‘America, I Gave My Best To You:’ The Biggest Moments From Joe Biden’s 2024 DNC Speech
President Joe Biden received an emotional standing ovation when he took the stage at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, roughly a month after he ended his reelection bid and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party’s nominee.
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00:00Donald Trump calls America a failing nation.
00:11No, I'm sorry, but think about this.
00:16Think about this.
00:17He publicly says to the whole world, I'm going to say something outrageous, I know more foreign
00:22leaders by their first names and know them well than anybody live, just because I'm so
00:26damn old, but I'm not joking.
00:32Think of the message he sends around the world when he talks about America being a failing
00:37nation.
00:38He says we're losing.
00:40He's the loser.
00:41He's dead wrong.
00:42And we'll keep working to bring hostages home and end the war in Gaza and bring peace and
00:51security to the Middle East.
00:59As you know, I wrote a peace treaty for Gaza.
01:04A few days ago, I put forward a proposal that brought us closer to doing that than we've
01:11done since October 7th.
01:13We're working around the clock, my Secretary of State, to prevent a wider war and reunite
01:19hostages of their families and surge humanitarian health and food assistance into Gaza now.
01:29To end the civilian suffering of the Palestinian people and finally, finally, finally deliver
01:37a ceasefire and end this war.
01:44Please show the major bills we have passed actually delivered more to red states than
01:49blue, because the job of the President is to deliver to all of America.
02:00Because of you, and I'm not exaggerating, because of you, we've had one of the most
02:06extraordinary four years of progress ever.
02:09Period.
02:10When I say we, I mean Kamala and me.
02:18Folks, I've got five months left in my presidency.
02:23I've got a lot to do.
02:26I intend to get it done.
02:29It's been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your President.
02:39I love the job, but I love my country more.
02:43I love my country more.
02:49And all this talk about how I'm angry at all those people who said I should step down,
02:57it's not true.
03:10Selecting Kamala was the very first decision I made before I became, when I became our
03:16nominee.
03:17And it was the best decision I made my whole career.
03:22We've not only gotten to know each other, we've become close friends.
03:32She's tough, she's experienced, and she has enormous integrity, enormous integrity.
03:40Her story represents the best American story.
03:45And like many of our best Presidents, she was also Vice President.
03:49That's a joke.
03:52I've made, I've made a lot of mistakes in my career, but I gave my best to you.
04:07For 50 years, like many of you, I've given my heart and soul to our nation.
04:14And I've been blessed a million times in return for the support of the American people.
04:22I've either been too young to be in the Senate, because I wasn't 30 yet, and too old to stay
04:29as President.
04:30But I hope you know how grateful I am to all of you.