Good evening tampa bay, make some noise. Come on, tampa bay, good evening. My name is chloe. Until november 1, my middle name will be chloe vote early. I am grown up from tampa. I have lived here all my life. I helped to integrate this close the School System here. You heard congresswoman castor talk about that. I worked in the court as the very first black provision and parole officer for judge as edgecomb. I have dedicated my life to lifting up this community. I am a wife to my childhood sweetheart. I am the mother of three wonderful children. I have my son out here, ernest, jr. I am a grandmother to three beautiful grandkids. I am known as the woman that wears many hats. You know if you know me in tampa, i love my hats. It is because i have worked to serve tampa however i can. I am really proud of the decades i have spent working in this community. Even when congresswoman castor answered, i was running the Neighborhood Service center. I have worked my hardest to revitalize our neighborhoods, bringing jobs and Affordable Housing to east tampa as the founder of the cdc. We want to make sure we ensure opportunities for all of our families. I know this community. And i will say this real slow. I know we need to joe biden. Joe biden. Anybody with me . We need joe biden. Right now the president s refusal to address the virus has left us in a Public Health crisis and severe economic crisis. I lost a very dear cousin to this pandemic. I cant see my grandchildren when i want to. I have to be extremely careful with my 94yearold mother. But we know more than 220 americans have lost their lives. And it did not have to be that way. After the election, it does not have to be any longer. Joe biden has the plan to beat coronavirus. And build our economy back better. Lifting up all communities. Joe is the guy. Are you with me . Joe is the guy who got the Affordable Care act passed. I remembered before the aca, there were constituents that could not get insurance because they had preexisting conditions. Joe changed that. He delivered. If he gets to the white house, he will strengthen the Affordable Care act to lower costs and expand coverage. Thats what we need . Everybody agree with me . Thats what we need. Vote early, tampa. Dont wait. We can change the direction of this country on every issue that matters to us. But only if we vote. Make a plan, bring your family, bring your friends, because it is all on our line. Tampa, florida, it is an honor. And i am just so excited to introduce you to a man who will bring the country together. And restore the soul. I will say that again. Restore the soul of our nation. The next president of the United States of america, joe biden. Lets give him a tampa welcome. Mr. Biden holy mackerel. Hello, tampa. Thank you so much, chloe. You guys look like you are so far away, you might be in delaware. Great to see you all. Thanks for so many of you being here. As my mother would say, god love yall. Chloe, thanks for sharing your story and for all that you do. We often say a person contributes to their community, but how many people can you name who have done more for the city and its people then chloe . Chloe, congratulations. Turned abandoned buildings and dangerous lots into places of life and hope. Making sure to bring the Community Together to build homes for local families, helping young people around tampa learn job skills, instill pride, purpose, and neighborhoods. Laying the groundwork for Economic Opportunity that endures for generations. That is the work that changes the world. Chloe, thank you. And i want to thank all the other speakers here tonight , including your remarkable mayor. Thanks for the passport into town. I appreciate it. And my friends, congressman charlie crist. You were there in the beginning. Thank you, pal. Thank you, thank you, thank you. And kathy castor. Her district, i sought permission to come and she said ok. And cohen, who we have to send to congress. I just spent time with one of my best buddies, a guy i served with for a long time in the u. S. Senate, bill nelson. I havent served with anyone with more character, courage, and decency than bill. His wife is something else, isnt she . Look folks five days left. , five days. But whos counting, right . Whos counting . Scranton . I have a scranton sign here. I dont know, man. Im getting confused here. Millions of americans have already voted. Told, over 75 im told, 75 million. And millions more will vote when this is over. I believe when you use your power, the power of the vote, we literally are going to change the course of this country for generations to come. And for folks at home and abroad. Here in florida, you are the ones who built this country. Ceos and wall street did not build this country. You did. Not a joke. Ive been saying this for years, middleclass people did, hardworking folks. And you are the ones that are going to save this country. Look, i said i got into the race for three reasons a year ago. Little over a year. I meant it. The first was to restore the soul of this country. This is not who we are. This is not who we are. We are more