so, let me say, on behalf of myself and the first second gentleman of the united states, my husband, doug emhoff... thank you for the warm welcome. cheering i don't need to say, it's good to be here with all of your friends, all the leaders were here. i want to thank former governor, senator bob casey, who we will reelect this november, senatorjohn fetterman,

mayor cherelle parker and chairman jamie harrison. and it is so good to be here with your incredible governorjosh schapiro. governorjosh shapiro. and i will say he is a dearfriend and an extraordinary leader. he and i've been spending a lot of time together over the year and i've told josh, look, iam together over the year and i've told josh, look, i am so invested in our friendship in doing this together because together with josh, friendship in doing this together because together withjosh, we will win pennsylvania. because together with josh, we will win pennsylvania.— win pennsylvania. cheering we will win _ win pennsylvania. cheering we will win pennsylvania, i win pennsylvania. cheering. we will win pennsylvania, and win pennsylvania. cheering i we will win pennsylvania, and i thank you, josh. i thank you. so,

philadelphia, i launched my campaign for the president of the united states a mere two weeks ago. and it's been a bit of a whirlwind. just last night, the delegates to the democratic national convention finished voting. and so... cheering i stand before you today to proudly announce i am now officially in the democratic nominee. for president of the united states. cheering now we have some work to do, we need

to move to the general election and win that. and to all the friends listening, we also need to be level, we are the underdogs in this race. but we have the momentum and i know exactly what we are up against. now, many of you know, before i was elected vice president or elected a united states senator, i was an elected attorney general and before that, elected district attorney. cheering before that, i was a courtroom prosecutor. so, in those roles, i took on perpetrators of all kinds.

predators, who abuse women. booing fraudsters who — predators, who abuse women. booing fraudsters who scammed _ predators, who abuse women. booing fraudsters who scammed consumers. i booing cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. so, hear me when i say... their own gain. so, hear me when i sa , fem say... cheering i know— say. . . cheering i know donald i say... cheering - i know donald trump's say... cheering _ i know donald trump's type! so, but... let mejust say... let me say, hold on! hold on, hold on. this

campaign, our campaign, is notjust afight against campaign, our campaign, is notjust a fight against donald trump. our campaign, this campaign, is a fight forthe campaign, this campaign, is a fight for the future.— for the future. cheering it's a fight _ for the future. cheering it's a fight for _ for the future. cheering it's a fight for the - for the future. cheering it's a fight for the future. for the future. cheering i it's a fight for the future. in pennsylvania, we fight for a future with affordable housing, affordable health care, affordable childcare, paid leave. we fight for a future where we build a broad—based economy, where every american has the opportunity to own a home, to start a business and build wealth. cheering we fight for a future where we bring down prices that are still too high

and lower the cost of living for america's families. so that they have a chance notjust to get by, but to get ahead. we fight for a future where we defend our most fundamental freedoms, the freedom to vote. cheering freedom to be safe from gun violence. the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride. and the freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body! not

having the government tell her what to do. so, here's the thing — since the day that i announce my candidacy, i set out to find a partner who can help build this brighter future. cheering a leader who _ build this brighter future. cheering a leader who will _ build this brighter future. cheering a leader who will help _ build this brighter future. cheering a leader who will help unite - build this brighter future. cheering a leader who will help unite our i a leader who will help unite our nation and move us forward. a fighterfor nation and move us forward. a fighter for the nation and move us forward. a fighterfor the middle nation and move us forward. a fighter for the middle class, nation and move us forward. a fighterfor the middle class, a patriots who believes as i do in the extraordinary promise of america —— a patriot. they promise... a promise

of freedom, opportunity and justice, not just of freedom, opportunity and justice, notjust for some, of freedom, opportunity and justice, notjust forsome, but forall. cheering so, pennsylvania, i'm here today because i found such a leader. cheering governor tim maltz of the great state of minnesota! —— tim walz. cheering so, to those who know him best, tim is more than a governor. to his wife gwen, he is a husband. to his kids,

hope and thus, he is a dad. —— hope and gus. to his veterans, he is sergeant major walz. cheering to the people of southern minnesota for 12 years, he was congressman. to his former high school students, he was mr walz. and to his former high school football players, he was coach. and in 91 days...

