Joe Biden's DNC speech

Joe Biden’s(ˈbīdn) DNC speech

Good evening.

Ella Baker(ˈbākər), a giant of the civil(ˈsiv(ə)l) rights movement, left us with this wisdom(ˈwizdəm): Give people light and they will find a way.

Give people light.

Those are words for our time.

The current president(ˈprez(ə)dənt) has cloaked(klōk) America in darkness for much too long. Too much anger. Too much fear. Too much division(dəˈviZHən).

Here and now, I give you my word: If you entrust me with the presidency(ˈprez(ə)dənsē), I will draw on the best of us not the worst. I will be an ally(əˈlī) of the light not of the darkness.

It’s time for us, for We the People, to come together.

For make no mistake. United we can, and will, overcome this season of darkness in America. We will choose hope over fear, facts over fiction, fairness(ˈfernəs) over privilege(ˈpriv(ə)lij).

I am a proud Democrat(ˈdeməˌkrat) and I will be proud to carry the banner of our party into the general election. So, it is with great honor and humility((h)yo͞oˈmilədē) that I accept this nomination(ˌnäməˈnāSH(ə)n) for President of the United States of America.

But while I will be a Democratic(ˌdeməˈkradik) candidate(ˈkandiˌdāt), I will be an American president. I will work as hard for those who didn’t support me as I will for those who did.

That’s the job of a president. To represent all of us, not just our base or our party. This is not a partisan(ˈpärdəzən) moment. This must be an American moment.

It’s a moment that calls for hope and light and love. Hope for our futures, light to see our way forward, and love for one another.

America isn’t just a collection of clashing(ˈklaSHiNG) interests of Red States or Blue States.

We’re so much bigger than that.

We’re so much better than that.

Nearly a century ago, Franklin Roosevelt(ˈrōzəvelt) pledged(plej) a New Deal in a time of massive unemployment, uncertainty, and fear.

Stricken(ˈstrikən) by disease(dəˈzēz), stricken by a virus, FDR insisted that he would recover and prevail(prəˈvāl) and he believed America could as well.

And he did.

And so can we.

This campaign(kamˈpān) isn’t just about winning votes.

It’s about winning the heart, and yes, the soul of America.

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