You know he’d want you to run.” “Daddy wants you to run.” Et cetera.Īnd then my little one, the youngest one, who’s now a - going to - going into his senior in high school, took out his cell phone. And we sat down, and they said - they started off and said, “Pop, you got to run.” They call me “Pop.” They said, “You got to run.”Īnd they each gave me the reasons why I should run, including, “You know that’s what Beau would want you to do, Pop. So, I said I’d come home.Īnd we sat down - and this is the God’s truth. And this was a - this was a Friday, and I was in Washington. They called and said they wanted to have a family meeting on Sunday. And the youngest one was 14 years old.Īnd so, they came over. And then my deceased son’s children were in grade school - not grade school, in high school. (Laughter.) And she - she was then a freshman at - no, a sophomore at Columbia Law - a second-year at Columbia Law School. But when done, it has to be respected.Īnd I got a phone call from my eldest, who now is a - a lawyer with one of those 6,000-person law firms. The point is this - that they asked for a - we have a tradition in our family - and I think Debbie is the only one who knows about it - which is that any child can ask for a family meeting. And every single day, I talk to all six of them, either jointly on a - on a cell call or I - or I email them. They’re smart kids, and they’re the loves of my life and the life of my love. But when he ran, I decided I had to run.Īnd I tell you this because I have a number of beautiful grandchildren. The second reason I said I was running was to, in fact, deal with making sure that we were able to generate and get things done together to be more bipartisan, to bring things together.Īnd the third reason I ran, I said, was to - to unite the country - unite the parties, unite the country.Īnd then, you know, along came Trump again. Restore the soul of America - who we are as a people, what we stand for. To be - to restore - and I use the phrase the “soul of America.” And I meant it. The first reason I was running was to restore some decency, a sense of honor. And this all fits with Charlie, in my view. We didn’t agree, but we didn’t - we didn’t malign one another.Īnd folks, you know, I said I was running for three reasons. We argued like hell on the floor of the Senate, and then we’d go down and have lunch together in the Senate dining room. I served with a lot of very conservative people. Not very courageous, but very telling.Īnd when I say this is not your father’s Republican Party, I mean it. But they told me they agreed with me, but they just couldn’t vote with me because they’d lose their seat. And I promised I would never reveal their names, and I won’t. And I swore I would not - one - four of them came individually, and two came together. I’ve had six United States senators, Charlie, who are sitting there now, come to me. I served in the Senate and as the Vice President a long time, and I’ve had a lot of - I’ve been known to be able to get a lot done because I’ve been able to convince people to work out compromises. This is not your father’s Republican Party. And my predecessor was asked, “What do you think?” And he said, “There are very good people on both sides.” And the Republican Party basically remained silent. I mean, it’s hard to remember and believe it - as well as making sure that they had white supremacists with them.Īnd seeing the same antisemitic chanting, the same antisemitic bile that was chanted in Germany in the ‘30s. You know, remember what happened down in Virginia, when those folks came out of the fields, carrying torches - and carrying not only torches, but also swastikas? Not a joke. And I - it was going fine.īut when the folks who are of the ilk that the guy Charlie is running against began to rear their heads en masse, I changed my mind. And I was - I was “Professor Biden” at the University of Pennsylvania - a full professor. I had just lost my son Beau to glioblastoma after being around for - those burn pits in Iraq for a year. When I announced for President, I said I was running for three - I didn’t plan on running again for the United States presidency and/or for any office. I called Charlie a while ago and told him anything I can do to help, I’d be happy to attempt to do that. Look, folks, this, to me, is one of the most important races in the country. THE PRESIDENT: Congressman, thank you for showing me that picture. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””.Office of the United States Trade Representative.Office of Science and Technology Policy.Executive Offices Show submenu for “Executive Offices””.Administration Show submenu for “Administration””.
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