cheering the nation will know coach walz by another name, vice president of the united states! crowd chanting for some folks, they're just getting he isa he is a veteran who served our nation in uniform for more than two decades as a member of the army

national guard and he went to couege national guard and he went to college on the gi. bill. he is someone who long before he entered politics worked as a teacher. when coach walz and his wife when moved to minnesota nearly 30 years ago, they both tookjobs at the local high school. coach walz taught social studies, local high school. coach walz taught socialstudies, one local high school. coach walz taught social studies, one taught english. —— gwen. tim was a linebacker�*s coach for the football team after school. whatever the story was about, he had a knack for using the game of football to teach life

lessons. he saw the potential in kids who sometimes didn't even see it in themselves.— cheering under those friday night lights, coach walz motivated his players to believe they could achieve anything. and together, they divided the odds — here this out — going from a winless record to the school's first ever state championship. —— hear this out. -- hear this out. cheering cheering coach!

and i'll add, tim wasn't only a role model on the football field. around the same time, coach walz was approached by a student in his social studies class. the young man was one of the first openly gay students of the school and was hoping to start a �*gay—straight alliance went acceptance was difficult to find for lgbtq students. tim knew the signal it would send it to have a football coach get involved.— so he signed up to be the group's

faculty adviser. cheering and as students have said, he made the school a safe place for everybody. cheering in the high school yearbook, the students voted coach walz the most inspiring faculty member. asi as i think everyone here can see, tim walz was the kind of teacher and mentor that every child in america dreams of having. and that every kid deserves. the kind of coach, because he's the kind of person, who makes

people feel like they belong and inspires them to dream big. that's the kind of vice president he will be. cheering and that's the kind of vice president america deserves! so, it was coach walz�*s students who actually helped him decide to run for office, and he served 12 years in congress, representing a purple district as he reached across the aisle to get things done. he was the highest ranking enlisted man to ever serve in the united states congress. cheering

in the top democrat on the veterans committee. —— and the top democrat on the veterans committee. and he was known as one of the capitol hill's best marksman. winning a bipartisan sharp shooting contest year after year. in washington, tim worked to raise the minimum wage. to protect the freedom of workers to join a union. and he cast one of the critical votes to pass the affordable care act.

saved health insurance for tens of millions. when we win, tim and i will continue to make the affordable care act even stronger.— crowd chanting we will win. we will win. now, let's talk about what we're dealing with on the other side. booing 0n booing on that last topic, if donald trump get the chance, he will end the affordable care act. booing and take us back to a time when insurance companies have the power to deny people with pre—existing conditions. do you remember what that was like? children with asthma,

breast cancer survivors, grandparents with diabetes. well, governor walz and i will not let that happen. governor walz and i will not let that happen-— that happen. cheering because _ that happen. cheering because we _ that happen. cheering because we believe i that happen. cheering i because we believe health that happen. cheering - because we believe health care should be a right and notjust a privilege for those who can afford it. as governor, tim has continued to fight for working families. he secured paid leave for workers in minnesota. and he refused as governor to allow any student in their public schools to go hungry... any student in their public schools to go hungry- - -—

to go hungry... cheering so he made _ to go hungry... cheering so he made school - to go hungry... cheering i so he made school breakfast to go hungry... cheering - so he made school breakfast and lunch free for every child. and tim walz and i, we agree about many things, including when our middle class is strong, america is strong. and strengthening the middle class will be my defining goal as i am president of the united states. cheering pennsylvania, ours is a fight for the freedom of the middle class and is a fight for freedom. in this moment, we are witnessing a full on

attack against hard—fought, hard—won freedoms and rights. take reproductive freedom. think about this — donald trump said he wants to punish women. this - donald trump said he wants to punish women-— punish women. booing as a result _ punish women. booing as a result of— punish women. booing as a result of his - punish women. booing. as a result of his actions, punish women. booing - as a result of his actions, today in america, one out of three women live in a state with a trump abortion ban. 0ne in a state with a trump abortion ban. one out of three.— ban. one out of three. booing some of these _ ban. one out of three. booing some of these go _ ban. one out of three. booing some of these go back - ban. one out of three. booing some of these go back to i ban. one out of three. booing some of these go back to the l ban. one out of three. booing i some of these go back to the 1800s, even before women had a right to vote. think about that. well, tim and i have a message for trump and others who want to turn back the clock on our fundamental freedoms. we're not going back! cheering

