National Grassroots Call with Tim Walz and Kamala Harris | Full Remarks

good afternoon everyone uh to everyone who's on the call um I I can't express my deep gratitude to you personally of being on this ticket was the privilege of a lifetime to be with vice president Harris but as an American to see you out there and to see the work that you did to know that you put your heart your soul your time your talent your treasure uh into something bigger than yourselves the promise of this country a place where everyone belongs where no one needs to go hungry or be unsheltered and where different of opinion can be celebrated in differences of ideas and and you put that out there and you worked hard for it and and for that I am forever grateful uh I also recognize the uh the emotions you're going through um and I I share those with you um as the vice president often says we weren't running against something we were running for something and to watch The Joy the vision The Compassion uh the decency that the vice president brought to this and that each and every one of you um reflected every place we went the caring and the sense of Joy um I know it's incredibly disappointing now and look candidly it's in it's a bit scary um because there's a very different Vision uh that's being put out there but now more than ever we need the light to shine through um we need to be able to be that uh to be that hope for the neighbor who's really wondering we need to be that uh anchor for the folks who are wondering what's next and each of you did the work you took time out of your busy lives and you continue to do it um and it makes a difference on the campaign Trail I would ask there will be a day of reckoning when it will be asked what did you do during the 2024 campaign well I know the people on this call can say everything they possibly could and for that as an American I'm incredibly grateful and I mentioned that just yesterday the the product of the things the vice president fought for and the things that she got done we had uh the final pot of money from the American Rescue plan that we were able to put $5 million here in Minnesota into food assistance for Hungry families during this holiday season that's the type of stuff you are fighting for that's the type of things that make a difference and those things are just as important now as they were before election day and so I hope all of you take care of yourselves take care of your families um find the place in your community to to heal both yourselves and your community and then when you're ready to get back in this fight because it continues on and and I know that I've said it often on the campaign Trail I'm preaching to the choir um I couldn't be prouder to be with a choir that's on this call um you you did everything that was asked I also would have to say uh I think all of us saw the possibility and I know there's a bit of um a feeling of loss because we saw what a real leader looks like we watched a speech on the ellipse the week before the election where vice president Harris delivered on the best of America she deler delivered the best of our better Angels she delivered a vision where all of us mattered uh she did it with Grace and dignity and continued to do that every single day uh she is still in this fight she is doing it every single day she is not done with her current job and she's not done being part of it with all of you and as I said personally it was a privilege to be on this ticket um it was a personal privilege to be able to come friends with an incredible leader which someone who uh was willing to take on some of the toughest fights and continues to do so and um I would just ask all of you to to join me welcoming our vice president kamla Harris thank you Tim thank you I back at you brother I you are such an extraordinary leader and we have become lifelong friends um I I just in front of everyone I want to thank you Tim you you lead with courage you lead with heart you see the people you care about the people um you believe in in uplifting the Dig to which all people are entitled and um and you do it with and you have a sense of fun when you're doing it but you are an extraordinary leader and obviously the people of Minnesota are very very lucky to have you there but you are a national leader and a dear friend and thank you um Noel thank you for your work in Pennsylvania and all that you did for our campaign and let me just say to everyone on this call I am so grateful for you and and I'm so thankful to you I'm thankful For Your Love of our country and your willingness to put the work into it I'm thankful for the faith that you put in me and Governor walls and our team and I am thankful because I know your character is such that you're not going to get knocked down and you're in this fight and you're in it for all the right reasons and I know that about you you it's why you're part of this call right now and all the work that you did over those 107 days and even before that's your nature and the outcome of this election obviously is not what we wanted it is not what we work so hard for but I am proud of the race we ran and your role in this was critical what we did in 107 days was unprecedented think about the coalition that we built and we were so intentional about that you would hear me talk about it all the time being a daughter of parents who are active in the Civil Rights Movement I know and believe that the best movements that are about progress in our country mean that it's leaders that you that we are dedicated to the coalition to Bringing people together that seemingly have nothing in common but have everything in common