession. He championed the Affordable Care act, protecting millions of americans with preexisting conditions, who spent decades promoting American Values and interests around the world. Stand withieves we our allies and stand up to our adversaries. President we have a who turns our tragedies into political weapons. Joe will be a president who turns our challenges into purpose. Joe will bring us together to build an economy that does not leave anyone behind, where a goodpaying job is the floor, not the ceiling. Joe will bring us together to end this pandemic and make sure that we are prepared for the next one. Joe will bring us together to squarely face and dismantle racial injustice, furthering the work of generations. Joe and i believe that we can build that beloved community,ne that is strong and decent just and kind, one in which we can all see ourselves. That is the vision that our parents and grandparents fought that made my own life possible, the vision that makes the american promise for all its complexities and imperfections a promise worth fighting for. So make no mistake. The road ahead is not easy. We may stumble. We may fall short. But i pledge to you that we will act boldly and deal with our challenges honestly. Wewill speak truths, and will act with the same faith in you that we ask you to place in us. We believe that our country, all of a sky will stand together all of us, will stand together for a better future, and we already are. We see it in the doctors, the nurses, the Home Health Care workers, and frontline workers, who are risking their lives to save people they have never met. We see it in the teachers and truck drivers, the factory workers and farmers, the postal workers and poll workers, all putting their own safety on the line to help us get through this pandemic. And we see it in so many of you who are working, not just to get us through our Current Crisis but to somewhere better. Alle is something happening across our country. It is not about joe or me. It is about you. And it is about us. People of all ages and colors and creeds who are, yes, taking to the streets and also persuading our family members, rallying our friends, organizing our neighbors, and getting out the vote. And we have shown that when we vote, we expand access to health care and expand access to the ballot box and ensure that more working families can make a decent living. And i am so inspired by a new generation. You, you are pushing us to realize the ideals of our nation , pushing us to live the values we share. Decency and fairness, justice and love. Us are patriots who remind that to love our country is to fight for the ideals of our country. In this election, we have a chance to change the course of history. We are all in this fight. You, me, and joe. Together. Responsibility. What an awesome privilege. So lets fight with conviction. Lets fight with hope. Lets fight with confidence in ourselves and a commitment to to the america we know is possible. The america we love. And years from now, this moment will have passed, and our children and our grandchildren will look in our eyes, and they are going to ask us, where were you when the stakes were so high . They will ask us, what was it like . And we will tell them. We will tell them not just how we felt. We will tell them what we did. Thank you. God bless you. And god bless the United States of america. The beautiful paying that you can be becoming often criticized [applause] [applause] of person who i want in the white house. The p biden good vp biden ella baker left us with this wisdom. Give people a way, and they will find the way. Give people like. Light. Those are words for our time. The current president has cloaked american darkness for much too long. Too much anger. Too much fear. Too much division. Here and now, i give you my word if you trust me with the presidency, i will draw on the best of us, not the worst. I