decent, honorable, or more we are more respectful. We are better people. The second reason was to restore the backbone of this country. The middle class. To bring everybody along this time. And thirdly, to unite this country. We have to unite us. These final days. Keep that sense of empowerment with you and that sense of optimism. What we can do and what we can overcome. That is the gods truth. I have never been more optimistic about americas chances that i am today, because i know the American People. I know who we are. We have never, ever, ever let the country down given the chance. On november 3, we will unite the country and show the world who america really is. I mean it. I know its hard. Over these past few months, pain, andbeen so much suffering, so much loss in america. 225,000 people dead. 225,000. Estimates are, if we had reacted responsibly, there would be 160,000 fewer dead. Because of covid19, we are past the 9 million mark of people infected. More than 16,000 people in florida have been lost. And millions of people out of work and on the edge. They cant see the light at the end of the tunnel. It is like the bad joke from my generation. Its a freight train. Thats what happens if he stays in office. Donald trump has given up. Over the weekend the white house said, im quoting, we are not going to control the pandemic. It is obviously not. At the debate last week, trump said that we are rounding the corner. It is going away. We are learning to live with it. Remember what i told him . Hes asking us to die with it. Thats what is happening. Donald trump has waived the white flag, abandoned our families and surrendered to the virus. But the American People never give up, never give in, and we surely dont cower. And neither will live. And neither will live. And neither will i. Donald trump just had a super spreader event again. Hes spreading more than just coronavirus. He is spreading division and discord. We need a president that will bring us together, not pull us apart. I will put a plan in place to deal with this pandemic responsibly, bringing the country together around testing, tracing, masking. Many doctors in america, including the president s own cdc director and dr. Fauci last week said that if we just wore a mask between now and the end of the year we would save 100,000 lives. Folks, that is not a political statement. It is a patriotic duty, for gods sake. But still, donald trump refuses to listen to science. And we shouldnt be politicizing the race for a vaccine. We should be planning for its safe use and free and equitable distribution, providing ppe for ional standard for National Standards for schools, and open up safely. It has already been passed by the Democratic Council representatives. I have said it before. Im not going to shut down the economy. Im not going to shut down the country. Im going to shut down the virus. Know, donald trump inherited a Strong Economy from barack and me. Just like he inherited everything in his life. Its a fact. Squandered that economy like he squandered everything else. Folks, i promise you. I guarantee you, we can build back an economy that rewards work, not wealth. And we can do it without raising taxes a single solitary penny for workingclass and middleclass families. I guarantee you, my word as a biden, that no one making less than 400,000 will pay a single penny more in taxes. Not one penny. But i will tell you what im going to do, and i make no apologies for it. I will ask the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations, the fortune 500 companies, 91 making billions of dollars that did not pay a single penny and federal taxes. Im going to make sure that they pay their fair share. Why should a firefighter, an educator, a nurse pay a higher rate than the super wealthy Corporate America . Because you do. You do. Why should you pay more taxes than donald trump pays . You know, if we made this as a movie 10 years ago, people would think we are making it up. But its true. Relief foriver tax working families and the working class. Help you pay health care premiums, for childcare, for eliminating college debt. We will take care of this. And we can afford it. Look, trump got his Supreme Court justice. And he did it for one overwhelming reason. Something hes been trying to do since the day he got elected. To destroy the Affordable Care act. Hes going at it again. If they get their way, 100 million americans will lose protections for preexisting conditions. Cancer, all diseases that are out there. Folks, look. 8. 