None of this should be controversial. them to companies creating jobs here at home. Barack Obama: (05:58) The stakes are high. (2)]. Make a plan right now for how you are going to get involved and vote. Trying for a comeback in final debate with Biden, Trump is a captive of his own information bubble. jobs at the Maytag plant that’s moving to Mexico, and now are having to compete truth about why they’re going, to care for their families while they’re gone, to me he’d joined the Marines and was heading to Iraq the following week. They’ll rescue the economy, like Joe helped me do after the Great Recession. Why a young person might look at politics right now, the circus of it all, the meanness and the lies, and conspiracy theories and think, “What is the point?” Well here’s the point. as well as he is serving us?". And he sees this moment now not as a chance to get back to where we were, but to make long-overdue changes so that our economy actually makes life a little easier for everybody — whether it’s the waitress trying to raise a kid on her own, or the shift worker always on the edge of getting laid off, or the student figuring out how to pay for next semester’s classes. I have seen that same spirit rising these past few years. A belief in things not seen. And yet, I know Russian hackers have targeted the networks of dozens of state and local governments in the United States in recent days, and have stolen data from at least two servers. Along with the experience needed to get things done, Joe and Kamala have concrete policies that will turn their vision of a better, fairer, stronger country into reality. Barack Obama: (08:07) Brief encounters with COVID-19 patients now considered ‘close contact,’ CDC says. Asian America -- there’s the United States of America. Because that’s what’s at stake right now. The audacity of hope! But maybe you’re still not sure which candidate you’ll vote for — or whether you’ll vote at all. Congressional Testimony & Hearing Transcripts. We are going to bring those words, in our founding documents, to life. God bless. And in my friend Kamala Harris, he’s chosen an ideal partner who is more than prepared for the job; someone who knows what it’s like to overcome barriers and who’s made a career fighting to help others live out their own American dream. Now, I know that in times as polarized as these, most of you have already made up your mind. 12 years ago when I began my search for a vice president, I didn’t know I’d end up finding a brother. Europe. Maybe you’re tired of the direction we’re headed, but you can’t see a better path yet, or you just don’t know enough about the person who wants to lead us there. He knows that our true strength comes from setting an example that the world wants to follow. Former President Obama delivered remarks on the third night of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, 2020. The way the rules have been set up and abused in Congress make it easier for special interests to stop progress than to make progress. Earlier generations had to be persuaded that everyone has equal worth. freedoms that have made our country the envy of the world, and he will never Joe is a man who learned — early on — to treat every person he meets with respect and dignity, living by the words his parents taught him: “No one’s better than you, Joe, but you’re better than nobody.”. Hope -- Hope in the face of difficulty. Trust me, it’s better when it’s a game. And as I They knew how far the daily reality of America strayed from the [inaudible 00:17:54], and yet instead of giving up, they joined together and they said, “Somehow, some way, we are going to make this work. They believe that in a democracy, the right to vote is sacred and we should be making it easier for people to cast their ballots, not harder. After the war, they studied on the G.I. Let me be clear. After San Jose officers were accused of making racist, xenophobic and misogynistic posts in a Facebook group, their value as witnesses has come under question. They know they can’t win you over with their policies, so they’re hoping to make it as hard as possible for you to vote and to convince you that your vote does not matter.