Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

Complete President speech tonight at convention in Las Vegas.

youtube.com/watch?v=rowmdH_TM8

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Whoa ... "Harry Truman said, 'If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.' After the last couple weeks, I know what he means." 🤣

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says "it's time to outlaw" AR-15s.

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Says that tried to "kick millions of black Americans off health insurance" by attempting to repeal the ACA "ObamaCare."

"The pandemic was especially devestating to the black community."

Trump spread the lie that Obama wasn't born in the US.

"It tells us a lot about the man, and about his character."

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notes his significant African-American appointments:

* First female black VP

* First black Secretary of Defense

* First black woman on

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Says that Kamala Harris "can be President of the United States."

The crowd starts chanting, "Four more years!"

" is lying like hell" about Biden's economic record in the black community -- record low black unemployment, record number of black-owned businesses.

Cut black child poverty in half. Intends to make that temporary law permanent.

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Talks about "fence line communities, black communities" that are typically downwind from polluting factories. Says he'll address that in new environmental legislation.

Says he's invested $16 billion in HBCUs. (Historically Black Colleges and Universities.)

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Biden says he's about to announce that monthly rent can't be raised more than $55/month. No details, not clear how this will work.

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Pledges to "restore Roe as the law of the land."

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In his second term, will extend prescription drug caps from seniors "to everyone in America." $35 for insulin, $2,000/year prescription drug total.

Also wants to give Medicare the authority to negotiate the prices of 50 drugs/year. Congress caps it now at 10 drugs/year.

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Notes that Republicans have been trying to "erase black history."

"Black history is American history!"

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"We've always loved this country, even when it hasn't loved us back."

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Speech wraps up. A very strong speech, with a very strong voice. The usual stutters here and there, wandering a little bit, but overall this was the strongest I've heard his voice in a long time. He spoke for 30 minutes.

youtube.com/watch?v=rowmdH_TM8

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smg (she/her)🇨🇦  

@WordsmithFL yeah, we've been trying to erase indigenous history since we came to this land. heaven forbid colonizers should feel bad about what they did in the name of colonizing. 🙄

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