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US POLITICS HARRIS / WALZ LAUNCH BLITZ Kamala Harris, Tim Walz speak at rally in Detroit: FULL SPEECH PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJRejmFPKMk Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess
Kamala Harris, Tim Walz speak at rally in Detroit: FULL SPEECH FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth 701K subscribers Aug 7, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris declared herself and her new running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, “joyful warriors” against Donald Trump on Wednesday as they spent their first full day campaigning together across the Midwest. Transcript 0:00 hello Michigan you know we we motans you probably know him this we're we're a stoic people people of few words but holy hell can you throw a party here in Michigan wow I want to take a moment to acknowledge a few friends folks that I've gotten to know and and let's be very clear uh this is someone who I consider my dearest friend and someone who taught all the other Governors how to fix the damn roads Governor wher you have got a treasure in Michigan and I'll tell you what we share a lot between us in the Upper Midwest we share oh we need some water we have somebody down we need some Water Medic we need a medic right here we got somebody here got them all right we got a medic on the 1:04 way thank you for caring for your neighbors thank you for showing what Michigan does look we share a lot of things that's one of them we're neighbors and we're not weird that's for sure but but I got to tell you something else we share is a care for the incredible natural resources we in the Upper Midwest in our states we care for 20% of the world's fresh water in those Great Lakes and the the Great Lakes have no better friend than your Senator Senator stab now I got some members of Congress I had the privilege of serving with and some that are new to that place let's be clear we got to put GVS in the hands of these Democratic Representatives so that we can get some work done my friend Dan kildy Debbie Dingle Haley Stevens Alysa Lin Hillary Scolton representative ther I believe 2:07 just w a on a primary here Wayne County Executive Warren Evans and the chair of the Michigan Democratic party laor Barnes thank you and I want to just take a moment um it's been a pretty interesting 24 hours for me I'll have to be honest and I I don't know what it how I could explain to you walking into that arena in Philly or that field out in Wisconsin or right here to what I have been told is the largest rally of the campaign in here and look and look this is is a Place full of working 3:02 folks students folks who care and I think about this you came out here early found a place to park stood in the sun sat here and wait and you did it you did it for one simple and eloquent and beautiful reason you love this country you love this country I couldn't be prouder to be on this ticket and to help make kamla Harris the next president of the United States every day of her life vice president Harris fights for the American people she's taken on predators fraudsters and transnational gangs you heard it she stood up to powerful corporate interests and she has never hesitated to reach across the aisle try and find some common Solutions and she has done it and this is what we know all 4:00 the things that make me mad about those other guys and all the things they do wrong the one thing that I will not forgive them for is they try to steal the Joy from this country they try and steal the joy but you know what you know what our next president brings the joy she emanates the joy I know a little something about that commitment to people I was born in a a small town of 400 people in Nebraska and Community was the way of life my mom and dad taught me you show generosity to your neighbors and you work for a common good amongst them at 17 I joined the Army National Guard and for the next 24 years it was a privilege to wear the uniform of this country and and just as it did for my dad a Korean War veteran and millions of others I used the GI Bill to get a 5:00 college education followed a bit in my dad's footsteps he was a teacher my brothers and sisters were teachers and they married teachers I had the privilege of teaching uh High School social study and I coached the football team we did win a state championship I tell you that because don't ever close the yearbook is my Pro tip to you my students were the ones who encouraged me to run for office I never thought much about it but they saw they saw in me what I hope to instill in them a commitment to the common good a true Bel belief that one person truly can make a difference can make a difference in their world I 6:04 lived in a district where I didn't know this at the time only one other Democrat since 1892 had won that district and on that election night my neighbors graced me with the opportunity to go to the United States Congress and represent [Applause] them I learned how to compromise without compromising my values I learned how to work across the aisle to get good things done for people and now as governor of Minnesota I bring those experiences together so we can tackle some of those hard problems inequities climate change all of the things that we care about now we got a lot of shared values in this room by the way is labor in the [Applause] room this might be my chance to use it [Applause] 7:11 we know who built the middle class but here's the deal what we know is Donald Trump he sees the world a bit differently than we see the world and I've been saying it he doesn't know the first thing about service because he's way too busy serving himself this is a big difference again and again he does things that weakens our country only to strengthen his own hand he mocks our laws he SWS chaos and division amongst the public and that's to say nothing about his record as president let's let's be he is that he is that look we have the worst crisis of a generation and he froze during Co people lost their lives because of that he drove the economy into the 8:01 ground and make no mistake violent crime was up during Donald Trump's [Applause] presidency