Remarks at the 2024 Democratic National Convention – Aug. 22, 2024

[1.25-minute standing ovation]

You know what I love best about Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris can't be bought, and she can't be bossed around. [cheers]

Now, I first met Kamala in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash. The banks had flat out broken laws, cheated people, and stolen homes. Millions of Americans had lost their jobs, their savings, their homes.

Now, I was setting up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—go CFPB! [cheers]. Kamala was protecting families as California's attorney general. You bet.

And Donald was scamming students at Trump University [boos] and trying to make money off people losing their homes.

Kamala Harris stepped up. She enforced the law. She fought the giant banks, and she delivered billions of dollars of help for families. [cheers]

And that Is the difference between a criminal and a prosecutor. [cheers]

You know what else I love about Kamala? She gets it. We need to make life more affordable for working people. Yeah.

Donald Trump—the felon—has no plans to lower costs for families. He doesn't know how and basically, he doesn't really care. When did he ever fill up a gas tank or worry about a grocery bill? The only bills he worries about. from his criminal defense lawyers. [applause and laughter]

But Kamala—she cares deep down, and she will take on the giant corporations that are squeezing American families.

In fact, It's something she's done before. During the California wildfires, she went after the price gougers. During the pandemic, we worked together in the Senate to stop price gouging. And as president, she will lower costs for your family. [cheers] She'll take on the Wall Street firms that buy up millions of houses and apartments and then jack up the rent. She'll take on drug companies that charge an arm and a leg for prescriptions. She'll take on corporate monopolies that rip off consumers and billionaires who don't pay taxes. [applause] And she'll take on right-wing extremists who think they should decide who has access to abortion or IVF. Kamala will protect abortion rights nationwide. [cheers and applause] Yeah.

And there it is. Groceries, gas, housing, health care, taxes, abortion.

Trust Donald Trump and JD Vance to look out for your family? Shoot, I wouldn't let those guys…I wouldn't trust them to move my couch. [cheers and applause]

We need Kamala Harris. This election is about your family and your future. I've seen Kamala Harris fight. I've seen her win. And when it comes to our families and our futures, Kamala Harris is someone we can trust.

So here it is. With joy in our hearts, let's elect Kamala Harris, the next president of the United States. [cheers]

PBS NewsHour. “Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at 2024 Democratic National Convention | 2024 DNC Night 4.” YouTube video, 6:02. Aug. 22, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XJcpuV4lO4