[CHEERING]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[CHEERING]

HONOR TO BE HERE

TONIGHT.

[CHEERING]

THANK YOU.

.HANK YOU VERY MUCH

[CHEERING]

IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE

BE FOLLOWING IN

THE FOOTSTEPS OF MY GOOD FRIEND

ELIZABETH WARREN AND TO BE HERE

TO THANK MICHELLE OBAMA

FOR HER INCREDIBLE SERVICE TO

OUR COUNTRY.

.HE HAS MADE ALL OF US PROUD

LET ME GET BY THANKING THE

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF

AMERICANS WHO ACTIVELY

PARTICIPATED IN OUR CAMPAIGN AS

VOLUNTEERS.

THANK YOU.

[CHEERING]

LET ME THANK THE 2 1/2 MILLION

AMERICANS WHO HELPED FUND OUR

CAMPAIGN WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED 8

MILLION INDIVIDUAL CAMPAIGN

CONTRIBUTIONS.

[CHEERING]

KNOW WHAT THAT AVERAGE

CONTRIBUTION WAS?

>> THAT'S RIGH --

>> $27.

LET ME THANK THE 13 MILLION

AMERICANS WHO VOTED FOR THE

POLITICAL REVOLUTION, GIVING US

.

[CHEERING]

THE 1846 PLEDGED

DELEGATES HERE TONIGHT.

[CHEERING]

AND DELEGATES, THANK YOU FOR

BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL

THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE.

FORWARD TO YOUR VOTES

DURING THE ROLL CALL ON TUESDAY

NIGHT.

[CHEERING]

AND LET ME OFFER A SPECIAL

THANKS TO THE PEOPLE OF MY OWN

STATE OF VERMONT.

[CHEERING]

WHO HAVE SUSTAINED ME AND

SUPPORTED ME AS A MAYOR,

CONGRESSMAN, SENATOR AND

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

[CHEERING]

AND TO MY FAMILY MY WIFE JANE,

, FOUR KIDS AND SEVEN

GRANDCHILDREN, THANK YOU VERY

MUCH.

[CHEERING]

I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY PEOPLE

HERE IN THIS CONVENTION HALL AND

AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE

DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THE FINAL

RESULTS OF THE NOMINATING

PROCESS.

SAY THAT NO FAIR TO

ONE IS MORE DISAPPOINTED THAN I

AM.

[CHEERING]

SUPPORTERSOF OUR

HERE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY, I

HOPE YOU TAKE ENORMOUS PRIDE IN

THE HISTORICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

WE HAVE ACHIEVED.

[CHEERING]

TOGETHER, MY FRIENDS, WE HAVE

BEGUN A POLITICAL REVOLUTION TO

AND THAT AMERICA

REVOLUTION, OUR REVOLUTION,

CONTINUES.

[CHEERING]

ELECTION DAYS, AND GO.

BUT THE STRUGGLE OF THE PEOPLE

TO CREATE A GOVERNMENT WHICH

REPRESENTS ALL OF US AND NOT

JUST THE 1%.

[CHEERING]

A GOVERNMENT BASED ON THE

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL,

RACIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL

JUSTICE, THAT STRUGGLE

CONTINUES.

[CHEERING]

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING PART

OF THAT STRUGGLE WITH YOU.

[CHEERING]

LET ME BE AS CLEAR AS I CAN BE.

THIS ELECTION IS NOT ABOUT, AND

HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT, HILLARY

CLINTON, OR DONALD TRUMP, OR

BERNIE SANDERS OR ANY OF THE

OTHER CANDIDATES WHO SOUGHT THE

PRESIDENCY.

THIS ELECTION IS NOT ABOUT

POLITICAL GOSSIP.

IT'S NOT ABOUT POLLS.

IT'S NOT ABOUT CAMPAIGN

STRATEGY.

IT'S NOT ABOUT FUND-RAISING.

IT'S NOT ABOUT ALL THE THINGS

THE MEDIA SPENDS SO MUCH TIME

DISCUSSING.

[CHEERING]

THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT, AND MUST

BE ABOUT, THE NEEDS OF THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE KIND OF

FUTURE WE CREATE FOR OUR

CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

[CHEERING]

THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT ENDING

THE 40-YEAR DECLINE OF OUR

MIDDLE CLASS.

[CHEERING]

REALITY THAT 47 MILLION MEN,

WOMEN AND CHILDREN LIVE IN

POVERTY.

IT IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THAT

IF WE DO NOT TRANSFORM OUR

ECONOMY, OUR YOUNGER GENERATION

WILL LIKELY HAVE A LOWER

STANDARD OF LIVING THEN THEIR

PARENTS.

THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT ENDING

THE GROTESQUE LEVEL OF INCOME

AND WEALTH INEQUALITY THAT WE

HAVE IN AMERICA TODAY.