we're not going back! we're not going back. so, let me say about ten walz - he has shown — so, let me say about ten walz - he has shown no _ so, let me say about ten walz - he has shown up long _ so, let me say about ten walz - he has shown up long before - so, let me say about ten walz - he has shown up long before he's i so, let me say about ten walz - he| has shown up long before he's been on the stage with me. after roe v wade was overturned, he was the first governor in the country to sign a new law that enshrined reproductive freedom as a fundamental right. and with tim walz by my side, when i am president of the united states and we win majorities in the united states congress, we will pass a bill to restore reproductive freedom, and

i will bring it into law.— i will bring it into law. cheering tim walz has — i will bring it into law. cheering tim walz has also _ i will bring it into law. cheering tim walz has also defended i i will bring it into law. cheering tim walz has also defended the | tim walz has also defended the sacred freedom to vote. as governor, he signed the most significant expansion of voting rights in minnesota and over 50 years. expansion of voting rights in minnesota —— i over 50 years. and when i am president, we are finally going to pass thejohn lewis voting rights act and the freedom to both act. —— freedom to vote. we're going to get it done. so, tim is a

hunter and a going to get it done. so, tim is a hunterand a gun going to get it done. so, tim is a hunter and a gun owner who believes as the majority of gun owners do that we need reasonable gun safety laws in america. cheering so, as governor, he expanded background checks and increase penalties for illegal firearms sales. cheering and together, when we win in november, we are finally going to pass universal background checks, laws and an assault weapons ban. through his work, tim, the way i think about it, he really does shine a light on a brighter future that we

can build together. in his state, he has been a model chief executive and with his experience, i'm telling you, tim walz will be ready on day one. cheering in fact, infact, in in fact, in fact, when you compare his resume... in fact, in fact, when you compare his resume. . ._ his resume... laughter shall we? _ his resume... laughter shall we? to _ his resume... laughter shall we? to trump's i his resume... laughter i shall we? to trump's running his resume... laughter _ shall we? to trump's running mate... well, well, well, some might say it's like... laughter

it's like a match up between the varsity team and the jv squad! cheering so, pennsylvania, ultimately in the selection, we each face a question — what kind of country do we want to live in? a country of freedom, compassion and rule of law, or a country of chaos, fear and hate? booing and here's the beauty of our democracy. we each have the power to answer that question. we each have the power to answer that question. the power is with the people.

cheering we love our country, and i believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country. that is how we preserve the promise of america. and after all, the promise of america is what makes it possible for two middle—class kids — one a daughter of oakland, california who was raised by a working mother, the other a son of the nebraska plains who grew up working on a farm.

cheering it's the promise of america because only in america, only in america is it possible for them together to make it all the way to the white house. 0nly only in america. cheering only in america. chanting: usa!

coach walz and i made hailfrom different regions, but we both believe in lifting people up, not knocking them down. cheering he and! he and i both know the vast majority of people in our country have so much more in common than what separates them. when we look at folks, we see in our fellow americans neighbours, not enemies. not enemies. so, my promise to you is this — our campaign will reach out to everyone — from red states to blue states. from the heartland to the coast. in rural, urban, suburban

and tribal communities. we are running. and when elected, we will govern on behalf of all americans. and so with tim walz by my side and with all of and so with tim walz by my side and with all of you and so with tim walz by my side and with all of you on and so with tim walz by my side and with all of you on our and so with tim walz by my side and with all of you on our side, and so with tim walz by my side and with all of you on our side, but and so with tim walz by my side and with all of you on our side, but as fight to the promise of our future. and with that i asked pennsylvania, are you ready to make your voices heard? cheering. do we believe in freedom? do we believe an opportunity? do we believe in the

promise of america? and are we ready to fight for it? and when we fight we win! and now, welcome the next vice president of the united states, tim walz! ~ ., thank you. wow. thank you, philadelphia! thank you. wow. thank you, mammar— thank you. wow. thank you, i

philadelphia!_ thank thank you. wow. thank you, - philadelphia!_ thank you, philadelphia! cheering. thank you, madam vice president _ philadelphia! cheering. thank you, madam vice president for _ philadelphia! cheering. thank you, madam vice president for the i philadelphia! cheering. thank you, madam vice president for the trust. madam vice president for the trust you put—