Harris:" I’ve fought for children, and survivors of sexual assault. I’ve fought against transnational gangs. I took on the biggest banks, and helped take down one of the biggest for-profit colleges."
"I know a predator when I see one."
"I know a predator when I see one."
Harris says her vision of the country is one "where we may not agree on every detail, but we are united by the fundamental belief that every human being is of infinite worth, deserving of compassion, dignity and respect."
Harris continued: "Donald Trump’s failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods."
"If you're a parent struggling with your child’s remote learning, or you’re a teacher struggling on the other side of that screen, you know that what we’re doing right now isn’t working."
"If you're a parent struggling with your child’s remote learning, or you’re a teacher struggling on the other side of that screen, you know that what we’re doing right now isn’t working."
Harris says the imbalance in which communities are hit hardest by COVID-19 "is not a coincidence."
"It is the effect of structural racism."
"It is the effect of structural racism."
Harris: "Right now, we have a president who turns our tragedies into political weapons."
"Joe will be a president who turns our challenges into purpose."
"Joe will be a president who turns our challenges into purpose."
Harris: "Make no mistake, the road ahead will not be not easy. We will stumble. We may fall short. But I pledge to you that we will act boldly and deal with our challenges honestly. We will speak truths. And we will act with the same faith in you that we ask you to place in us."
Harris concludes: "Years from now, this moment will have passed. And our children and our grandchildren will look in our eyes and ask us: Where were you when the stakes were so high? .. And we will tell them. We will tell them, not just how we felt. We will tell them what we did"
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