>> buckeye broadband supports service, along with these other television providers. a front row seat to democracy. >> up next, president biden receives a lifetime achievement award from the naacp during its annual freedom fund dinner in detroit. in remarks, the president says, let's clear, because of your vote, it's the only reason i'm standing here as t ps america. the award comes as recent reports indicate support for thg black voters. this is about 20 minutes. among blackthe president may be voters. this is about 20 minutes. pres. biden: thank you. thank you.

thank you. [chanting "four more years!"] pres. biden: thank you. i n't feel tired.t. i feel inspired! [applause] hello, detroit! my name is joe biden and i am a lifetime member of the naacp. as a matter of fact, t ftion i s the naacp. n't get to vote until we were 21 in those days, but i got involved in civil rights when i was 15. i want to thank reverend anthony for that introduction. i tell you what, i measure the significance of an award based on theract and the consequence of those organizations bestowing it. i love detroit for three reasons.

number one. an tomobile manager. detroit put food on our tableev. [applause] not a joke. not a joke. and when i was vice president, things were kind of bad during the pandemic. and what happened was barack said to me, go to detroit and help fix it. the poor mayor, he spent more time with me that he ever s, i'm humbled to receive this organization with defines -- which defines the character and consequence of what we do. i'm always grateful to derek johnson. and the leadipp. and thanks to all the members of the biggest naacp branch in america, in detroit. heers and applause] it's great to see so many friends, including debbie stabenow.

i am going to miss her in washington, but she will not get ecau i will keep coming to her for advice. i will always be your friend and seek your counsel. [cers and applause]ig whr ader is mayor mike duggan. i brag about him all the time. i think, mike, you are one of the best mayors in the entire united states of america, and i mean that.laus all the members of the congressionalegation and all of the local leaders. , folks, i just came from atlanta where i delivered a commencement at morehouse college. truly inspirover 400 young blaco will do extraordinary things. i told them, i saw them. i heard them. and the nation needs them. they are the future of this country. i'm here tonight to say the

nation also needs all of you. you matter.that sincerely. let's be clear. because of your vote, it's the only reason i here as president am of the united states of again, that is not a joke. that's a fact. you are the reason kamala harris is a historic vice president. you are the reason donald trump is a defeated former president. [applause] es. den: and you are the reason donald trump is going to be a loser again. [cheers and you placed enormous faith in me. y be to honor the trust by doing everything in my power to get us through one of the toughest odtory we got through the pandemic. investing more money than ever in black families and communities, putting checks in people's pockets to reduce black

child poverty. reconnecting black neighborhoods cut off all highways and decades of disinme. removing lead so every child, neighbors on the brink can -- including your neighbors here in flint can drink clear wn wahout fear of brain damage. we are making the most significant investment ever in climate justice, including the most significant environmental justice is asked ever. every child can breathe clean air. we are delivering affordable high-speedntso no child has to r homework outside of the mcdonal'ng l. as a senator i tried for years to beat bima. we finally did. $35 a month for seniors, instead of $400 a month or more. we put a cap on out-of-pocket

costs for seniors at $2000 a year, no matter how high their prescription costs are. expensive cancer drugs would cost $10,000, $15,000 a year. this year, medicare is negotiating for lower prices for the cost of these drugs in thet, for everything from heart disease to authorities. it saves the taxpayer $160 bill because medicare doesn't have to pay those exorbitant prices. on my watch, more black americans have health insan eved i protected and expanded the affordable care act. saving millions of families $8,000 per year in premiums. my administration is taking significant acti provide -- st snificant action to provide the most student debt relief ever. over 4.5 million americans including a significant

number of black borrowers have their debts wiped out. and i am not finished yet. we are investing a record 16 billion dollarsn hbcus. $16 billion. [cheers and applause] more than ever. because you areri nation's growth and opportunities for african-american women and men. we are gg to start businesses, s to buy homes. we are cracking down on corporatlordto keep rents down. our policies are resulting in historic lows in black employment, and blacks small businesses are starting up at the fastest rate they have in 30 years. re oning the doors to generational wealth. in fact, the racial wealth gap is at its lowest level in 20 years. but there is much more to do. i appo the first black

woman to the supreme court of the united states of america. at her name is justice ketanji brown jackson. [applause] by the way, i have appointed more bla women to the federal circuit court of appeal than every other president in american history combined. [applause] people are now realizing how crital the supreme court appointments. overall, i have appointed only 200 judges for the federal bench. we passed the most significant gun safety law in decades an stn , we are able to ban all assault weapons in america. [cheers and applause] but, folks, all of that progress is at risk. trump is trying to make the country forget just how dark things were, and unsettling things were whehe was president. but we will never forget. we will never forget him lying about how serious the pandemic watelling america, just inject

