[applause] [cheering] hillary] [cheers] sec. Clinton hello, miami [applause] i am so excited and grateful to be here with all of you. [applause] i must say, after everything weve just seen at the Republican Convention this past week [boos] sec. Clinton being here with you on this Beautiful Day is truly like a breath of fresh air. [applause] when i look out at all of you, do you know what i see . I see americas future. [applause] instead of the fear and the anger and resentment, the lack of any solutions to help working families get ahead or keep our country safe, i sent the confidence, the optimism. To know what, we are going make that future better. Applause]and donald trump may think america is in decline, but he is wrong. Americas best days are still ahead of us, my friends. [applause] and when he said, as he did say, i alone can fix it, [boos] hes not only wrong, he is dangerously wrong. [applause] we americans, we solve problems together. And if donald doesnt understand that, he doesnt understand america. [applause] i know that no one does anything all alone. Of our challenge is to make sure we do work together. I am looking forward to working with your elected officials. I want to thank senator bill nelson, who was with me yesterday in orlando. Thank congresswoman Debbie Wasserman schultz. [applause] and i am looking forward to working with her and with congresswoman frederica wilson. [applause] when alceegress hastings. And i want to thank all of the elected officials from all levels of government who are here and supporting our campaign and our vision for the country. [applause] next week in philadelphia we will offer a different vision for our country. One that is building bridges, not walls. [applause] embracing the diversity that makes our country great. [applause] lifting each other up, standing together. Because we know there is nothing we cant accomplish once we make up our minds. [applause] and that is why i am so thrilled to announce that my running mate is a man who doesnt just share those values, he lives them. [applause] [ cheers and applause] sec. Clinton i have to say that senator tim kaine is everything donald trump and mike pence are not. [cheers and applause] he is qualified to step into this job and lead on day one. And he is a progressive who likes to cap things done. Done. Es to get things [cheers and applause] thats just my kind of guy, tim. We both grew up in the midwest. We were raised by fathers who ran Small Businesses and who taught us about the dignity of work and discipline of a job well done. And in both of our families, faith was not just a you talked about at church on sundays, it was a call to serve others in every way that we can. [cheers and applause] know senatort to kaine, you will see that tims lifelong commitment to social justice is a shining example of his faith in action. School whenring law his fellow classmates were taking internships at prestigious law firms, he took time off to work with missionaries in honduras. [cheers and applause] and after he graduated from harvard law school, he could have done anything. But instead, he chose to become a civil rights lawyer. [cheers and applause] one of his first cases was a pro bono case representing a woman who was denied an apartment because she was africanamerican. [boos] tim was taking on housing discrimination and homelessness, donald trump was denying apartments to people who were africanamerican. [applause] he is still fighting those battles today, serving as a nonpartisan city councilmember. Then the layer of richmond virginia. Then the mayor of richmond, virginia. He worked hard to bridge racial divides. He built the first new schools and a generation. He helped turn that struggle he sitting around. And as governor of virginia, he led the commonwealth through the worst financial crisis in a generation. What did he do . You brought democrats and republicans together. He brought democrats and republicans together. To fix the programs that working class families count on. [cheers and applause] slashede mike pence Education Funding in indiana, [boos] and gave more tax cuts to the kaine cut hism own salary and invested in education from prek through college and beyond. [cheers and applause] by the time tim left office, 40 more of virginias kids were involved in Early Education programs. [cheers and applause] and then as a United States senator, tim has used his positions on the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees to stand up for our veterans and our values and men and women in uniform, and our security. [cheers and applause] there is no doubt in my mind, because i am here with him [laughter] that tim is so qualified. To be Vice President , and i have said many times, the most important qualification when you are trying to make this big choice, is, can this person step in to be president . At every stage of tims career, the people who know him best have voted to give him a promotion. And that is because [cheers and applause] that is because he fights for the people he represents. And he delivers real results. I cant wait for all of the to get to know him the way that i have, the proud father of three grown up kids. Lives and are own making their own contributions, including serving our country. [cheers and applause] a loving husband of a brilliant wife [cheers and applause] who is a great fighter for progressive causes in her own right. A leader who cares more about making a difference and making headlines. Difference than making headlines. Make no mistake, behind that smile, tim also has a backbone of steel. Just ask the nra. [cheers and applause] over and over again, he has had the courage to stand up to the gun lobby in their own backyard. [cheers and applause] virginia techible shooting, he signed an executive order to keep guns out of the hands of those that were deemed severely mentally ill. [applause] and he has fought for common sense gun reform across the country, as we saw just a few weeks ago when he joined the 15 hour Senate Filibuster asking that we get those reforms done. [cheers and