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Biden Video Remarks to the Virtual Texas Democratic Convention
June 6, 2020
Hello Texas Democrats. In case you're
wondering, I'm on my back porch in our
made up studio here and it's hot as a
devil that's why I don't have a coat
and tie on . And I wish we were all
together this year under different
circumstances meeting, rather than
this way,—separated from each other by
a deadly virus, more than 100,000
lives lost, and millions out of work.
And once again the words "I can't
breathe" echoing in our ears as we
watched the brutal, horrifying killing
of George Floyd.
It's time for all us to take a hard
look at the uncomfortable truth. It's
time for us to face the deep, open
wound of systemic racism in the
nation. Nothing about this is going to
be easy, or comfortable. But if we
simply allow this wound to scab over
once more without treating the
underlying injury, we'll never truly
heal.
I said from the beginning the very
soul this nation is at stake. That's
why I'm running for president. And why
I stand united with every single
Democrat behind our mission to beat
Donald Trump and restore real
leadership to the White House. But we
have to do a lot more than just beat
Donald Trump. We have to keep the
House of Representatives, we have to
win over the United States Senate, we
have to flip the Texas House, we have
to lead and deliver meaningful change
for people that are hurting all across
this nation,
Texas is an important battleground
state for our campaign in 2020. I
think we have a real chance to turn
the state blue because of the
work all of you have done. We're
building a diverse coalition to win up
and down the ballot in the Fall.
There's no question the Latino
community is important to the state,
and to the country. You're a major
reason for our economic growth. You're
a major reason why Texas is now a
swing state.
Since day one of this administration,
there has been a relentless attack on
the Latino community.
We saw the results last August in El
Paso as El Paso was targeted by a
hateful attack. Donald Trump's
anti-Latino, anti-immigrant agenda has
targeted Latinos with dire
consequences, whether it's his attacks
on health care, a meaningless wall, or
children being ripped from the arms of
their mothers.
As early as this Monday, maybe the
following Monday, the Supreme Court
will issue its ruling on whether
Trump's rescission of the Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA,
the DACA program is lawful. For nearly
10 years DACA has given us more than
700,000 young immigrants who came to
this country as children for the
chance to pursue their dreams and
contribute to the country that they
know as home. Now Trump wants to take
this American Dream away.
Let me tell you something. As
President, I will protect dreamers and
their families and on day one I will
introduce immigration reform, making
sure we protect Obamacare, rebuild our
economy and ways to bring everybody
along.
It's important that we all turn out
to vote from Houston to El Paso, and
everywhere in between. We have to do
everything we can to make sure
Democrats on the ballot across Texas
are successful in November. Not
just the top of the ticket. The stakes
in this election have never been
higher for our country. We have to
work harder than ever, harder than
ever. We need to stand up as a nation;
stand with the black community, with
all communities of color. Come
together as one America to deliver
justice for all Americans. You know,
if we stand together, we'll win the
battle for the soul of this nation.
We need to do this. We can do this.
We will do this with your help. God
bless you all. Thank you I wish I were
with you and I'm anxious to campaign
in person. Thank you all so much and
God bless you and may God protect our
troops.