Remarks by Vice President Harris and Governor Tim Walz at a Campaign Event in Rochester, PA

“Oh, man — it is.

Doug gets the bro hugs. He brings it, so. Well, thank you, and it’s true.

And — and to Gwen and Doug, both, I — all of you — none of us do this alone. We’re all in this together.

I think this is a room that knows this campaign will be won in rooms just like this all across the country.

It will be run with people sitting on the phone banks in there, dialing numbers, and people picking up the phone on a Sunday and having somebody say, “Do you have a minute to talk about the future of our country?” That’s a pretty big step to pick up that phone and talk. But listening to these folks in here, people are doing it. They’re doing it.

And the thing I can tell you what Kamala Harris has brought to this for so many things — from experience as a prosecutor to an attorney general to a United States senator to a vice president to the next President of the United States — th- — there’s that resume, which is out — without question, but the reason they’re picking up the phone and the reason that they’re standing thousand deep in 109 degree heat in Las Vegas is: She’s bringing out the joy in the hearts of Americans. She’s bringing out — she’s bringing out the kindness that ties us together, the decency, the vision of a better tomorrow.

And these — each of these volunteers and the people who put it on, they all said it. They said it is so much better to be for for something rather than against something — to be for the future, not going back. Those — that’s what people know.

And we — some of us who have less hair and are old enough — can remember when you could go to Thanksgiving, watch a Steelers game with your relatives, and not complain about politics the whole time, not be on each other’s neck — because you shared a commitment to democracy, a commitment to personal freedoms, a commitment to public education, a commitment to infrastructure.

We don’t call each other names. We don’t do it. And we don’t use the least fortunate amongst us as punchlines for our jokes because they’re our neighbors. They’re our neighbors. And so, you’re getting an opportunity to see the best side of America.

And for the young people here, they maybe haven’t seen a campaign like this because of COVID, because of things that’s happening. This is a chance to bring out that joy, turn the page, and look to the future, this idea of going forward, so .

Doug — Doug is right. He told you my kids were backstage in awe. He didn’t tell you they were probably in awe because they could not believe that I got through that thing and through that speech — that that was amazing to them. But I’ll tell you what, they have felt part of this family, because they can feel the decency radiating off these people. They can see the commitment. They know that children matter. They know that family matters. They know that individuals matter.

And this leader knows that it’s not any of government’s business to be in your health care decisions. Those are your decisions.

And this is a leader who celebrates love in all forms that it comes by — that we love each other.

And for the young people, you hear somebody talking about this: We have the right to send our children to school to be free from being shot dead in their classrooms. That’s what it is.

And this is a nation — can ensure clean water, clean air, and a bright future for our children.

So, I have to tell you, we’ve got 79 days. And you’ll hear me say this — Doug is going to correct me on this — I say, “That’s easy. We can sleep when we’re dead.” He s- — Doug said we can sleep on November 6th after this election is over, so he may be right.

But, look, coming into football country and being an old football coach, there’s an old saying, “You — you don’t hope you’re going to win. You prepare to win. And you give it the best you’ve got. And you know when that game’s over, you want to know you left it all on the field.”

And that’s all we’re asking. Let’s leave it all on the field. Let’s get this thing done, because — — because when my grandkids and your grandkids ask you about this — because on Nomber — November 6th, you were there: first time when you got to welcome madam president of the United States, Kamala Harris.”

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