>> I GOT TO CUT YOU OFF. HERE COMES AMY KLOBUCHAR.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THANK YOU, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WE LOVE YOU, NEW HAMPSHIRE!
HELLO, AMERICA.
HELLO, AMERICA. I AM AMY KLOBUCHAR AND I WILL
BEAT DONALD TRUMP.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
MY HEART IS FULL TONIGHT.
MY HEART IS FULL TONIGHT.
WHILE THERE ARE STILL BALLOTS
LEFT TO COUNT, WE HAVE BEATEN
THE ODDS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE HAVE DONE IT ON THE MERITS.
WE HAVE DONE IT WITH IDEAS AND
WE HAVE DONE IT WITH HARD WORK.
BECAUSE WE ARE RESILIENT AND
STRONG AS THE PEOPLE OF THIS
GREAT NATION.
GREAT NATION. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU TO OUR INCREDIBLE
STAFF AND OUR UNSTOPPABLE
VOLUNTEERS, MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND
JOHN, OUR DAUGHTER ABIGAIL.
AND THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
BECAUSE OF YOU, WE ARE TAKING
THIS CAMPAIGN TO NEVADA.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE ARE GOING TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND WE ARE TAKING THIS MESSAGE
OF UNITY TO THE COUNTRY.
WE KNOW IN OUR HEARTS THAT IN A
DEMOCRACY IT IS NOT ABOUT THE
LOUDEST VOICE OR THE BIGGEST
BANK ACCOUNT.
BANK ACCOUNT. IT IS ABOUT THE BEST IDEA AND
ABOUT THE PERSON WHO CAN TURN
THOSE IDEAS INTO ACTION.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE KNOW THAT WE CANNOT WIN BIG
BY TRYING TO OUT-DIVIDE THE
DIVIDER IN CHIEF.
WE KNOW THAT WE WIN BY BRINGING
PEOPLE WITH US INSTEAD OF
SHUTTING THEM OUT.
DONALD TRUMP’S WORST NIGHTMARE
IS THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE
MIDDLE, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD
ENOUGH OF THE NAME-CALLING AND
THE MUD-SLINGING HAVE SOMEONE TO
VOTE FOR IN NOVEMBER.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
[ CROWD CHANTING ]
I CANNOT WAIT TO BRING OUR GREEN
BUS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
I CANNOT WAIT TO WIN THE
NOMINATION.
NOMINATION. I CANNOT WAIT TO BUILD A
MOVEMENT AND WIN WITH A MOVEMENT
OF FIRED UP DEMOCRATS, OF
INDEPENDENTS AND MODERATE
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. THAT SEE THIS ELECTION AS WE DO.
WE SEE IT AS AN ECONOMIC CHECK
ON THIS PRESIDENT.
WE SEE IT AS A PATRIOTISM CHECK
AND WE SEE IT AS A DECENCY
CHECK.
CHECK. BECAUSE IN THE END, WE KNOW THAT
WHAT UNITES US IS SO MUCH BIGGER
THAN WHAT DIVIDES US, AND WE
KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE BELIEVE SO
MANY OF US BELIEVE THAT THE
HEART OF AMERICA IS BIGGER THAN
THE HEART OF THIS GUY IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
TONIGHT IS ABOUT GRIT, AND MY
STORY, LIKE SO MANY OF YOURS, IS
ONE OF RESILIENCE.
I ANNOUNCED MY CANDIDACY IN THE
MIDDLE OF A MINNESOTA BLIZZARD
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT PREDICTED I WOULDN’T EVEN
GET THROUGH THAT SPEECH, BUT NOT
THE PEOPLE OF MY STATE AND NOT
THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
EXCEPT THEN THEY PREDICTED THAT
WE WOULDN’T MAKE IT THROUGH THE
SUMMER.
SUMMER. WE DID.
WE DID. THEN THEY PREDICTED WE WOULDN’T
MAKE IT TO THE DEBATES, AND,
MAN, WERE WE AT THE DEBATE IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
NEW HAMPSHIRE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE HAVE BEEN STEADY, WE’VE BEEN
STRONG, AND WE’VE NEVER QUIT.
I THINK THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD
FOR A PRESIDENT.
BUT ACROSS THE MONTHS AND MONTHS
AND MILES OF THIS RACE, WE
DEFINE THE WORD "GRIT."
YOU SEE IT WITH OUR HAPPY,
SCRAPPY CAMPAIGN.
SCRAPPY CAMPAIGN. YOU SAW IT IN OUR TEN-COUNTY,
30-HOUR TOUR IN THE MIDDLE OF A
NOR’EASTER.
NOR’EASTER. LET’S NOT FORGET THAT.
YOU SAW IT IN OUR EARLY MORNING
DINER STOPS AND OUR LATE-NIGHT
RALLIES, AND, YES, YOU SAW IT ON
THAT DEBATE STAGE.
JUST LIKE SO MANY OF YOU OUT
THERE, I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
RESILIENCE.
RESILIENCE. MY GRANDPA WORKED 1,500 FEET
UNDERGROUND IN THE MINES OF
NORTHERN MINNESOTA.
NORTHERN MINNESOTA. HE NEVER GRADUATED FROM HIGH
SCHOOL BECAUSE HIS PARENTS WERE
SICK.
SICK. HE HAD NINE BROTHERS AND
SISTERS, AND HE HAD TO HELP
RAISE THEM.
RAISE THEM. AND EVERY DAY HE WOULD GO DOWN
IN THAT CAGE IN THAT MINE
CARRYING A LUNCH BUCKET THAT MY
GRANDMA WOULD PACK.
HIS YOUNGEST SISTER, HANNAH, WAS
ONLY 8 YEARS OLD WHEN THEY PUT
HER IN AN ORPHANAGE.
HE VOWED AFTER HIS PARENTS DIED
HE WOULD GO AND GET HER, AND TWO
YEARS LATER HE BORROWED A CAR,
HE WENT TO DULUTH AND HE BROUGHT
HER HOME.
HER HOME. HE AND MY GRANDMA SAVED MONEY IN
A COFFEE CAN IN THEIR BASEMENT
TO SEND MY DAD TO A TWO-YEAR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE. MY DAD THEN BECAME A NEWSPAPER
MAN.
MAN. MY MOM, SHE WAS BORN IN
MILWAUKEE, THE SITE OF OUR NEXT
CONVENTION.
CONVENTION. AND SHE CAME TO MINNESOTA AND
TAUGHT SECOND GRADE UNTIL SHE
WAS 70 YEARS OLD.
AND I STILL MEET PEOPLE THAT SAY
SHE WAS THEIR FAVORITE TEACHER.
SO I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS
THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF AN IRON ORE
MINER, AS THE FIRST WOMAN
ELECTED TO THE SENATE FROM THE
STATE OF MINNESOTA AND A
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THAT IS BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A
COUNTRY THAT SHARES DREAMS, NO
MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM, NO
MATTER WHO YOU KNOW, NO MATTER
THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN, NO
MATTER WHERE YOU WORSHIP, NO