Nancy Pelosi Thanked Joe Biden for His Wins and Said Kamala Harris Will Take U.S. to New Heights

TIME

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opened her convention speech by thanking President Joe Biden for his accomplishments, before praising Kamala Harris, saying she "will take us to new heights."

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00:00On January 20th, 2021, with the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, we established

00:20one of the most successful presidencies of modern times, and we quickly proved that Democrats

00:30deliver.

00:32Millions of jobs, stronger infrastructure and rural broadband, a Biden child tax credit,

00:41rescuing human pensions, honoring our veterans, bold climate action, lowering the cost of

00:48prescription drugs, all thanks to President Biden's patriotic vision of a fairer America,

00:57doing so with liberty and justice for all.

01:01Thank you, Joe.

01:12And I know that Vice President Harris is ready to take us to new heights.

01:19I've known Kamala Harris for decades.

01:23Personally, I know her a person of deep faith, which is reflected in her community care and

01:30service.

01:31Officially, she is a leader of strength and wisdom and eloquence on policy, most recently

01:38demonstrated fighting for a woman's right to choose.

01:43Politically, she is astute and strategic in winning difficult elections, quickly securing

01:51the nomination with dignity and grace and choosing Tim Walz as our vice president.

01:58January 6th was a perilous moment for our democracy.

02:03Never before had a president of the United States so brazenly assaulted the bedrock of

02:09our democracy, so lethally embraced political violence, so willfully betrayed his oath of

02:16office.

02:18Let us not forget who assaulted democracy on January 6th.

02:23He did.

02:27But let us not forget who saved democracy that day.

02:31We did.

02:34The parable of January 6th reminds us that our democracy is only as strong as the courage

02:41and commitment of those entrusted with its care.

02:46And we must choose leaders who believe in free and fair elections, who respect the peaceful

02:53transfer of power.

02:58The choice couldn't be clearer.

03:01Those leaders are Vice President Harris and Governor Walz.

03:06Now, in this election, we are called upon to do the same, to stand together, to reject

03:14autocracy, to choose democracy, and we will do so by electing a Democratic House with

03:23Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker of the House, electing a Democratic Senate, electing Tim

03:34Walz as Vice President of the United States, and electing Kamala Harris as the President

03:44of the United States.

03:47Onward to victory!

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