00:00And now, I'd like to introduce a man who we all admire and respect because he has done
00:07and continues to do so much for our country.
00:11Mr. President, thank you for calling in today.
00:14Over to you.
00:15Julie, if I didn't have COVID, I'd be sitting there with you, standing there with you.
00:22I'm so proud of what you've all done.
00:24And this COVID-19 has been keeping me out of people's hair for the next three or four
00:31days.
00:32But I'm going to be on the road, and I'm not going anywhere.
00:35I know yesterday's news was surprising, and it was hard for you to hear, but it was the
00:41right thing to do.
00:43I know it's hard because you poured your heart and soul into me to help us win this thing.
00:48Help me get this nomination.
00:50Help me win the nomination and then go on to win the presidency.
00:56But you know, you're an amazing team, but we've got a great, great, I think we made
01:00the right decision.
01:01I know how hard you've worked, how many sacrifices you've made, and so many of you, so many of
01:07you uprooted your lives for me and the kind of commitment few people make for anything
01:12these days, but you made it.
01:14And I've been honored and humbled.
01:16I mean, this is from the bottom of my heart, a word as a Biden, for all you've done for
01:20me and my family.
01:22And we built the best campaign organization in history.
01:26I've been doing this, I always kid and say, I know I'm only 40, but I've been around a
01:30long time.
01:31I don't know of a better campaign organization, grassroots campaign.
01:35You know, we have over 230 offices opened.
01:38We have over 2,000 paid staff, and we have literally several thousand volunteers on a
01:44regular basis, thousands of them.
01:46And they've been relentless and tireless and reaching out and contacting voters.
01:50The leadership of this campaign has been amazing.
01:53General Malley-Dillon, Julie Quinton, Michael Tyler, Rob Flaherty, Rufus on raising money
01:57and so many more.
01:59You built this team, you brought us together, you've inspired them, and you've done what
02:05leaders do.
02:06Now we got to, you know, the name has changed the top of the ticket, but the mission hasn't
02:11changed at all.
02:13And by the way, I'm not going anywhere.
02:14I'm going to be out there in the campaign with her, with Kamala, I'm going to be working
02:17like hell, both as a sitting president getting legislation passed, as well as in campaigning.
02:25You know, what we still need to save is democracy.
02:28And Trump is still a danger to the community, a danger to the nation.
02:33And just ask my foreign policy colleagues, my counterparts and other people around the
02:38world and at home.
02:41So I'm hoping you'll give every bit of your heart and soul that you gave to me to Kamala.
02:47And I want you to know, I won't be on the ticket, but I'm still going to be fully, fully
02:53engaged.
02:54I've got six months left in my presidency.
02:56I'm determined to get as much done as I possibly can, both foreign policy and domestic policy.
03:02Keep lowering costs for families, continue to speak out on guns and child care, elder
03:07care, prescription drugs and climate.
03:10This still is the existential threat that we face.
03:12And if we don't win this thing, it's all in jeopardy.
03:16And we've got to keep working for an end to the war in Gaza.
03:19I'll be working very closely with the Israelis and with the Palestinians to try to work out
03:25how we can get the Gaza war to end and the Middle East peace and get all those hostages
03:31home.
03:32I think we're on the verge of being able to do that.
03:33And we've got to keep our alliances together.
03:36It's critically important.
03:37It took a while for me to build these alliances.
03:39Most of these are my colleagues have acknowledged that, but it's critically, critically important
03:44for our safety and security.
03:46And I know I'll be doing whatever Kamala wants me or needs me to do in addition.
03:51So let me be real clear.
03:53We're still fighting in this fight together.
03:55I'm not going anywhere.
03:56And I want you to know I've always, you've always had my back.
03:58And I promise you, I will always have your back.
04:02And I'm anxious for you all to hear from Kamala.
04:05So thank you.
04:07God bless.
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