that's not even counting the crimes he committed some of the some of the gray hairs in here remember a Republican party that used to actually talk about Freedom these guys when they talk about Freedom it means government has the freedom to invade your exam room with your doctor now I know look that we got a lot of commonalities and I'll say this as an NFC North guys Vikings fans are proud of the Lions I will say that I will say that but in Minnesota we respect our neighbors personal choices we may not agree with them or make them from ourself but I've been saying this you all know it our Gren rule is mind your own damn business just 9:03 mind your own business it's amazing what minding your own damn business does to make things work better don't like a book don't read it is there anybody in America sitting around in a bar bunch of people talking and say you know what we need in this country we need to bad Animal Farm that's the first thing we do nobody says that but you know what it would be funny if it wasn't so dangerous because then they start thinking about things like IVF and banning IVF and I have to tell you this is very personal for my family when my wife and I decided to have children we went through years of fertility treatments remember every time the phone rang I'd catch my breath I'd 10:01 feel nervousness and then it would be a crushing feeling when they told us that the treatments didn't work the agony of that I can feel to this day but I can also feel some joy in this because it wasn't by chance as I say this when our daughter and we finally conceived and our daughter was born we didn't hesitate at all we named her hope we named her hope but I do have to tell you something about hope my wife always tells me this it's not a damn plan we can't hope we beat this guy we can't hope that things get better we go out and work our butts off to make sure it happens so when our next president walks out here and she talks about Freedom she means the freedom to make your own healthc care decisions and when she comes out here and talks about that our children should be free to go to school without being shot dead in their 11:07 classrooms look we believe strongly in Minnesota in the Second Amendment just like you do but we also believe strongly in common sense gun violence prevention law freedoms when education's a ticket to the middle class not crushing student loan debt and it's a place where we know Freedom means we settle our political differences not through violence but with our [Applause] votes you get it you you drove out here you stood [Applause] here please look and and let's all decide right now on this whatever we 12:00 know it's going to be hard race we know it's going to be close but let's don't be so close that these guys have anything to say let's don't be so close that there's anything let's just win the damn thing by a broader margin simple proposition this election's about which direction this country is going to go in we know Donald Trump's taking us backwards and don't believe the ACT he's playing dumb he knows exactly what project 2025 is going to do to our personal [Applause] Liberties destroy unions rig the economy for the ultra wealthy we know that when he goes back he's picking up and doing the same things he did when he was there the last time except except you all know this it will be much much worse when he comes back raising costs for all of you repealing the Affordable Care Act he doesn't care gutting Social Security and be very clear they can say whatever they 13:03 want they are Banning abortion across this country no questions asked no questions asked yeah you think this guy you think this guy cares about you or your family his running mate has the same dangerous and backward agenda As Trump well heck you all know it every every regular person in the Heartland went to Yale had had Silicon Valley billionaires fund his career and then he writes a book trashing the very community that raised him that whole thing is I wasn't calling anybody names I was just making an observation about we can see it and here's my thing there's a lot of things going to happen by the way we got about 91 days days and I keep telling people this 91 days my 14:03 God you can do anything for 91 days 90 Christ I haven't slept in 24 hours you know you know why we'll sleep when we're dead we'll sleep when we're dead get it here's my here's my Brass Ring I'm looking for I can't wait to debate this guy I cannot wait to talk about what they think I can't wait to ask him why he wants to take health care and take Reproductive Rights and why he wants to make sure that the wealthiest pay no taxes as we destroy unions in the middle class so here's the deal you said it these ideas that they're putting out there they are weird as hell no one's asking for it no one's asking for it we're asking a fair shot we're asking for healthare and child care we're asking for an education we're asking for 15:01 safety in our streets that's what we're asking for and we're going to get it because that's what this campaign's about it's about moving forward look you know that KLA Harris believes that you should be making the own choices in your life she believes that every person should have an opportunity to enter the middle class she believes in something so beautiful and simple with joy she believes in the promise of this great [Applause] nation look she can take care of herself out front and she said it if they want to talk smack she said it say it to my face damn it say it to my face but what I got to say is we got to have her back we got to have her back so Madame vice president president thank you for the trust you placed in me 16:02 Michigan help me right now give a warm Midwest welcome to the next president of the United States kamla Harris he 17:02 good evening Detroit good evening oh my God we got this we're going to do this we are doing this we are doing this thank you thank you 18:00 thank you thank you thank [Applause] you thank you thank you okay come on we got things we got business to handle we got business to handle good evening everybody good evening good evening good evening can we hear it up for Tim Walls isn't he amazing he's going to be