Factbase Transcripts

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:00:00-00:00:16 (16 sec)

"Thank you, Rev. Thanks for that introduction. Look, we've known each other for a long time. I'm grateful not only for your leadership and partnership but, quite frankly, more importantly for your friendship." 1

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:00:16-00:00:21 (5 sec)

"And thanks to all of you, members of our nation's most important civil rights organization." 2

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive

00:00:21-00:00:33 (12 sec)

"You know, for more than 30 years, the National Action Network has been on the frontlines in the work to redeem the soul of America. We've been on the same page, and the work is as important as it's ever been." 3

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:00:33-00:00:41 (8 sec)

"You know, during your convention, you heard from members of the most diverse administration in history -- our administration." 4

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:00:41-00:00:47 (6 sec)

"Starting with our Vice President, Kamala Harris, who is doing an incredible job, in my view." 5

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:00:47-00:00:51 (5 sec)

"And so is Steve Benjamin, who is with us -- he is with you guys tonight right now." 6

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:00:51-00:00:57 (6 sec)

"Together, we've kept our promises to make some of the most significant investments in the Black American community ever." 7

Joe Biden

Somewhat Positive

00:00:57-00:01:10 (13 sec)

"Promise kept to get through the pandemic and to make sure the Black community was not left behind and everyone was taken care of; put checks in pockets to cut Black child poverty in half." 8

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:01:10-00:01:26 (16 sec)

"A promise kept to rebuild all of America, reconnecting Black communities that had been cut in half by interstate highway systems with jobs and opportunities as well, to ensure that every community has access to clean water and high-speed Internet." 9

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:01:26-00:01:34 (7 sec)

"A promise kept to protect and expand Obamacare, saving Black families $800 a year on their premiums." 10

Joe Biden

Somewhat Positive

00:01:34-00:01:45 (12 sec)

"A promise kept to beat Big Pharma by giving Medicare the power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices, literally saving countless lives in underserved communities." 11

Joe Biden

Leans Negative

00:01:45-00:01:55 (10 sec)

"For example, members of the Black community who need insulin now are only -- for -- because of their diabetes, now only have to pay $35 a month for insulin instead of $400 a month." 12

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:01:55-00:01:58 (3 sec)

"And there's much more to come, by the way." 13

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:01:58-00:02:19 (22 sec)

"A promise kept to invest an historic $7 billion in HBCUs, to relieve student debt for more than 4 thous- -- 4 million people so far, including a significant number of Black borrowers, including, just today, I announced another 277,000 Americans -- a significant number of Black borrowers -- are also having their debt forgiven." 14

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:02:19-00:02:44 (24 sec)

"A promise kept to advance justice: the first Black woman on the Supreme Court and more Black women confirmed for the federal circuit court of appeals than all previous presidents combined -- every single one; the most important executive order on police reform to ban chokeholds, greatly restrict no-knock warrants, advance effective and accountable community policing." 15

Joe Biden

Very Negative

00:02:44-00:02:57 (14 sec)

"A promise kept to sign the most significant gun safety law in decades. The first law making lynching a federal hate crime. Keeping my promise that no one should be in federal prison for merely possessing marijuana." 16

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:02:57-00:03:10 (12 sec)

"A promise kept to advance environ- -- environmental justice and to make the most significant investments in climate ever in all of our history. That's delivering clean energy and jobs all across America." 17

Joe Biden

Very Negative

00:03:10-00:03:26 (16 sec)

"The results are real. We've reduced Black unemployment rate to its record low. More Black Americans have health insurance than ever before. More Black businesses are starting up than we've seen in the last 25 years." 18

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:03:26-00:03:36 (10 sec)

"In fact, despite attacks on our support for brown and Black small businesses, we're investing in them as key ways to build generational wealth in communities." 19

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:03:36-00:03:51 (15 sec)

"Today, I'm proud to announce that last year we awarded $76 billion in federal contracts to small, disadvantaged businesses to level the playing field and close the racial wealth gap." 20

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:03:51-00:04:16 (25 sec)

"I also want to thank my dear friend, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, for an amazing career in public service, for leading the charge in making housing more affordable, for proposing a $10,000 tax first-time home- -- $10,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers to building more rental unit -- more rental units to bring rents down than ever before." 21

Joe Biden

Slightly Negative

00:04:16-00:04:34 (18 sec)

"We've launched a major effort to root out bias in home appraisal process so homes in Black communities are no longer undervalued compared to the same home in a white community. Thus far, we've eliminated that gap by 40 percent, and we're going to continue until it's even." 22

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive

00:04:34-00:04:52 (18 sec)

"Put it all together, Black wealth is up 60 percent -- up 60 percent, and the racial wealth gap has closed the most in 20 years. You know, I would argue this is transformational change. But we know there's much more work to do. There are real threats we face." 23

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:04:52-00:05:23 (31 sec)

"There are more extreme voices out there who simply don't want to see people of color in the future of our country. They want to turn back the clock -- voter suppression; election subversion; ripping away reproductive freedom; getting affirmative action -- gutting it and attacking diversity across American life; banning books -- this is 2024 -- banning books, attempting to erase history; embracing political violence, like what happened on January the 6th." 24

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:05:23-00:05:34 (12 sec)

"These extremists are determined to erase the progress we've made. But together, we are determined to make history, not erase it -- make history, not erase it." 25

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:05:34-00:05:46 (11 sec)

"Let me close with this, Rev. You know, we face a moment of choosing at a time when our very democracy is at stake. And that's not an exaggeration. Our democracy is at stake." 26

Joe Biden

Very Negative

00:05:46-00:05:51 (6 sec)

"One vision is propelled by anger, hate, revenge, and retribution." 27

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:05:51-00:06:02 (11 sec)

"The other vision -- our vision, your vision -- of perseverance, progress, hope and optimism, and everything the National Action Network stands for and embodies." 28

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:06:02-00:06:10 (7 sec)

"Here's the future we can build together. I see an America where we defend democracy, we don't diminish it." 29

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:06:10-00:06:29 (19 sec)

"I see an America where, with your help, I sign the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act into law, where I sign the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act into law, where we make Roe v. Wade the law of the land again. And we can do that." 30

Joe Biden

Very Negative

00:06:29-00:06:36 (7 sec)

"I see a future where we give hate no safe harbor and call out the poison of white supremacy." 31

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:06:36-00:06:54 (19 sec)

"I see an America where the economy grows from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down, and where the wealthy finally begin to pay their fair share of taxes, where working people finally have a fair shot, with childcare, eldercare, paid leave. We're -- we're one of the only nations in the world that doesn't have paid leave." 32

Joe Biden

Very Negative

00:06:54-00:07:00 (6 sec)

"I see a future where we save the planet from the climate crisis and our country from gun violence." 33

Joe Biden

Very Negative

00:07:00-00:07:14 (14 sec)

"You know, my administration just yesterday expanded ba- -- two days ago expanded background checks. But that's not enough. We'll ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Be- -- we did it once; we've got to do it again. We must get it done." 34

Joe Biden

Leans Negative

00:07:14-00:07:22 (7 sec)

"And, folks, I know we can do this. I've never been more optimistic about our future." 35

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:07:22-00:07:34 (12 sec)

"You know, we just have to remember who we are. We're the United States of America. We've come out of every crisis stronger than we've gone into it. And there's nothing -- nothing beyond our capacity when we act together." 36