NOW AND WE’LL LISTEN IN.
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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
KAMALA AND I ARE HERE TO MAKE A
BRIEF STATEMENT, AND I’M SURE
WE’LL HAVE MORE TO SAY LATER,
EITHER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW, BUT
LET ME BEGIN BY THINK THATTING
THE PRESS
THANKING THE PRESS FOR BEING
HERE.
MY FELLOW AMERICAN, YESTERDAY
ONCE AGAIN PROVED THAT DEMOCRACY
IS THE HEARTBEAT OF THIS NATION.
JUST AS IT HAS BEEN THE
HEARTBEAT OF THIS NATION FOR TWO
CENTURIES AND EVEN IN THE FACE
OF A PANDEMIC, MORE AMERICANS
VOTED THIS ELECTION THAN EVER
BEFORE IN AMERICAN HISTORY, OVER
150 MILLION PEOPLE CAST THEIR
VOTES.
I THINK THAT’S JUST
EXTRAORDINARY, AND IF WE HAD ANY
DOUBTS, WE SHOULDN’T HAVE ANY
ANY LONGER ABOUT A GOVERNMENT
OF, BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
IT IS VERY MUCH ALIVE.
VERY MUCH ALIVE IN AMERICA.
HERE, THE PEOPLE RULE, POWER
CAN’T BE TAKEN OR ASSERTED.
IT FLOWS FROM THE PEOPLE, AND
IT’S THEIR WILL THAT DETERMINES
WHO WILL BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES AND THEIR WILL
ALONE AND NOW AFTER A LONG NIGHT
OF COUNTING, IT’S CLEAR THAT
WE’RE WINNING ENOUGH STATES TO
REACH 270 ELECTORAL VOTES NEEDED
TO WIN THE PRESIDENCY.
I’M NOT HERE TO DECLARE THAT
WE’VE WON, BUT I AM HERE TO
REPORT WHEN THE COUNT IS
FINISHED WE BELIEVE WE WILL BE
THE WINNERS.
WITH ALL OF THE VOTES COUNTED WE
HAVE WON WISCONSIN BY 20,000
VOTES, VIRTUALLY THE SAME MARGIN
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WON THAT
STATE FOUR YEARS AGO.
IN MICHIGAN, WE LEAD BY OVER
35,000 VOTES AND IT’S GROWING.
IT’S SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER THAN
WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP WON
MICHIGAN IN 2016.
MICHIGAN WILL COMPLETE ITS VOTE
SOON, MAYBE AS EARLY AS TODAY,
AND I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT
PENNSYLVANIA, VIRTUALLY ALL OF
THE REMAINING BALLOTS TO BE
COUNTED WERE CAST BY MAIL AND
WE’VE BEEN WINNING 78% OF THE
VOTES BY MAIL IN PENNSYLVANIA.
WE FLIPPED ARIZONA AND THE
SECOND DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA OF
SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE TO ME IS
THAT WE’VE WON WITH THE MAJORITY
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND EVERY
INDICATION IS THAT THE MAJORITY
WILL GROW.
WE HAVE A POPULAR VOTE LEAD OF
NEARLY 3 MILLION VOTES AND EVERY
INDICATION IS THAT WILL GROW, AS
WELL.
INDEED, SENATOR HARRIS AND I ARE
ON TRACK TO WIN MORE VOTES THAN
ANY TICKET IN THE HISTORY OF
THIS COUNTRY, THAT EVER WON THE
PRESIDENCY AND VICE PRESIDENCY.
OVER 70 MILLION VOTES.
I AM VERY PROUD OF OUR CAMPAIGN.
ONLY THREE PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGNS IN THE PAST HAVE
DEFEATED AN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT.
WHEN IT’S FINISHED, GOD WILLING,
WE’LL BE THE FOURTH.
THIS IS A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT.
IT’S BEEN A LONG AND DIFFICULT
CAMPAIGN, BUT IT’S BEEN A MORE
DIFFICULT TIME FOR OUR COUNTRY,
A HARD TIME.
WE’VE HAD A HARD CAMPAIGN
BEFORE.
WE FACED HARD TIMES BEFORE.
SO ONCE THIS ELECTION IS
FINALIZED AND BEHIND US, IT WILL
BE TIME FOR US TO DO WHAT WE’VE
ALWAYS DONE AS AMERICANS, TO PUT
THE HARSH RHETORIC OF THE
CAMPAIGN BEHIND US, TO LOWER THE
TEMPERATURE, TO SEE EACH OTHER
AGAIN, TO LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER,
TO HEAR EACH OTHER AGAIN AND
RESPECT AND CARE FOR ONE
ANOTHER.
TO UNITE, TO HEAL, TO COME
TOGETHER AS A NATION.
I KNOW THIS WON’T BE EASY.
I’M NOT NAIVE, NEITHER OF US
ARE, AND I KNOW HOW DEEP AND
HARD THE OPPOSING VIEWS ARE IN
OUR COUNTRY ON SO MANY THINGS,
BUT I ALSO KNOW THIS AS WELL, TO
MAKE PROGRESS, WE HAVE TO STOP
TREATING OUR OPPONENTS AS
ENEMIES.
WE ARE NOT ENEMIES.
WHAT BRINGS US TOGETHER AS
AMERICANS IS SO MUCH STRONGER
THAN ANYTHING THAT CAN TEAR US
APART.
SO LET ME BE CLEAR.
I, WE ARE CAMPAIGNING AS
DEMOCRATS, BUT I WILL GOVERN AS
AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENCY ITSELF IS NOT A
PARTISAN INSTITUTION.
IT’S THE ONE OFFICE IN THIS
NATION THAT REPRESENTS EVERYONE,
AND IT DEMANDS THE DUTY OF CARE
FOR ALL AMERICANS.
THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT I WILL
DO.
I WILL WORK AS HARD FOR THOSE
WHO DIDN’T VOTE FOR ME AS I WILL
FOR THOSE WHO DID VOTE FOR ME.
NOW EVERY VOTE MUST BE COUNTED.
NO ONE’S GOING TO TAKE OUR
DEMOCRACY AWAY FROM US.
NOT NOW, NOT EVER.
AMERICA’S COME TOO FAR.
AMERICA’S FOUGHT TOO MANY
BATTLES.
AMERICA’S ENDURED TOO MUCH TO
EVER LET THAT HAPPEN.
WE, THE PEOPLE, WILL NOT BE
SILENCED.
WE, THE PEOPLE, WILL NOT BE
BULLIED.
WE, THE PEOPLE, WILL NOT
SURRENDER.
MY FRIENDS, I’M CONFIDENT WE’LL
EMERGE VICTORIOUS, BUT THIS WILL
NOT BE MY VICTORY ALONE OR OUR
VICTORY ALONE.
IT WILL BE A VICTORY FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR OUR
DEMOCRACY, FOR AMERICA, AND
THERE WILL BE NO BLUE STATES AND
RED STATES WHEN WE WIN.
JUST THE UNITED STATES OF