dr. biden: thank you. thank you very much. thank you. wow. [laughter] so, i want to say, sky, you know, you and i have something in common because the first time i ever voted, i voted for my husband joe, i didn't even know thank god i voted for him. [laughter] so -- honestly, when you speak, doesn't poetry just come out of her mouth? you are one impressive woman, thank you so much. so thank you sky, and thank you for sharing your story, and it's students like you that joe and kamala are fighting for every day. and i know that they would be

honored to hear that you're casting your first vote for them. so julie and jonae, joe and i are grateful for your leadership and proud of what you're building here in atlanta and beyond. and sonia, thank you for opening this space for us today. [applause] so it's no accident that georgia is where we have chosen to launch the women for biden, because four years ago, georgia, you put us in the white house. [cheers and applause] and joe and i will never forget how hard you worked for us and how much you gave.

so we're grateful. and that's why i wanted to start here, in the place that lifted us over the top, so thank you very much for being here today. [cheers and applause] so, when i was growing up, in a suburb outside of philadelphia, anybody here from philly? [applause] a couple of people, yay! so when i dreamed of what i wanted my life to become, i knew i wanted two things. a marriage like my parents' that was strong and loving and full of laughter, and i wanted a career. so i set out to find those two things, but my path was just a little so some of you may remember this.

it was the 1970's. ok, a couple of heads are shaking. so it was vietnam. love beads. and equal rights. the middle of my waist. and so did most of the men i dated. one day i walked -- i was asked out on a date, just out of the blue. and that evening, like i said, it was the 1970's. so that evening, this handsome young senator showed up at my door. well, remember, i -- the guys were wearing bell bot toms and clogs? i go to the door. i open the door. i took one look at his perfect suit and his leather loafers and i said, thank god it's only one

date. [laughter] one date eventually turned into a marriage proposal, and if i'm being honest, it was five proposals, because this was really not a part of my plan. and more than that, it wasn't just my heart that was on the line. as many of you may know, years before, joe's wife and baby daughter were killed in a car accident. and the boys, beau and hunter, had to be in the hospital for several months. and after all that they had lost, i knew that if i said yes to joe's marriage proposal, that it had to be forever. and eventually i realized that my love for joe and the boys outweighed any fears i had and i

said yes. [applause] so i'll never forget what joe said next. he said, i promise you, your life will never change. [laughter] of course that was proved to be wildly untrue. life is change. for all of us. we learn and we grow. we overcome heart break that we never could have imagined. we find wisdom and grit and empathy. but in the last w years, we've seen a different kind of change. you know, a rupture in the foundation of our democracy. a pullback of the hard work --

of the hard progress we have won. we are the first generation to -- for half a century to give our daughters a country with fewer rights than we had. i'm going to have to put on my glasses, i can't see this. [laughter] now i can see. all right. i'll start that line over again. so we are the first generatio in half a century to give our daughters a country with fewer rights than we had. book bans. voting laws gutted. court decisions that strip away our most basic freedoms. but circumstances is not destiny. four years ago, critics said that we couldn't win. but here in georgia, they told us that a democrat hadn't won in

30 years. but georgia, you know what, you proved them wrong. [cheers and applause] you talked to your friends and neighbors. reminded them to vote. you put on masks and hopped on zoom. you raised money and changed minds. you gave everything you had to make joe biden and kamala harris president and vice president. [cheers and applause] we won by. women put joe biden in the white house. [cheers and applause]

and you know what? women are going to do it again. [cheers and applause] because we know what's at stake. i've been so proud of how joe has placed women at the center of his agenda. starting with his historic pick for vice president. kamala harris. applause] the first, but not the last. president biden is dending reproductive rights. fighting for a national law that would restore roe's protections. and yes, that means protecting i.v.f. and access to contraception. [applause] and he's accomplished so much more. making child care more

affordable. creating access to maternal health services. appointing ke tan gee brown jackson. and passing historic gun safety laws. my husband is the author of the violence against women act. and i saw him write that bill on reams of yellow legal -- on reams of yellow legal paper. by hand. and he spent his entire career lifting up women. but donald trump? [audience boos] he spent a lifetime tearing us down and devaluing our existence. he mocks women's bods. disrespects our accomplishments. and brags about assault.

now he's bragging about killing roe v. wade. just last night he took credit again:#■ for enabling states lie georgia to pass cruel abortion bans that are taking away the right of women to make their own health care decisions. how far will he go? when will he stop? you know the answer. he won't. he won't. he said it himself last night in his own words. he's considering a national abortion ban. donald trump is dangerous. to our families. we simply cannot let him win. we can't wake up 6 like we did in 2016.

terrified of the future ahead of us. thinking, oh my god, what just happened? what are we going to do now? we must re-elect joe biden and kamala harris. [cheers and applause] so how are we going to do it? just look around you. women for biden-harris. [cheers and applause] we're going to do what we did in 2020 and 2022. we're going to talk to our friends and we're going to tell them why this election is so important. we're going to tell them what's at stake. sign up for phone banks and canvassing shifts. we're going to meet this moment as if our rights are at risk,

because they are. [applaus as if our democracy is on the line. because it is. we will decide our future. because here's the thing about men like donald trump. they underestimate our power because they don't understand it. [applause] our we lead through collaboration. by empowering others. they see that as weakness. but we know that our community is our strength. compassion and vulnerability. but we know that what gives us the clarity to fight, we fight for what is right. they think our love for our children makes us soft.

but we know that these are the lives that light a fire in our hearts, that makes us fear and -- fearless and unafraid. they see us working late shifts and making grocery lists, driving to soccer practices and volunteering, caring for our parents, and raising money for those in need. and they think we can be ignored. they know that our to-do lists are our battle maps. [cheers and applause] when our daughters' future are at stake, when our country hangs

in the balance, we are immovable and unstoppable. [cheers and applause] that's what our power looks like. and it's time we show them once again just what we can do. by working every day from nowoly day here in georgia, on march 12 and on election day in november. by re-electing joe biden and kamala harris, by deciding the future that we want, the future we all need, and when we do, when we do, ladies, nothing and no one can stand in our way. thank you, georgia! [cheers and applause]f