the most incredible vice president all right so it is good to be back and to be with so many incredible leaders I love you Governor Gretchen Whitmer thank you for your thank you for your friendship your Sisterhood and your leadership and we are going to do this 19:02 together lieutenant governor Garland Gil Christ thank you so much his parents are over there and the members of Congress including Senator Debbie stavano my dear [Music] friend and your next United States Senator representative Elisa [Music] slock we're going to get that done done Mayor Mike dougen thank you for the warm welcome always and of course it is so good to be with the president of the United Auto Workers my dear friend Sean [Applause] Fain and last year last week it was mine it feels like last year last week it was my great honor to accept the endorsement of the United Auto Workers 20:04 [Applause] and the UAW has always worked to lift up the working people of our nation do we need some help over there I need we need a medic over there please there should be medic in each Corner we're good okay all right look let's all take care of each other and look for look out for each other all right that's who we are we look out for each other okay so as I said to Sean as I talked to Sean about this this election is going to be a fight we like a good fight when you know what you stand for for you know what to fight for we know what we stand 21:04 for so I'm so proud to have UAW by my side because y'all know how to fight and you know how to win today I also bring greetings from our incredible President Joe Biden that's right Joe [Applause] that's right and I know we are all deeply deeply grateful to Joe for his lifetime of service to our nation and we thank you Joe Biden each and every day for all you are and all you still have yet to do 22:00 thank you you you you I'mma tell them what you said so Michigan this has been a big week on Monday I officially became the Democratic nominee for president of the United States and yesterday I announced my running mate in this campaign Governor Tim wall and as you just heard he has an incredible record as governor of the great state of Minnesota and to those who know him best some people are just getting to know him but I'm going to tell you you got to know him real quick cuz he's incredible 23:00 he's a serious serious man he has been a serious leader and he loves our country and you know I've talked to some of the people who know him best like his wife Gwen and to Gwen Tim WS his husband to his to his kids hope and Gus he is Dad to his fellow veterans he is Sergeant Major walles to the people of southern Minnesota for 12 years he was a congressman to his former high school students he is Mr walls and to his former High School football players he was coach and in 90 days the nation will know coach Walls by the title vice president of the United 24:02 States that's right so it is so good to be back in Michigan and listen I am clear the path to the White House Runs right through this state and with your help we will win in November we will win and I know we are all clear about what we are up against as many of you know before I was elected vice president before I was elected as a United States Senator I was elected attorney general and before that elected district attorney and before that I was a courtroom [Music] prosecutor in those roles I took on perpet traitors of all 25:00 kinds Predators who abused women frauders who ripped off consumers scammers who broke the rules for personal gain so hear me Detroit when I say I know Donald Trump's type I've been dealing with them my whole career for example as attorney general California I took on one of the country's largest for-profit colleges that scammed students well Donald Trump ran a for-profit college that scammed students you remember that as a prosecutor I specialize in cases of sexual abuse well Don Donald Trump was found liable for committing sexual 26:04 abuse as attorney general I held the Big Wall Street Banks accountable for fraud well Donald Trump was just found guilty of fraud 34 counts to be exact [Applause] hold on hold on hold on you know what here hold on here's the thing the courts are going to handle that we going to beat them in November we going to beat him in November okay we'll beat him in November we'll handle that but all that to say in this campaign I proudly put my record against his any day of the week any day of the week but make no mistake our campaign 27:05 this campaign is not just about us versus Donald Trump it's bigger than that it is about two very different Visions for the future of our nation one hours focused on the future and the other focused on the past and Michigan we we here fight for the future we fight for the future we fight for a future where every worker has the freedom to join a union where every senior can retire with dignity a future with affordable housing affordable child care affordable health care and paid Liv 28:03 a future where we build a broad-based economy where every American has an opportunity to own a home to start a business and to build [Music] wealth and understand in this fight we are joyful Warriors because while fighting for a brighter future may take hard work we all here know hard work is good work hard work is good work we believe in a future where we lower the cost of living for America's families so they have a chance not just to get by but to get ahead because look while our economy is doing well by many measures prices for everyday things like groceries are still too high you know it and I know it when I was attorney general I went 29:06 after price fixing schemes and when I am president it will be my day one priority to fight to bring down prices to take on the big corporations that engage in illegal price gting take on corporate landlords that unfairly raise rents on Working Families to take on big Pharma and cap the cost of prescription drugs for all Americans that is the work we will do together and all of this to say unlike Donald Trump I will always put the middle class and Working Families First cuz coach walls and I know the middle class built this this great country of ours and when the middle class is strong