4 million floridians have preexisting conditions. Complications of covid19 will become the next preexisting condition. Allowing insurers to jack up your premiums. Deny your coverage. A lot of you young people dont even realize it, but before we passed the Affordable Care act insurance charged women more for the same health care as men just because they are women. A fact. Donald trump thinks health care is a privilege. I think it is your right. If we all get out and vote, we will not only restore obama care, we will strengthen and build on it. You can keep your private insurance if you like it. And you can choose a medicarelike option if you dont. We will increase subsidies, lower your payments, deductibles, premiums, outofpocket spending, reducing unknown billing. Reducing Prescription Drug costs , according to the experts, by up to 60 by allowing not making this stuff up allowing medicare to negotiate drug prices. We will keep protections for people with preexisting conditions. We will protect Social Security and medicare. Which they have been trying to cut for years. Meanwhile, the Social Security actuary, the guy who runs it, says the plan like donald trump says he wants to institute if he gets reelected will bankrupt Social Security by 2023. As my wife would say, google it. You will see what im telling you. You got that right, pal. He said trump is bankrupt. He probably is. He owes 400 million to somebody. We have to vote for our military families. Folks, of all the things donald , nothing hasd bothered me worse than the way he has spoken to those that served in uniform. He called them losers and suckers. My deceased son, beau biden, won the bronze star, the Service Medal and other awards, volunteered to go to iraq for a year. Gave up his attorney general job to go. He wasnt a sucker or loser. He was a patriot like all of you who serve. Like your sons, your daughters. Your parents and your grandparents. We have to vote for their dignity. The respect they are due. We have to vote because while donald trump fails to condemn white supremacy, we can deliver Racial Justice while he is trying to make it worse. Look, donald trump doesnt believe systemic racism is a problem. He wont say black lives matter. We know they matter. Thats why season of protest has broken out across the nation. By the way, protesting is not burning and looting. Violence must never be a tactic tolerated. And it wont. But these protesters are in a cry for justice. The names of george floyd, breonna taylor, and jacob blake will not soon be forgotten. Not by me, not by us, not by this country. [applause] when i met with the family, his little daughter said, look at me she is only about seven years i knelt down to talk to her and the family. She looked at me and said, mr. Vice president , my daddy is changing the world. Guess what . The inspiration coming from her daddy would happen. Theres a new wave of justice in america. True justice is more than just dealing with abuse. Its about economic justice. Its about schools, housing, access to capital. Good paying jobs. A minimum wage of 15 an hour. Financial stability, giving families of color a real shot. To own their own homes, start a small business, send a child to College Debt Free so that we can build wealth and pass that opportunity on for generations, like we did. Like so many middleclass families have in the past. But we have to vote to ensure the full promise of this country. We have to vote to meet the challenge of climate crisis. Because you know in florida, it is a crisis. We are seeing the impact more than most. Devastating hurricanes that lay waste to all communities. The economic toll is astounding and it grows every year. But the human toll is worse. Lost lives, lost homes, Small Businesses shattered, First Responders put at risk. Burning, the coast middle part of the country flooding donald trump when he thinks Climate Change he says hoax. Speaking of hoaxes, remember what he said about the increasing violent hurricanes and the frequency . He actually said, maybe we should detonate a nuclear bomb over the atlantic. By the way, the same stable genius said the biggest problem we had in the revolutionary war is we didnt have enough airports. Whoa. Yo, man. Ill tell you what. His answers to families in puerto rico struggling through hurricane maria, what did he do . Toss rolls of paper towels at them. He doesnt have any real answers. We know we can do something about it. Combating Climate Change means jobs. We can unleash American Ingenuity to build a stronger more climateresistant nation, creating millions of highpaying jobs. We can change the path we are on. We have to act now. Time is running out. This country cant afford former years of trump who thinks he is only responsible to the people who voted for him. I dont see the presidency that way. I run as a proud democrat, but it is starting to rain so i will shorten this for you. I dont see america that way. You placed your trust in barack and me in 2012 and 2008. Each day we were in office, we worked for you and the entire country. It was never about red states or blue states, only the United States of america. I was reminded of that last month when i visited gettysburg. When i went to gettysburg to make that speech, Abraham Lincoln said a house divided cannot stand. A nation divided cannot stand. I was reminded of that earlier this week. , returnnd gentlemen your ballot today. I will never forget what president kennedy said about going to the moon. He said we are going to the moon because we refuse to postpone. Lets not postpone and get out of the rain. God bless you all, thank you. Got to make the world go round. 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