[CHEERING]

IT IS NOT MORAL, NOT ACCEPTABLE

AND IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE THAT

NOW OWN1/10 OF 1%

ALMOST AS MUCH WEALTH AS THE

BOTTOM 90%.

>> BOO!

>> OR THAT THE TOP 1% IN RECENT

YEARS HAS EARNED 85% OF ALL NEW

INCOME.

THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.

THAT MUST CHANGE.

>> BOO!

ABOUTS ELECTION IS

REMEMBERING WHERE WE WERE 7 1/2

YEARS AGO WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA

CAME INTO OFFICE AFTER EIGHT

YEARS OF REPUBLICAN TRICKLE-DOWN

ECONOMICS.

[CHEERING]

THE REPUBLICANS WANT US TO

FORGET THAT AS A RESULT OF THE

GREED, RECKLESSNESS AND ILLEGAL

BEHAVIOR ON WALL STREET, OUR

ECONOMY WAS IN THE WORST

ECONOMIC DOWNTURN SINCE THE

GREAT DEPRESSION.

THAT IS WHERE WE WERE.

SOME 800,000 PEOPLE A MONTH WERE

LOSING THEIR JOBS.

800,000 PEOPLE.

WE WERE RUNNING UP A

RECORD-BREAKING DEFICIT OF $1.4

TRILLION AND THE WORLD'S

FINANCIAL SYSTEM WAS ON THE

VERGE OF COLLAPSE.

THAT IS WHERE WE WERE.

WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN THE

LAST 7 1/2 YEARS, AND I THANK

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND VICE

PRESIDENT BIDEN.

[CHEERING]

I THANK THEM FOR THEIR

LEADERSHIP IN PULLING US OUT OF

THAT TERRIBLE RECESSION.

YES, WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS, BUT

I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT

MUCH, MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE

DONE.

[CHEERING]

THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT WHICH

CANDIDATE UNDERSTANDS THE REAL

PROBLEMS FACING THIS COUNTRY AND

HAS OFFERED REAL SOLUTIONS.

[CHEERING]

BOMBAST,

FEAR-MONGERING, NAME-CALLING AND

DIVISIVENESS.

WE NEED LEADERSHIP IN THIS

COUNTRY WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE

LIVES OF WORKING FAMILIES, THE

CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, THE SICK

AND THE POOR.

[CHEERING]

WE NEED LEADERSHIP WHICH BRINGS

OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER AND MAKES US

STRONGER.

[CHEERING]

NOT LEADERSHIP WHICH INSULTS

LATINOS, MEXICANS, INSULTS

MUSLIMS AND WOMEN,

AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND VETERANS

AND SEEKS TO DIVIDE US UP.

[CHEERING]

BY THESE MEASURES, ANY OBJECTIVE

OBSERVER WILL CONCLUDE THAT

BASED ON HER IDEAS AND HER

LEADERSHIP, HILLARY CLINTON MUST

BECOME THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES.

[CHEERING]

CHOICE --

[CHEERING]

IS ABOUT A SINGLE

MOTHER I SAW IN NEVADA WHO, WITH

TEARS IN HER EYES, TOLD ME THAT

SHE WAS SCARED TO DEATH ABOUT

THE FUTURE BECAUSE SHE AND HER

DAUGHTER WERE NOT MAKING IT ON

THE $10.45 AN HOUR SHE WAS

EARNING.

THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT THAT

WOMAN AND THE MILLIONS OF OTHER

WORKERS IN THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE

STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE ON TOTALLY

INADEQUATE WAGES.

[CHEERING]

HILLARY CLINTON UNDERSTANDS THAT

IF SOMEONE IN THIS COUNTRY WORKS

40 HOURS A WEEK, THAT PERSON

SHOULD NOT BE LIVING IN POVERTY.

[CHEERING]

SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE MUST

RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO A

LIVING WAGE.

[CHEERING]

AND SHE IS DETERMINED TO CREATE

MILLIONS OF NEW JOBS BY

REBUILDING OUR CRUMBLING

INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR ROADS,

BRIDGES, WATER SYSTEMS AND

WASTEWATER PLANTS.

[CHEERING]

BUT HER OPPONENT, DONALD TRUMP,

WELL, HE HAS A VERY DIFFERENT

VIEW.

HE DOES NOT SUPPORT RAISING THE

FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE OF $7.2AN

HOUR, A STARVATION WAGE.

WHILE DONALD TRUMP BELIEVES IN

YUUUGE TAX BREAKS FOR

BILLIONAIRES, HE BELIEVES THAT

STATES SHOULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE

RIGHT TO LOWER THE MINIMUM WAGE

BELOW $7.25.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THIS

OVERTURNINGABOUT

CITIZENS UNITED.

[CHEERING]

CITIZENS UNITED IS ONE OF THE

WORST SUPREME COURT DECISIONS IN

THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. THAT

[CHEERING]

THAT DECISION ALLOWS THE

WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN AMERICA,

LIKE THE BILLIONAIRE KOCH

BROTHERS TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF