# Kamala Harris in Reno, NV | 10.31.24 Auto-transcribed by https://aliceapp.ai on Friday, 01 Nov 2024. Synced media and text playback available on this page: https://aliceapp.ai/recordings/NpaKZtvrJg0ME1bQH59CeIf42qSDiL6P * Words : 2,800 * Duration : 00:24:54 * Recorded on : Unknown date * Uploaded on : 2024-11-01 18:29:47 UTC * At : Unknown location * Using : Uploaded to aliceapp.ai ## Speakers: * Kamala Harris - 100.0% ---------------------------- Kamala Harris [00:00:00] Hello, Nevada. Kamala Harris [00:00:12] We're doing this. Kamala Harris [00:00:18] Happy Nevada Day. Kamala Harris [00:00:25] And can we please hear it for me, Sean? Kamala Harris [00:00:34] Oh, it's good to be back. Oh, it's good to be back. Oh, it's good to be back. I have spent a lot of time in Reno over the years, and it is so good to be back in Reno. Are, ah, we ready to do this? Kamala Harris [00:00:54] Are we ready to vote? Are we ready to win? Yes. Kamala Harris [00:01:04] It is so good to be back and with so many incredible leaders. And I want to just start by thanking everyone here for taking time out of your busy lives to be here this afternoon for us to celebrate. Kamala Harris [00:01:23] To celebrate each other and community. And I thank you, everyone. I want to thank my dear, dear friend, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto. Kamala Harris [00:01:35] As you know, we were AG's together. I was in California, she was here. We were fighting a good fight, arm in arm, always together. I want to thank Mayor Cheevey, DNC Chair Jamie Harrison, Michael Gordon with LiUNA Local 169 and Nevada. Please send Jackie Rosen back to the United States Senate and to all the tribal, elected and community leaders with us today. Kamala Harris [00:02:14] I thank you. I thank you. I thank you. So Reno tomorrow. By the way, happy Halloween. Kamala Harris [00:02:28] So tomorrow, Friday, November 1, is the last day to vote early in person. And if you are voting by mail, please do not wait, sign the envelope, and return your ballot today. Your ballot must be returned to a Dropbox or postmarked by election day next Tuesday, November 5th. So please help get the word out and ask people to go to iwillvote.com if they're not sure. Kamala Harris [00:02:56] Spread the word. Kamala Harris [00:02:59] And we need you to vote Nevada. You are going to make the difference in the outcome of this election. And I thank you. I thank you. Kamala Harris [00:03:18] So, okay, we got some work to do. Okay. We have five days left in one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime. And we do have work to do. But here's the thing. Kamala Harris [00:03:30] I know about everybody here. We like hard work. Hard work is good work. Hard work is joyful work. And make no mistake, we will win. Kamala Harris [00:03:44] We will win. Kamala Harris [00:03:51] We will win. And one of the reasons we will win is because I know who the folks are here. I know who you are. And here's the thing about all of us. We know that when you know what you stand for, you know what to fight for. Kamala Harris [00:04:07] When you know what to fight for. And we know we have an opportunity in this election to turn the page on a decade of Donald Trump trying to keep us divided and afraid of each other. We're Done with that. We're exhausted by it. We're done with that. Kamala Harris [00:04:27] We're done with it. And Reno, this is the thing. We know that this is not who we are. That's not who we are. And it is time for a new generation of leadership in America. Kamala Harris [00:04:47] And I am ready to offer that leadership as the next President of the United States and Nevada. Kamala Harris [00:05:20] All right. Okay. Okay. We got work to do. We got work to do. Kamala Harris [00:05:27] So listen, but let me say this. And a lot of folks here know I am not afraid of tough fights. For decades, as a prosecutor and as top law enforcement officer, uh, of the first cousin in Nevada, California, I won fights. I won fights with Katherine against the big banks that ripped off homeowners, against for profit colleges that scammed veterans and students, against predators who harmed women and children, against the cartels that trafficked in guns and drugs and human beings. Kamala Harris [00:06:03] And it is my pledge to you that if you give me the chance to fight on your behalf as president, there is nothing in the world that will stand in my way of fighting for you, for the people. Kamala Harris [00:06:25] And look, we know who Donald Trump is because we all know he is not someone who is thinking about how to make your life better. And this is someone who is increasingly unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance. And he's out for unchecked power. And in less than 90 days, either he or I will be sitting in the Oval Office. Kamala Harris [00:07:11] And listen, here's what we can imagine, right? We've all seen on tv, you've seen the Oval Office. But here's thing just we have to get the word out to help people, even just visually imagine what that day will be. Because if elected, Donald Trump on day one would walk into that office with an enemies list. Kamala Harris [00:07:30] When I am elected, I will walk in with a to do list on behalf of you. Kamala Harris [00:07:41] And at the top of my list is bringing down your cost of living. That will be my focus every single day as president. Kamala Harris [00:07:53] I will give a middle class tax cut to over 100 million Americans. Enact. Enact the first ever federal ban on corporate price gouging on groceries. Kamala Harris [00:08:09] I've taken on that issue before. I'll take it on again. I will make housing more affordable by building more homes and taking on corporate landlords who unfairly buy up all these properties and jack up rents. Kamala Harris [00:08:28] We will fight for working families by raising the minimum wage and eliminating taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers. Kamala Harris [00:08:43] And if you're caring for an elderly parent, I took care of my mother when she was sick. Listen, this is Personal for me as so many of these issues. If you are taking care of an elderly parent. My plan will cover the cost of home health care for seniors with Medicare, so you don't have to deplete whatever savings you got to qualify for Medicaid. Kamala Harris [00:09:09] It's just about dignity so that seniors can stay in their homes and you can be able to do all that you need to do, especially if any of you are in the sandwich generation raising young kids while you're taking care of your parents. Kamala Harris [00:09:25] It's just about dignity. My M plan will lower the cost of childcare. Same point. We will also cut taxes for small businesses. Can I see the small business owners who are here? Kamala Harris [00:09:44] Oh, I love our small businesses. And we will lower health care costs, because here's where I come from. I believe that healthcare should be a right and not just a privilege of those who can afford it. Kamala Harris [00:10:04] So this, this is about values, right? How do you think about what people need to live with dignity, to live where they are able to work and know that it actually means something? That is not just about getting by, but getting ahead. On the other hand, Donald Trump's answer to the financial pressures you face is the same as it was the last time. Kamala Harris [00:10:30] Another trillion dollars in tax cuts for billionaires and big corpor. Kamala Harris [00:10:37] And this time he will pay for it with a 20% national sales tax on everything you buy that is imported. Just imagine on clothes, food, toys, cell phones. A, uh, Trump sales tax that economists have measured will cost you, on average, an additional $4,000 a year. Kamala Harris [00:11:02] And on top of that, Donald. Donald Trump still wants to get rid of the Affordable Care act, also known as Obamacare. Kamala Harris [00:11:11] And he has a very powerful friend in Congress, the Speaker of the House, who recently, if you noticed, said that there will be a, quote, end to Obamacare. The words he used were no Obamacare. Which if he were to get his way, if Trump wins, means they would throw millions of Americans off of health insurance and take us back. Kamala Harris [00:11:37] Which would take us back to when you'll remember insurance companies have the ability to deny people with preexisting conditions. But Nevada, we are not going back. Kamala Harris [00:11:51] We are not going back. We are not going back. Kamala Harris [00:12:01] We are not going back. We're not going back. Kamala Harris [00:12:08] We're not going back. Kamala Harris [00:12:12] And we are not going back because ours, ours is a fight for the future, and ours is a fight for freedom. Kamala Harris [00:12:31] Like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do. Kamala Harris [00:12:47] And we all remember how we got here. Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court to overturn Roe versus Wade. They did. And now one in three women in America lives in a state with a Trump abortion ban, many with no exceptions for rape or says, you know what, Let me say something about this. Kamala Harris [00:13:11] We're here because we're fighting for a democracy. Kamala Harris [00:13:16] Fighting for a democracy. Kamala Harris [00:13:21] And understand the difference here, understand the difference here. Moving forward. Moving forward. Understand the difference here. What we are looking at is a difference in this election. Kamala Harris [00:13:38] Let's move forward and see where we are. Because on the issue, for example, of freedom of choice. Kamala Harris [00:13:49] That's okay. That's okay. That's all right. Kamala Harris [00:13:59] That's all right. That's okay. That's all right. You know what? Democracy can be complicated sometimes. Kamala Harris [00:14:09] It's okay. We're fighting for the right for people to be heard and not jailed because they speak their mind. Kamala Harris [00:14:20] We know what's at stake. And on the issue of freedom, listen, Donald Trump's not done. Did anybody hear what he had to say just yesterday? And I'll tell you, it was outrageous. So he said on the issue of freedom of choice, reproductive freedom, he said that he will do what he wants because, quote, this is his perspective. Kamala Harris [00:14:42] He will do it whether the women like it or not. Whether the women like it or not. Kamala Harris [00:14:53] Can you, uh, imagine. And this is not the first time he has told us he does not believe women should have authority or agency over their own bodies. Kamala Harris [00:15:07] This is the same person who said that women should be punished for their choices. And what we know is, we know what we are seeing. This is someone who simply does not respect the freedom of women or the intelligence of women to make decisions about their own lives. And we know that what he has planned includes a national abortion ban, restricting access to birth control, putting IVF treatments at risk, and forcing states to monitor women's pregnancies. Kamala Harris [00:15:42] You don't have to take my word for it. Kamala Harris [00:15:43] Google Project 2025. Read the plans for yourselves. And I know, we all know that one does not have to abandon their faith or reasonably held beliefs to agree that the government should not be telling her what to do with her. Kamala Harris [00:16:13] So, Nevada, uh, to