JUST IN: VP Kamala Harris Delivers Remarks At Campaign Event In Las Vegas, Nevada

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Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a Biden-Harris campaign event in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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00:00♪♪

00:10♪♪

00:16I'm here in Ohio!

00:18♪♪

00:24Well, hello Las Vegas!

00:26It's good to be back!

00:31It's good to be back!

00:33One more year!

00:35One more year!

00:37One more year!

00:39One more year!

00:41Thank you, indeed.

00:43And we are going to work over these next hundred,

00:46and I think it's 18 or 19 days,

00:48to make sure that happens.

00:50But I want to say it is always good

00:52to be in Las Vegas,

00:54and as some folks call it, Hawaii's ninth island.

00:58And I want to thank all the elected officials

01:00who are here today,

01:02including former Governor Steve Sisolak

01:04and his incredible wife.

01:06Where is he?

01:08Kathy.

01:10And I want to thank all the union workers

01:12at this hotel who made this event possible,

01:17including the workers of Culinary Local 226.

01:23And today, on behalf of our President Joe Biden

01:28and myself, I am extremely proud

01:31to accept the endorsement of Aspire PAC,

01:35AAPI Victory Fund,

01:38AAA Fund,

01:40and CAP A21.

01:42Thank you.

01:44Thank you.

01:46One more year!

01:48One more year!

01:50One more year!

01:52One more year!

01:54One more year!

01:56And a lot of work to do.

01:58So let me just say,

02:00this is an extraordinary room of leaders

02:04and dear friends and long-standing supporters

02:07of the President and me.

02:09I see so many friends here.

02:11And so many of you have given so much of your time

02:15and your leadership

02:17to fight for the promise of America

02:19and everything we stand for.

02:21And I thank you for that.

02:23And on behalf of our President,

02:25I thank you for that.

02:27And you all know,

02:29this event today

02:31is one of the highlights

02:33as testament to what the President and I stand for

02:38and who we stand for.

02:40We stand for the beauty and diversity

02:44and the promise of America

02:46and the individuals in this room right now

02:49each represent just that.

02:52You know, many of you know,

02:54my mother arrived in the United States from India

02:57when she was just 19 years old.

02:59And she and my father met

03:01while they were active in the Civil Rights Movement.

03:04In fact, when I was young,

03:06my parents would take me to the marches in a stroller.

03:10I was in the stroller, of course.

03:12My mother had two goals in her life.

03:15To raise her two daughters,

03:17my sister Maya and me,

03:19and to end breast cancer.

03:21She was a breast cancer researcher.

03:23And I'll tell you,

03:25my mother never asked anyone's permission

03:28to pursue her dreams.

03:30Never asked.

03:32You know, my mother, who was all of five feet tall,

03:35but if you met her, you would have thought she was ten feet tall.

03:38And it is because of her character

03:41and strength

03:43and determination

03:45that within one generation,

03:48I stand before you as Vice President of the United States.

04:01And today, then, we are 118 days out from the election.

04:05And while many of us have been involved with these elections

04:08every four years,

04:10and nearly every time we say this is the one,

04:12well, this year,

04:14it's the one.

04:16This is the one.

04:18The most existential,

04:20consequential,

04:22and important election of our lifetime.

04:25Now, we always knew this election would be tough,

04:28and the past few days have been a reminder

04:31that running for President of the United States is never easy.

04:34But the one thing we know about our President, Joe Biden,

04:39is that he is a fighter.

04:42He is a fighter.

04:45And he is the first to say,

04:47when you get knocked down, you get back up.

04:55We all know, many of us know what that is.

04:59So we continue to fight.

05:02And we will continue to organize.

05:05And in November, we will win.

05:12We will win.

05:15We know what hard work looks like.

05:17We like hard work.

05:19Hard work is good work.

05:22So, Las Vegas, in all of our work,

05:25President Biden and I have been guided by a fundamental belief.

05:28We work for you, the American people.

05:32Not special interests,

05:34not billionaires or big corporations.

05:37You.

05:39And in this election, there can be no doubt

05:42who you can count on

05:44to fight for you when it counts.

05:47Just look at, for example, the issue of health care

05:50and affordable health care.

05:52When he was in the White House,

05:54Donald Trump, I forget,

05:57tried more than 60 times

06:00to end the Affordable Care Act

06:03and tried to take health care

06:05from millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions.

06:08Remember those days?

06:10President Joe Biden and I, on the other hand,

06:13have defended the Affordable Care Act

06:15and made it stronger.

06:17In fact,

06:19in fact, today,

06:21more AA and NHPI Americans are insured

06:24than ever before in our history.

06:30Donald Trump said he was going to stand up to Big Pharma

06:33and lower the cost of prescription drugs.

06:36Instead, he bowed down.

06:39On the other hand,

06:41we took on Big Pharma.

06:43And with the knowledge that, for example,

06:46South Asians are twice as likely to have diabetes,

06:49we capped the cost of insulin for seniors

06:52at $35 a month.

06:58We are finally making it

07:01so that medical debt cannot be used

07:04against your credit score.

07:08Knowing how many of our relatives

07:12have had a medical emergency,

07:16something they did not invite or plan,

07:19racking up the tens,

07:21even hundreds of thousands of dollars

07:23of medical bills and debt,

07:26and that being used against your credit score

07:29is just wrong.

07:31The credit score is supposed to be a measure

07:33of whether you are financially responsible.

