Biden says 'I gave my best' as he passes torch to Harris

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00:00On the first night of the Democratic National Convention, the keynote speech went to the

00:04current President of the United States, Joe Biden, in what really could be a swan song

00:09for him as he took to what is arguably going to be the biggest stage for the rest of his

00:15presidency.

00:16Five months remaining of that presidency, and he hopes that Kamala Harris will be the

00:20person to succeed him in office.

00:23It was more of a State of the Union type of speech at times, Joe Biden reflecting on his

00:28record as President of the United States.

00:31He also took some swipes at Donald Trump, calling him a loser and a sucker, echoing

00:36the language that Donald Trump is reported to have used about dead veterans and dead

00:40soldiers at a war site in France.

00:44And that was something that carried throughout the speech, but he also touched on Kamala

00:48Harris herself, calling her tough, experienced, and saying that choosing her as his Vice President

00:55was the best decision he'd made in his career.

00:58He urged people to vote for Kamala Harris on November 5th, and also touched on abortion

01:02rights, saying that Kamala Harris will restore Roe v. Wade, the right to have an abortion

01:08that was taken away a few years ago by the Supreme Court under Donald Trump's instruction.

01:14He says that she will return that to be the law of the land.

01:17That, of course, has been a real lightning rod issue here in the United States, Democrats

01:21hoping they can run on that to win some of those moderate Republican votes, which could

01:25prove crucial in this election, with Kamala Harris slowly pulling ahead of Donald Trump

01:31in the polls.

01:32They hope that the momentum through the DNC stays on Kamala Harris' side and goes all

01:36the way through to November.

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