DIRECTION -- >> I’M INTERRUPTING YOU AGAIN.
I’M SORRY.
I’M SORRY. PETE BUTTIEGIEG IS TALKING.
>> WHEN I RAN FOR PRESIDENT WE
MADE IT CLEAR THE WHOLE IDEA WAS
ABOUT RALLYING THE COUNTRY
TOGETHER TO DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP
AND TO WIN THE ERA FOR THE
VALUES THAT WE SHARE.
AND THAT WAS ALWAYS A GOAL THAT
WAS MUCH BIGGER THAN ME BECOMING
PRESIDENT AND IT IS IN THE NAME
OF THAT VERY SAME GOAL THAT I’M
DELIGHTED TO ENDORSE AND SUPPORT
JOE BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND I DO IT WITH GREAT PLEASURE
KNOWING JUST HOW MUCH WE NEED TO
DO, NOT ONLY TO WIN, WHICH IS SO
VERY IMPORTANT.
VERY IMPORTANT. AND WHEN I SAY WIN, NOT JUST WIN
BACK THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT MAKE
SURE WE BRING THOSE VITALLY
IMPORTANT HOUSE AND SENATE AND
LOCAL RACES WITH US.
WE CAN HEAR IT FOR THAT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
BUT ALSO WE’VE GOT TO DO IT IN A
WAY THAT STARTS TO CHANGE THE
TOXIC AND DIVISIVE NATURE OF OUR
POLITICS RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN’T GO ON LIKE THIS.
AND WE’VE GOT A POLITICS RIGHT
NOW THAT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE
BEING LOUDEST IS TANTAMOUNT TO
BEING RIGHT.
BEING RIGHT. WE NEED A POLITICS THAT’S ABOUT
DECENCY, A POLITICS THAT BRINGS
BACK DIGNITY.
BACK DIGNITY. AND THAT IS WHAT WE SOUGHT TO
PRACTICE IN MY CAMPAIGN.
THAT’S WHAT JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN
PRACTICING HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
SO, WHAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW IS AN
OPPORTUNITY, NOT JUST TO MEET
THAT IMPERATIVE OF GETTING A NEW
AND BETTER PRESIDENT, BUT OF
DOING IT WITH A LEADER WHO WILL
PRACTICE THAT WAY OF RALLYING
PEOPLE TOGETHER, WITH IDEAS THAT
ARE BIG ENOUGH TO UNITE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AMERICAN PEOPLE. OF ALL GENERATIONS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, ON
SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
ISSUES AFFECTING MY GENERATION
AND THE NEXT GENERATION --
[ LAUGHTER ]
CLIMATE CHANGE, GUN VIOLENCE,
JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN DELIVERING ON
THOSE VERY PRIORITIES.
FROM TAKING ON THE NRA AND
WINNING, TO NEGOTIATING THE
PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD, TO
SHEPHERDING THE PASSAGE OF THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
THIS IS WHAT HAS MADE IT
POSSIBLE FOR US TO ACHIEVE WHAT
HAS BEEN ACHIEVED, AND THAT IS
WHY I HAVE SUCH CONFIDENCE THAT
AS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL TAKE
THE BALL FURTHER AS IT NEEDS TO
GO.
GO. BUT IT’S EVEN MORE THAN THAT.
IT’S THE NEED TO BRING BACK
DIGNITY TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> WHEN WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO
IS TEARING THIS COUNTRY --
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND THE COUNTRY ALREADY KNOWS
WITHOUT ME HAVING TO SAY SO, BUT
I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW
UNBELIEVABLY AND UNFAILINGLY
DECENT I HAVE KNOWN
VICE-PRESIDENT BIDEN TO BE.
FROM HIS VISITS TO SOUTH BEND
WHILE HE WAS VICE-PRESIDENT TO
MY VISITS AS A MAYOR TO THE
WHITE HOUSE DURING THE
OBAMA-BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO
ESPECIALLY THE EXPERIENCES I’VE
HAD GETTING TO KNOW HIM WHILE
COMPETING WITH HIM.
HE IS SOMEBODY OF SUCH
EXTRAORDINARY GRACE AND KINDNESS
AND EMPATHY.
AND EMPATHY. FROM TAKING TIME TO TALK TO
SOMEBODY WHO STRUGGLES TO SPEAK,
TO TAKING TIME FOR A FAMILY
THAT’S STRUGGLING WITH LOSS.
HE WILL BRING THE EXACT KIND OF
EMPATHY THAT IS SO BADLY LACKING
IN THIS WHITE HOUSE, AND ALONG
THE WAY IN HIS CAMPAIGN, WILL
DRAW US TOGETHER AS WE NEED A
LEADER TO DO.
I COMMENTED LAST NIGHT, AND I’VE
OFTEN SAID THAT POLITICS AT ITS
BEST IS MORE THAN POLICY.
IT’S SOUL CRAFT.
AND SO IT’S FITTING THAT I AM
JOINING TO SUPPORT A CAMPAIGN
THAT SPEAKS SO OFTEN ABOUT THE
SOUL OF THIS NATION.
I DON’T BELIEVE THE WORLD IS
DIVIDED UP INTO PEOPLE WHO ARE
ALL GOOD AND PEOPLE WHO ARE ALL
BAD.
BAD. I DON’T BELIEVE THAT HOW YOU
VOTED IN THE PAST MAKES YOU GOOD
OR BAD.
OR BAD. I BELIEVE THAT EACH OF US CAN
HAVE GOOD THINGS AND BAD THINGS
BROUGHT OUT OF US, AND THAT’S
WHY LEADERSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT.
I’M LOOKING FOR A LEADER, I’M
LOOKING FOR A PRESIDENT WHO WILL
DRAW OUT WHAT IS BEST IN EACH OF
US.
US. AND I’M ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY
WHO IS PART OF MY CAMPAIGN TO
JOIN ME, BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUND
THAT LEADER IN VICE-PRESIDENT,