Vice President Kamala Harris told members of the historically Black sorority Zeta Phi Beta on Wednesday that “we are not playing around” and asked for their help in electing her president in November.
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00:00In this moment, I believe we face a choice between two different visions for our nation.
00:17One focused on the future, the other focused on the past.
00:24And with your support, I am fighting for our nation's future.
00:30We here believe in a future where all women and all mothers are safe.
00:38That is why, as Vice President, I have elevated and took on the issue of maternal mortality,
00:45knowing that women in America die at a higher rate in connection with childbirth than women
00:53in any other wealthy nation in the world.
00:57And black women are three times more likely to die in connection with childbirth.
01:02And for too long, this has been a crisis in our country.
01:06And it is time that we recognize the crisis it is.
01:11And ours is a fight for freedom.
01:16Across our nation, we are witnessing a full-on assault on hard-fought, hard-won freedoms
01:24and rights.
01:25The freedom to vote.
01:27The freedom to be safe from gun violence.
01:31The freedom to live without fear of bigotry and hate.
01:34The freedom to love who you love openly and with pride.
01:37The freedom to learn and acknowledge our true and full history.
01:41And the freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government
01:48telling her what to do.
01:51We are not playing around.
01:56So in conclusion, to the incredible members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated, I
02:04say there is so much at stake in this moment.
02:10There is so much at stake.
02:13And again, then, in this moment, our nation, as it always has, is counting on you to energize,
02:23to organize, and to mobilize.
02:26To register folks to vote, to get them to the polls, and to continue to fight for the
02:34future our nation and her people deserve.
02:40And we know when we organize, mountains move.
02:46When we mobilize, nations change.
02:50And when we vote, we make history.
02:55So let us continue to fight with optimism, with faith, and with hope.
03:04Because when we fight, we win.
03:06God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.
03:09God bless you.