protect your right to make your own healthcare decisions, vote yes on question six and make sure you vote up and down the ballot to truly protect that right. Kamala Harris [00:16:33] And I will tell you, when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedom nationwide, as President of the United States, I will proudly sign it into law. Proudly. Proudly. Kamala Harris [00:16:54] So, Nevada, I am here asking for your vote. I am asking for your vote. And here is My pledge to you, and I got your back. Kamala Harris [00:17:14] As president, I pledge to you to seek common ground and common sense solutions to the challenges you face. Kamala Harris [00:17:27] I am. I am not looking to score political points. I am looking to make progress. Kamala Harris [00:17:36] And I pledge to listen to experts, to listen to those who will be impacted by the decisions I make, and to listen to people who disagree with me. Kamala Harris [00:17:50] Because that's what real leaders do. That's what real leaders do. And unlike Donald Trump, I don't believe that the people who disagree with me are the enemy. He wants to put them in jail. I'll give them a seat at the table. Kamala Harris [00:18:11] That's what leadership looks like. And I pledge to you to always put country above party and self and to be a president for all Americans. For all Americans. Kamala Harris [00:18:31] So it all comes down to this. We are all here together. And again, you are taking this time to be here because we love our country. We love our country. And when you love something, you fight for it. Kamala Harris [00:18:49] You fight for it. Kamala Harris [00:18:53] And I do believe it is one of the highest forms of patriotism, of our expression of our love for our country, to then fight for the ideals of our country and to fight to realize the promise of America. And I'm going to tell you, I have always believed in our nation's promise because I have lived it. Kamala Harris [00:19:16] I grew up a child of the Civil Rights movement. My parents would take me to marches when I was in a stroller. And at those places, people from all walks of life came together to fight for the ideals of freedom and opportunity. Kamala Harris [00:19:35] You know, growing up, I saw how hard my mother worked to give her daughters the same chance our country gave her. And I was blessed to have family by blood and family by love who instilled in me the values of community and compassion and faith. I've spent my life fighting for the people who have been hurt and who have been counted out and people who never stopped, even then, believing that in our country, anything is possible. Kamala Harris [00:20:19] I've lived the promise of America, and I see the promise of America in everyone here. It is in all of us. Kamala Harris [00:20:30] It is in all of us. It is in all of us. It is in the women who refuse to accept a future without reproductive freedom. Kamala Harris [00:20:41] It is in the men who support them. Kamala Harris [00:20:48] It is in the fathers and mothers who work hard every day for their children's future. It is in the Republicans who never voted for a Democrat before, but have put the Constitution of the United States above party. Kamala Harris [00:21:09] I see the promise of America in all the young leaders who are voting for the first time and I'll tell you what I love about this generation. Gen Z, I'm going to shout you out. Kamala Harris [00:21:33] Let me tell you what I love about uh, you all, ah, you leaders, you young leaders is you are rightly impatient for change. I love that about you. You are determined to live free from gun violence, to take on the climate crisis, to shape the world that you in. Kamala Harris [00:21:56] I love that about you. And for them, I say to everybody else, look, none of this is theoretical. This for them is a lived experience. It's not political, it's what they're living. And to the young leaders then I say, I see you, I believe in you and I see your power. Kamala Harris [00:22:16] You are so powerful. And I would just ask, can we give it up for the first, first time voters who are in the house? Kamala Harris [00:22:35] Right. See I'm telling you our future is bright. You just have to see it in front of you. The future of our country is bright. And so to the people of Nevada, look, you are battle born. Kamala Harris [00:22:52] And we are ready for the hard work ahead. We have five days to get it done. And so look, nobody can sit on the sidelines. Let's spend the next five days so that when we look back on these days we have no regrets. And let us make sure that we are knocking on doors, that we are texting folks, calling folks, reaching out to of family and friends and classmates and neighbors and co workers. Kamala Harris [00:23:22] And as we do, I have a request, as we do, please, let's be intentional about building community and let's be intentional about building coalitions. You know, these last many years it's had a way of, you know, trying to make people point their fingers at each other, trying to divide us, trying to make people feel alone. Kamala Harris [00:23:48] So let us all in this moment be intentional about building back up and reminding folks we have so much more in common than what separates us. Kamala Harris [00:24:02] So much more. So much more. And so we all know here your vote is your voice and your voice is your power. Kamala Harris [00:24:18] So today, Nevada, I ask you then, are you ready to make your voices heard? Kamala Harris [00:24:27] Do we believe in freedom? Do we believe in opportunity? Do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it? And when we fight, we win. God bless you and God bless the United States of America.