applause] so when i say he is a progressive who likes to get things done, i mean it. Hes not afraid to take on special interests, whether hes calling for tough regulations on payday lending, where fighting back against a tax on planned parenthood and defending womens rights to make our own health decisions. [cheers and applause] tim has led some of the most important issues facing our country, from Voting Rights to lgbt equality. [cheers and applause] to criminal Justice Reform to comprehensive Immigration Reform. [cheers and applause] now, after last week, i probably dont need to say this, but i will. This is one of the most consequential elections in our lifetime. Says i alone can fix it, [boos] that should set off alarm bells in not just democratss minds, but republicans, independents, people of all ages and backgrounds. That is not a democracy. [cheers and applause] i said yesterday in tampa, we fought a revolution because we did not want one man making all the decisions for us. [cheers and applause] and besides, it is nonsense. No one does anything alone. We dont have a one person military. We dont have a one person teaching corps. We dont have one doctor and one nurse who fixes everything, do we . No sec. Clinton we work together. That is what has traditionally set us apart from places that leaders,ed to single estimates, dictators, single leaders, despots, dictators who promise i can fix it alone. It says that we are somehow helpless, that we can do this work that needs to be done ourselves. That we cant reach out to one another. That we can to make the economy work for everyone, not just to those at the top. [cheers and applause] i reject that. And next week, starting on monday, in philadelphia we will see a very different kind of vision. [cheers and applause] [chanting usa] so i wanted to come here to miami to introduce you to the person that i just cant think of anybody better to have by my side on the campaign trail in the white house. Together we are going to take on the challenges that are hurting americans. We are going to get the middle class a raise. We are going to give tax relief to working families to help with the rising cost of raising kids. We are going to create more good jobs, make sure every child in america has a chance to live up to his or her. Given potential. His or her godgiven potential. [cheers and applause] so please join us. Take out your phone, text join go to Hillary Clinton. Com. We are hungry organizers in florida right now. Hiring organizers in florida right now. D involved in every way that you can. Together we are going to win this election and move our country forward. Please join me in welcoming the next Vice President , my friends tender tim kaine senator tim kaine. [cheers and applause] sen. Kaine hey guys, thank you fiu. Miama, hello be in the needles bienvenidos a todos. Somos americanos todos. [cheers and applause] i am feeling a lot of things today. [laughter] most of all, gratitude. Hillary,eful to you, for the trust that you have placed in me. Thisll be companeros in race ahead. [cheers and applause] i am grateful to the country which has given me so much. I am grateful to all of you floridians, virginians, all americans who poured their hearts into this wonderful campaign. [cheers and applause] day, im, like every especially grateful to my wife, i love you honey. [cheers and applause] kids, my three beautiful i am the luckiest dad and husband in the world. [cheers] this is quite a week for me. And believe it or not, for as powerful as it is to become Hillary Clintons running mate, thats not the only thing on my mind this week. Kids. E and i have three my oldest son is here with his fiancee. He is a primary. He is a proud marine. [cheers and applause] in just a few days, hes deploying to europe to uphold americas commitment to our nato allies. [cheers and applause] me, this drives home the stakes in this election. Nearly 2 million men and women put their lives on the line for this country as active duty, as reservists, as guard members. They deserve a commander in chief with the experience and the temperament to lead. [cheers and applause] what does donald trump say about these great americans, these 2 m illion . He repeatedly calls the American Military a disaster. [boos] and just this week, trump said that as president , he would consider turning americas back on our decadesold commitments to our allies. [boos] and all of you remember a few months ago when he said about a senate colleague, thensenator clintons friend john mccain, that he wasnt a hero because he was captured and served as a prisoner of war in vietnam. [boos] and he wants to be commander in chief . Our Service Members are out on the front lines, trumps saying hed leave our allies at the mercy of an increasingly aggressive russia. Post, that is an open invitation for Vladimir Putin to roll on in. Even a lot of republicans say thats terribly dangerous. [yelling] all right, im hiring for the speechwriting team. When donald trump says he has her back, you better watch out. [cheers] from Atlantic City to his socalled university, he leaves a trail of broken promises and wrecked lives wherever he goes. [cheers and applause] we cant afford to let him do the same thing to our country. And folks, we dont have to because Hillary Clinton is the direct opposite of donald trump. [cheers and applause] [chanting hillary] sen. Kaine Hillary Clinton does not insult people, she listens to them. What a novel concept. She doesnt trash our allies, she respects them. And she will always have our back. That is something i am rocksolid sure of. [cheers and applause] and i know that because hillary knows that we are stronger together. We are stronger when we work together. When we grow together. When we pull together. When we live in the same neighborhood and worship together and go to schools together. What we are together, we are stronger. [cheers and applause] so i could not be any more honored to stand by hillarys side in this very important campaign. Both love you [laughs] i spent most of my life and Public Service because i believe doing everything i can to make a positive difference in peoples lives. I can see a lot of youout there that feel exactly the same way. [cheers and applause] i am one of only 20 in American History to serve as a mayor, a governor, and a u. S. Senator. [cheers and applause] i have been able to see how government works, and how sometimes it doesnt. From just about every perspective. And i have always believed that however you serve, what matters is whether you actually deliver results for people. And that has been my goal in every position i have ever held. I know that for a lot of you, this might be the first time you are hearing me speak. And hey, let me be honest, for many of you this is the first time you have even heard my name. [laughter] but thats ok, for im excited for us to get to know one another. Today i thought i might tell you a little bit about me and where i come from. [cheers] president was never a job i thought about growing up in kansas. In kansas of people city, my parents were not into politics. Church, the kansas city royals. Thats what we spent time talking about. They had too much else going on. My dad ran in union organized iron working shop in the stockyards of kansas city. [applause] my mom in addition to the challenge of my two brothers, she was my dads best saleswoman. That iron working business was the kind of job where you cant cut corners, if you are not careful, you could make one mistake and ruin an awful lot of work in an instant. I learned that working in my dads shop. My two brothers and i pitched in. Andtimes we were scheduled, sometimes dad would just shake us in the morning and say, i have in order to get out, and i really need you guys. Remember once the last day of summer vacation, i was looking forward to sleeping in. And i felt that hand on my shoulder at about 6 00, i really need your help to get an order out today. Thats what families do. We would go there, especially in the summer to get the work done before the day got hot. Thats what families do. [cheers and applause] parents, and they are alive and healthy and happy today 81 years old. They taught me early lesson that have guided my life. The importance of hard work, of faith and kindness. Of following your dreams. My mom once told me, and i will say this she was not much of a lecture. We were just supposed to follow the example. She said, tim, you have to decide whether you want to be right, or do right. If you want to be right, be a pessimist. But if you want to do right, being an optimist. And folks, i have been an optimist ever since. [cheers and applause] jesuit voice school in jesuit boys school in kansas city. All right, some jazz with in the house some jesuits in the house, i like that. Our motto was men for others. my parents example grew into something more abide about. It became more like my north star, the organizing principle for what i wanted to do. Even as a young man, because of these great teachers, i knew that i wanted to do something to devote myself to social justice. And that is why after raising through the university of missouri and harvard law so, i decided to take off to volunteer missionaries in honduras. Spanish] when i got to honduras, it arned out they out my recently acquired knowledge of constitutional law was pretty useless. [laughter] the experience of my dads iron working shop was kind of helpful. I taught teenagers the basics of carpentry and wilting. They helped me learn spanish. [cheers and applause] and i tell you. My time in that country changed my life in so many ways. [speaking spanish] [applause] fe, familia, y trabajo. [speaking spanish] sen. Kaine here is something that really stuck with me. I got a firsthand look at a system, this is 1980 and 1981, it dictatorship where a few folks had all the power and everybody else got left behind. And it convinced me that were got to advance opportunity and equality for everybody, no matter where they come from, how much money they have, what they look like. What accent may have or who they love. [applause] sen. Kaine in 1970, a republican governor of virginia believed exactly the same thing. He integrated virginia Public Schools after the state had fought for 16 years after brown v board to keep them in segregated. [applause] sen. Kaine in 1970 in virginia, that took political courage, and then he and his wife went even further. They enrolled their own kids, including their daughter anne in integrated schools and sent a strong signal to the people of virginia that their governor was not going to back down, was not going to make rules for others that he would not follow for himself. [cheers and applause] so, many years later that young girl went to princeton, went to law school, guided by her experience, and one day in a study group, she met kind of a nerdy guy who had been out teaching kids in honduras. Anne and i got married over 30 years ago in richmond, virginia. [applause] sen. Kaine that is the parish that we still belong to today. Hey, st. Es folks, we will be there at 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Marrying anne was the best decision of my life. Am i right . And it turns out she actually learned negotiation better than i did in law school. We settled down and we started a family and we sent our kids to those same Public Schools that her father had opened up to everybody. [cheers and applause] including one school that i helped build when i was mayor that we named after their civil rights hero grandfather. Now, his example helped expire inspire me to represent people that were turned away from housing either because of the color of their skin or because they were an american with a disability. This was my civil rights work for 17 years. I brought dozens of lawsuits in private practice, battling banks, landlords, insurance companies, and even local government. That had treated people unfairly. In 1998, i won a historic verdict against an Insurance Company because they have been redlining minority neighborhoods, treating them unfairly in the issue of homeowners insurance. At the time i won t