VP Harris: ‘We Are Once Again Forced to Defend Fundamental Principles that We Hoped Were Long Settled’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Class of ░░░░░░░░ twenty two you made ░░░░░░░░ through And it cannot ░░░░░░░░ denied also that you ░░░░░░░░ class has traveled a ░░░░░░░░ road a pandemic that ░░░░░░░░ away so much of ░░░░░░░░ college Experience that you ░░░░░░░░ imagined and the world ░░░░░░░░ you graduated into Is ░░░░░░░░ It is a world ░░░░░░░░ long established principles now ░░░░░░░░ on shaky ground We ░░░░░░░░ this in Ukraine We ░░░░░░░░ Russia s invasion threatens ░░░░░░░░ rules and norms that ░░░░░░░░ provided unprecedented peace and ░░░░░░░░ in Europe since world ░░░░░░░░ Two we believed that ░░░░░░░░ principles of sovereignty and ░░░░░░░░ integrity had for the ░░░░░░░░ part prevailed That democracy ░░░░░░░░ prevailed But now the ░░░░░░░░ a fundamental principles is ░░░░░░░░ called into question Including ░░░░░░░░ principles of equality and ░░░░░░░░ inequality has always sadly ░░░░░░░░ in our world The ░░░░░░░░ between the rich and ░░░░░░░░ poor men and women ░░░░░░░░ global north and global ░░░░░░░░ have existed throughout our ░░░░░░░░ and through this pandemic ░░░░░░░░ gaps have become much ░░░░░░░░ Globally extreme poverty is ░░░░░░░░ the rise as is ░░░░░░░░ wealth You graduate into ░░░░░░░░ unsettled world both abroad ░░░░░░░░ here at home In ░░░░░░░░ United States we are ░░░░░░░░ again forced to defend ░░░░░░░░ principles that we hoped ░░░░░░░░ long settled Principles like ░░░░░░░░ freedom to vote the ░░░░░░░░ of women to make ░░░░░░░░ about their own bodies ░░░░░░░░ what constitutes the truth ░░░░░░░░ in an era when ░░░░░░░░ can post anything online ░░░░░░░░ claim it is a ░░░░░░░░ We must also grapple ░░░░░░░░ the urgent issues that ░░░░░░░░ not been settled Some ░░░░░░░░ them have been accelerated ░░░░░░░░ your lifetime like the ░░░░░░░░ to address the climate ░░░░░░░░ some we have been ░░░░░░░░ with since the founding ░░░░░░░░ our nation disparities in ░░░░░░░░ has access to health ░░░░░░░░ disparities in how people ░░░░░░░░ treated by the criminal ░░░░░░░░ system disparities in wealth ░░░░░░░░ who has access to ░░░░░░░░ capital required to succeed ░░░░░░░░ thrive And graduates I ░░░░░░░░ at this unsettled world ░░░░░░░░ yes I then see ░░░░░░░░ challenges but I m ░░░░░░░░ to tell you Also ░░░░░░░░ the opportunities, the opportunities for