i think that's what he did. that is why he is so screwy. [laughter] trump wants to give power back to bigrm charge exorbitant prices again. he wants to ta s tenantaying 400 dollars a month for insulin, instead of $35. to eliminate $2000 cap that i have t senior has to pay for a yearly basis, for than 2011 for all prescriptions including both terrible needr and many of the things that can cost as much as 14,000 dollars, $15,000 a year. the medicines you need in order to live. look, folks, on my w million americans have healthdee care act. trump has tried to get rid of the ada than 50 times. trump is still determined to do

it. in his words, he wants to terminate the affordable care act which would deny 3 million black americans health care. end-of-life protections for pre-existing conditions for millions of americans. we are going to deny trump. [applause] during his presidency, he enactetrillion tax cut that overwhelmingly benefited wealthy and the biggest corporations and excluded the fedederepuicans talk about the . well, guess what? racked up more of the federal debt than any previous president in all of american history. now he wants to do it again. at the same time, he is determined to cut social security and medicare. i will protect medicare and i will make the very wealthy share. begin to th [applause] look. i am.

[cheers and applause] i am ai w. wall street bud america. the middle class built america, and unions built the middle class. [cheers and applause] i walk the picket line with union workers here inichin at the same time trump went to a nonunion shop to show his disrespect foron wkers. he bragged about getting roe v. wade overturned. he not onldees reproductive freedom, the mortality rate for black moms who are nearly three times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than a white man. -- than a white woman. trump encouraged voter suppression. he and his extremists gutted

affirmative action. if he is reeed think he will put on supreme court? you think he will putnyain? , look, as dr. king said, give us the ballot and we will put judges on the bench. re-elect kamala and me and the democratic congress, and we will sign the john lewis voting rights act, the freedom to vote act, andak it the law of the land again. ■%equity end -- are the questios ofriat iwhat i am proud to have the most diverse administration in history. to tap into thej= full talents f our country. i promised you when i was president that i would have an administration that looks like america. we have more african-americans, more women, more minorities in

our administration than ministrf history. that is why we are doing so dam. i never imagined in 2024 that there would be folks fighting to ban books in america. what in god's name is that about? not only that, they are trying to erase black history. literarily. they do not stand, black history [cheers and applause] together, we make history. we do not erase history. [applause] but folks, the threat that trump poses is greater in his second term than the first. it is clear thathe lt in 2020, and i mean this sincerely, something snapped in trump. he lost it. that is why january 6 would happen. avenue, tried trump to challenge the election,

field. then it led to insurrection. now he is runningins not only ot losing in 2020, he is clearly unhinged. he calls those who stormed capitol hill patriots. he says if reelected, he quote everyone of them, pardoned. let me ask you, what do you think you would've done on stmed the capitol? ameri h do you think. i can only imagine. this time he is telling people, he is being more honest. he says, i will be a dictator on day one. asked if he thought violence would occur if you lost, he said, quote, it depends. how could it be that any amanno denounce political violence?

political violence has no place in america. period. but that is not donald trump. donald trump has said if he loses again in november, there will be, quote, bloodshed. what in gods name are we talking about here?if the united states! le america.p is not running he is running for revenge. that revenge is no way toduntr you can't build a future on revenge. america has a future of promise and hope and possibi. because that's who we are, a nation of possibilities. let me close with this. [applause] on friday, i joined the naacp at the national museum of african-american history and culture in washington. we honored the anniversary of brown v. board of education. i spent time with the plaintiffs

and the ov office of the white house. i also met with members of the little rock nine. ar after brown v, vivian malone and james hood reached the doors and university of alabama. they were blocked by hate. and a governor of alabama. back in washington, nation, of moral crisis and bigotry facing the nation. he enacted the civil-rights bill. la night in jackson, mississippi, naacp evers was assassinated outside his home. ea month, i posthugar evers the presidential medal of freedom, our nation's highest civilian honor. use] his spirit and doors. naacp's.

spirit and odors. that is what i need you. imagine recompute build together. i see a future where we build democracy, not diminish it. protect our freedom, not take it away. a future where the middle class finally have a fair shot and the weal to pay their fair share in taxes so we can pay for child care, elder care, paid leave. an ideal future where we save the pl f a climate crisis in our country from gun violence. above all, i see a future where the full promise of america is available to aregardless of relr , background. idea of america is that we are all creed equal and deserve to be treated uaut our lives. we have never fully lived up to it. we have never fully walked away.

but trump will. i will not. i know you will not either. jremeer who we are. we are the united states of america. and there is nothing, nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together, and there o better outfit to do it with down the naacp. ess u all, and may god protect aman thank you. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, presenting the award to president joseph r biden, let us march on until victory is w [cheers and applause] pres. biden: folks, let me say one more thing. my state was a slave state, to its great shame.

my state was segregated by law. my state changed. the democratic party in my state needs to more southern than it was northeastern. i couldn't bring myself to register to vote as a republican , but i couldn't register as a democrat at the time because i joined an orgati try to change the party. that organization, the first when i joined, decned for stating what you are. i am proud to have been part of a party that was changing the nation the state. thank you to the naacp. thank you for all that you do. [captioning performed by thenat,

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