a coalition where we bring people together based on a deep love of our country and our understanding that the strength of our country will be a function of our willingness to put in the work and that we will do that work with a sense of Joy yes with a sense of work ethic and understanding it's going to be hard but it's good work it's good work to be engaged in a collective fight for America's future and it means so much to me and to Governor walls that you knocked on doors you called friends you you you you called in favors you said hey you know I showed up at your your softball game now I need you to show up at the campaign office you you put in the time it was personal for you and you gave all that you could to support our campaign because of your efforts get this we raised an historic $1.4 billion dollar almost one and a half billion dollars from Grassroots supporters alone the most in presidential campaign history nearly 8 million donors contributed an average donation of about $56 to fuel our people-powered campaign and understand that the work that we did included the work that so many of you here did which is to talk to firsttime voters many of you are firsttime voters and to talk about how being involved can make a difference and that remains true and that's one of the pieces that I just want us to please take away that our fight for freedom and for opportunity and for the promise of America it included for example nearly almost four million firsttime contributors to our campaign because of the work you did of helping people know that they can be engaged and that they're not outside that they're inside that we're all in this together and that work continues the work must continues of of reminding ourselves that we have an ability to stay engaged in a way that will make a difference the work that you all did it's going to have lasting effect again I'll say yeah know the the election didn't turn out like we wanted it to certainly not as we plann for it too but understand that the work we put into it was about empowering people that's the spirit with the work we did our spirit and our work was about saying that it is a strength that we each have to lift people up as opposed to beating people down it is a strength we have that has lasting effect so all that work that you did that was about engaging with other people engaging with perfect strangers and in their fath seeing a neighbor that has lasting effect it reminds people that there are leaders like you who care and will bring us together and you know sometimes in the darkest moments people lose faith in that are there people out there that feel that way and you reminded people that yes there are and there are a lot of us and that strength cannot be taken from us that is our strength it cannot be taken from us so listen as I said the day after the election I still strongly believe the light of America's promise will burn bright as long as we never give up and we keep fighting and the fight that fueled our campaign a fight for freedom and opportunity that did not end on November 5th a fight for the Dignity of all people that did not end on November 5th a fight for the future a future in which all people receive the promise of America no a fight that is about a fight for the ideals of our nation the ideals that reflect the promise of America that fight's not over so look we still have a lot to fight for okay a future where every American can pursue their dreams Ambitions and aspirations where the women of America have the right to make decisions about their own body not their government telling them what to do our fight for the rule of law for freedom for all for equal justice for the sacred principle that everyone no matter where they start out has certain fundamental rights and freedoms that must be upheld that's not over that fight's still in us and it burns strong and I know this is is an uncertain time I'm cleare eyed about that I know you're cleare eyed about it and it feels heavy and I just have to remind you don't you ever let anybody take your power from you you have the same power that you did before November 5th and you have the same purpose that you did and you have the same ability to to engage and Inspire so don't ever let anybody or any circumstance take your power from you look this this mission that we have it takes hard work but as you've heard me say many times we like hard work hard work is good work hard work can be joyful work and in doing our work we will remain committed and intentional about building Community Building coalitions reminding people that we all have so much more in common than what separates us we will be armed with the faith and the fuel that tells us what is possible and then drives us to achieve it so let's continue to organize and mobilize and stay engaged and I thank you all I thank you all we are all in this together all right we are all in this together and on this practical Eve of Thanksgiving I wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving with the ability and to find the ability at this moment to to just remember there is so much to be thankful for and so I wish for you that you are surrounded by the people you love and who love you as you know I I encourage you to be around family in whatever way you compose that family but to take a moment and just reflect on all the good you have done and all the good you have yet to do we are powerful those of us who love our country and we got a lot of work to do and with that I will hand it over to Noel thank you all and Happy Thanksgiving from Doug and me and our family

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