07:36And so when we do the work that we have done,

07:39and you know, Joe,

07:41we do it based on what we believe is morally right

07:44when you see the people and understand the struggles

07:47and the need for all people to have dignity.

07:50So what we've done with medical debt,

07:52now I'm not allowed on the press,

07:54but that means it can no longer be used

07:56to deny someone a car loan

07:59Think about what that means.

08:04Then there's the issue of student loan debt.

08:06When he was at the White House,

08:08Donald Trump tried to end student loan forgiveness

08:11for our public servants,

08:13including teachers, nurses, firefighters.

08:16On the other hand,

08:18we have forgiven student loan debt

08:20for nearly 5 million Americans

08:22and twice as much for our public servants.

08:29We have also fought to protect our communities

08:33from hate and violence,

08:35including by passing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act,

08:39which made it easier for AA and NHPI communities

08:43to report acts of hate.

08:46On the other hand,

08:48the former president consistently incites hate,

08:53including toward the AA and NHPI community.

08:58I will not repeat his words.

09:00I will not repeat his words,

09:01but they should never be repeated.

09:03But I will say that someone who vilifies immigrants,

09:08who promotes xenophobia,

09:11someone who stokes hate,

09:14should never again have the chance

09:17to stand behind a microphone

09:21and the seal of the President of the United States.

09:36There is so much at stake in this moment,

09:40including, sadly,

09:44that there are some issues that require, I think,

09:49a lot more attention from the press.

09:52And there are some issues that, sadly and most recently,

09:56have not been covered

09:58to the extent that they should

10:02commensurate with the seriousness of the matter.

10:06That most recently,

10:08most recently,

10:09the Supreme Court of the United States

10:12basically told this individual

10:15who has been convicted of fraud

10:19that going forward,

10:20he will be immune for activity

10:23we know he is prepared to engage in

10:26if he gets back into the White House.

10:33This is not 2016 and 2020

10:36when you think about what that fact means

10:39in this upcoming election.

10:41Consider, Donald Trump has openly vowed,

10:45if re-elected, that he'll be a dictator on day one.

10:49That he will weaponize the Department of Justice

10:52against his political enemies.

10:55Round up peaceful protesters

10:57and throw them out of our country.

11:00And even, quote,

11:02terminate the United States Constitution.

11:06Donald Trump wants to turn our democracy

11:10into a dictatorship.

11:13And the Supreme Court

11:15basically just declared

11:17he can get away with it.

11:22What's more,

11:24what's more,

11:26Trump's advisors have created

11:28a 900-page blueprint

11:31they're calling Project 2025

11:36detailing everything else

11:38they plan to do in a second term.

11:41Including a plan to cut Social Security.

11:45To repeal our $35 cap on insulin.

11:50To eliminate the Department of Education.

11:54And end programs like Head Start.

11:59And Project 2025

12:02outlines a plan

12:05to limit access to contraception.

12:08And for a nationwide abortion ban.

12:12With or without an act of Congress.

12:19If implemented,

12:21if implemented,

12:23this plan would be the latest attack

12:26in Donald Trump's full-on assault

12:30on reproductive freedom.

12:32And no, we won't.

12:35And remember, remember,

12:38then-President Donald Trump

12:40handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court

12:43because he intended for them to undo

12:46the protections of Roe v. Wade.

12:48And as he intended, they did.

12:50Now, now over 20 states

12:54have the Trump abortion ban.

12:57Many with no acceptance even for rape and incest.

13:01And Trump has not denied,

13:04much less shown remorse,

13:06for his actions.

13:08Instead, he proudly,

13:10he uses the word proudly,

13:12he takes credit for overturning Roe.

13:14So make no mistake,

13:16if Trump gets the chance,

13:18he will sign the national abortion ban

13:20to outlaw abortion in every single state.

13:24But we are not going to let that happen.

13:31We are not going to let that happen

13:34because we trust women.

13:39We know women know what's in their own best interest

13:42and don't need their government telling them

13:44what to do with their body.

13:51And when Congress passes a law

13:53that restores the reproductive freedoms of Roe,

13:56our President Joe Biden

13:58will sign it into law.

14:04So ultimately, in this election,

14:07we each face a question.

14:11What kind of country do we want to live in?

14:14A country of freedom,

14:16compassion,

14:18and rule of law?

14:20Or a country of chaos,

14:23fear,

14:25and hate?

14:28And here's the thing,

14:30here's the thing,

14:32and I say this to a group of people who already know this,

14:34we each have the power.

14:36We have the power

14:39to answer this question.

14:41So if the Supreme Court

14:43says the laws do not apply to Donald Trump,

14:46if people like Mike Pence

14:48are not around to stand up to him,

14:50and if extremists in Congress

14:53continue to bow down to him,

14:55our last defense,

14:57our last line of defense

15:00is the ballot box.

15:02Our vote.

15:04Our vote.

15:10In 2020 and 2022,

15:13it was the leaders in this room

15:15and in this community

15:17who showed the power

15:19of your voice

15:21and your vote.

15:23And in 2024,

15:25we need you to do it again.

15:29So today I ask,

15:31Nevada, are you ready to make your voice heard?

15:35Do we believe in freedom?

15:38Do we believe in opportunity?

15:42Do we believe in the promise of America?

15:46And are we ready to fight for it?

15:50And are we ready to fight for it?

15:54And when we fight,

15:56we win.

15:58God bless you,

15:59God bless the United States of America.

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