Scores of them have already asked me to come in and campaign with them, to go out and make the case in plain, simple language as to what it is we've done, what we want to do, and why we think it's important.

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The idea that somehow we have decided that our system doesn't work anymore, which I'm hearing some of them saying -- that we're going to, you know, pack the courts ; we're going to fundamentally change the way, I'm going to do what Trump did ; if we take control, I'm going to go in there and I'm just going to, by executive order -- what are we talking about ?

We've seen the struggle, and we know that most American families are dealing with some sort of struggle like we are, and I think they can relate to us, you know, as parents who are hopeful and are supportive of our son, and we will continue to be supportive. And I think that makes us more empathetic about helping other Americans.

America in 2019 is a very different place than the America of the 1970s, and that's a good thing. I've witnessed an incredible amount of change in this nation and I've worked to make that change happen. And yes – I've changed also.

If you look at the issues I've been attacked on, nearly every one of them is for something well before 2008, it's as if my opponents want you to believe I served from 1972 until 2008 – and then took the next eight years off. They don't want to talk much about my time as vice president.

Nobody is more committed to equal educational opportunity than I, but busing is not the way. It was a bad idea in theory, and it has turned out to be even worse in practice.

There is a conceptual difference between desegregation and integr... by Joe Biden

There is a conceptual difference between desegregation and integration.

In the 1980s and 1990s, violent crime was out of control. The crime bill was designed to deal with that problem. That's why it was supported overwhelmingly by the Democratic party, by African American leaders all across the nation including a majority of the black caucus in the Congress, it worked, it worked in some areas. But it failed in others. Like every major change, you go back and you make it better.

The fact of the matter is, I'm not beholden to banks. I supported the bankruptcy bill because I believe taking a very bad bill that was going to pass overwhelmingly and making it better made sense.

I'm still way ahead, if you notice, I'm the guy everybody's talki... by Joe Biden

I'm still way ahead, if you notice, I'm the guy everybody's talking about.

I was prepared for them to come after me, but I wasn't prepared for the person coming at me the way she came at me.

He's the bully that I knew my whole life. He's the bully that I'v... by Joe Biden

He's the bully that I knew my whole life. He's the bully that I've always stood up to.

That's what this election is about. I'm happy to debate that issue and all those issues with my friends because guess what, look who won the races. Look who won last time out, by the way, I think Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won a primary. In the general election fights, who won ? Mainstream Democrats who are very progressive on social issues and very strong on education and healthcare.

No, I don't. No, I don't, i think people should have to get in line, but if people are coming because they're actually seeking asylum, they should have a chance to make their case.

I have a plan how to do that that's rational, that will cost a hell of a lot less and that will work.

How are you guys? Happy 4th of July. by Joe Biden

How are you guys? Happy 4th of July.

They let you wear that here? by Joe Biden

They let you wear that here?

Look, everybody faces pain, everybody has trauma. There's addiction in every family. I was in that darkness. I was in that tunnel -- it's a never-ending tunnel. You don't get rid of it. You figure out how to deal with it.

From the time they were born, including my children, they have been in the public eye. It's not a bad place but not an overwhelmingly comfortable place to be. Everything that happens is public knowledge. You get to celebrate publicly and you have to share your grief publicly. And so they're not naïve, the first hurdle for me was deciding whether or not I am comfortable taking the family through what would be a very, very difficult campaign.

I called my dad and said that we just got married. He was on speaker, and he said to her,' Thank you for giving my son the courage to love again,' and he said to me,' Honey, I knew that when you found love again that I'd get you back.'.

I said,' I hope they're taking pictures of us right now. I hope it's a live feed to the President so Donald Trump can see just how much I care about the tweets,' i told Melissa,' I don't care. F *** you, Mr. President. Here I am, living my life.'.