America is 30:04 [Applause] strong and look as we move our nation forward Donald Trump intends to take our nation backward just look at his project 2025 agenda project 2025 [Applause] [Laughter] [Applause] [Applause] and please do check out project 2025 cuz I'm telling you it is a plan it is a plan to weaken America's middle class project 31:03 2025 if he is [Applause] elected [Applause] good all [Applause] good I'm I'm here cuz we believe in democracy everyone's voice matters but I am speaking now I am speaking now so project 2025 look if he is elected Donald Trump intends to give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare he intends to surrender our 32:03 fight against the climate crisis and he intends to end the Affordable Care Act you know what if you want Donald Trump to win then say that otherwise I'm speaking [Music] back not back we not back we not back and I got your going back we're not going back 33:03 we're not going back going back not going back not going back not back and we're not going back because we know what that would look like and again understand Donald Trump intends to end the Affordable Care Act and take us back to a time when insurance companies had the power to deny my people with pre-existing conditions we all remember what that looked like and we're not going back we're not going back our fight is a fight for the future and it is a fight for Freedom across our nation we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms and rights and we will not stand for 34:08 it attacks on the freedom to vote attacks on the freedom to be safe from gun violence the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and the freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government or her work to do Generations generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom now the Baton is in our hands each and 35:01 every one of us so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the freedom to vote we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban Universal background T and red flag laws we who believe in the freedom to organize will pass the pro act and put an end to union busting once and for all and we who believe in reproductive Freedom will fight for a woman's right to [Music] choose remembering what Donald Trump did to pick three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would take away this freedom 36:04 and they did as he [Applause] intended we who are paying attention to the fact that now over 20 States in our country have a trump abortion ban many with no exceptions even for rape and incest and we all know if he wins he would sign a National Abortion ban to Outlaw abortion in every state and that would include the great state of Michigan but we're not going [Applause] back and on that point it is because there is a thing about who we are that is a bit different from the folks on the other side we trust women to know what is in their best interest and not have their government telling them what to 37:06 do and when I am president of the United States and Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedoms I will sign it into [Applause] law so Michigan here's the thing so much so much so much is on the line in this election and we got to remember you know we we knew we knew who he is and what he was about in 16 and in 20 but there's also something else that has happened recently that we really have to prioritize in our mind about the danger we're looking at last last month the United States Supreme Court basically 38:02 just told the former president who has been convicted of fraud that going forward he will be immune no matter what he does in the white [Applause] house but think about that think about that think about what that means think about what that means the man has openly vowed if re-elect that he will be a dictator on day [Applause] one think about what that means when he said that he will even quote terminate the Constitution of the United States cuz let us be very clear someone who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president president of the United States never 39:06 again [Applause] V that's right so here's the thing to your point when it comes down to all the things are important about this I think the most important thing that bring I love you back and listen one of the things that I know brings us all out today and always is we love our country we love our country we love our country and I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country that is how we preserve the promise of 40:01 America after all the promise of America think about it is what makes it possible for Tim Walls and me to be together on this stage today think about it think about that two middle class kids one a daughter of Oakland California who was raised by a working mother I had a summer job at McDonald's the other a son of the Nebraska Plains who grew up working on a farm only in America is it possible for them together to make it all the way to the White House only in America only in America 41:01 so we are running this campaign on behalf of all Americans from Red states to Blue States from the Heartland to the coasts and when elected I promise you we will govern on behalf of all Americans promise that so I'll close with this Michigan ultimately in this election we each face a question we each face a question what kind of country do we want to live in a country of Freedom compassion and rule of law or a country of chaos fear and [Applause] hate and the beauty of our democracy the beauty of our democracy we each have the power to 42:06 answer that question we each have the power to answer that question the power is with the people so in the next 90 days we need you to use your power we need you to knock on some doors we need you to register folks to vote we need you to organize and energize and mobilize and make your voices heard so Michigan I ask you are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in opportunity do we believe in the promise 43:01 of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight we win God bless you and God bless the United stes [Applause] r [Applause] [Applause]

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