Biden gets a rousing ovation from Democrats as he gives Harris an enthusiastic endorsement
President Joe Biden delivered his valedictory address to the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, saying, “I gave my best to you” and basking in a long ovation that reflected the energy released by his decision to cede the stage to Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Transcript
00:00Democrats have wrapped up the first night of their Democratic National Convention here
00:07at the United Center in Chicago.
00:09It's four days filled with some pomp and circumstance and a lot of speeches from elected officials.
00:15But the convention really got off to a very important start on Monday night with President
00:20Joe Biden taking the stage.
00:22With Biden having left the race and with Vice President Kamala Harris taking his spot as
00:27Democrats nominee, this was an opportunity for Biden to take this national stage behind
00:33me one last time in a big political sense and basically give a farewell speech.
00:39And America, I love you.
00:46For Joe Biden, this must have been a personally difficult moment.
00:50He spent more than five decades in elected office, serving in the Senate, elected first
00:54when he was even too young to serve at 29.
00:58I've really been too young to be in the Senate because I wasn't 30 yet.
01:04And too old to stay as president.
01:08And now having been vice president and then president for one term.
01:11So to take all of that into account and to have essentially been pushed out by some members
01:16of his party who didn't want him to be their nominee this go around, that's a lot that
01:21was clearly on his mind and would have been impossible to ignore as he takes the stage
01:25at this convention.
01:27But Biden, at least in his remarks and the way he projected himself from the stage, really
01:32seemed to be reveling in the moment.
01:36I've got a lot to do.
01:39I intend to get it done.
01:42What we saw was a strong Biden and also at times defiant, making his case against Donald
01:48Trump and arguing that protecting the soul of America the way that Biden often talks
01:54about the importance of electing a Democrat into the White House is of utmost importance
01:59when the opponent on the other side is Donald Trump.
02:02We need you to beat Donald Trump and elect Kamala and Tim president and vice president
02:18of the United States of America.
02:32We need you to beat Donald Trump and elect Kamala and Tim president of the United States