Danielle, I'd be honored if you joined my campaign.
I'm Joe Biden, and I'd like to earn your vote. You may have seen yesterday that Senator Warren endorsed our campaign. It's an endorsement that I am grateful for -- and one I don't take lightly. Her...
Danielle,
Hey there. I'm Joe Biden, and I'd like to earn your vote.
You may have seen yesterday that Senator Warren endorsed our campaign. It's an endorsement that I am grateful for — and one I don't take lightly. Her courage, tenacity, and persistence shed a light on some of the most important issues facing our country — and has made a real difference in people's lives. The plans — and the people who organized for them — changed this race, the conversation, our party, and the country.
You know, primaries can often put a magnifying glass on small differences and bury broad consensus. Elizabeth and I believe at our cores Wall Street didn't build this country, the middle class did. And it's time our government worked harder for the middle class, but to do that we can demand nothing less than "big, structural change."
Danielle, I know a lot of you feel that way. Some of you have been with Elizabeth since the beginning of her campaign. Together, you built one of the most impressive grassroots movements in the history of politics — $5 and $10 at a time. You took on corruption. You fought big fights. And you pushed for big ideas.
I know, for some of you, that you might be skeptical of me or my campaign. I understand that. But I intend to earn your votes. And I intend to earn your trust.
I'm here to tell you that you're not only welcome as part of this campaign: you're needed.
The only way that we'll defeat Donald Trump is with a broad coalition of folks working together to win what I have been calling a battle for the soul of our nation.
I'm not here to ask you for money — I believe I need to earn it. So Danielle, I'm asking if you will look me over, give me a chance, and join my campaign.
When I say "winning a battle for the soul of our nation" people often misunderstand me. I'm not being nostalgic. I'm not trying to take us back to a country that never existed. The foundational principles of our country — that all men are created equal — are ones that we've never lived up to. But we've never given up trying to live up to them.
America wasn't built by Wall Street. It was forged by working people — strivers, looking for their chance to get ahead. People like you, doing the work to make our country a better place.
It is not enough to "go back" to anything. We have to take immediate, bold action to tackle the climate crisis (and if you don't know, I wrote one of the first bills on climate change). We have to relieve a generation of the crushing burden of student debt. We have to make health care a right and not a privilege. And to get there, we're going to need millions of grassroots supporters to take action right away.
If you join our campaign, we will not just defeat Donald Trump. We will not just win the battle for the soul of our nation. We will transform it too.
To close, I will humbly ask:
Will you join my campaign today? I'd be honored if you did:
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