Dakota County Technical College
Rosemount, Minnesota
3:36 P.M. CST
THE PRESIDENT: Whoa. (Laughter.) Sarah, thank you for that introduction.
I was saying to Sarah in the back, because I — when I was Sarah’s age, the idea that I’d be standing, waiting to introduce a President — it didn’t matter who it was — I would find it a little daunting. And I was trying to reassure her, but obviously she didn’t need any reassurance whatsoever. (Laughter.) Zero.
And thank you for your service to the United States military. (Applause.)
Governor, thanks for the welcome to Minnesota. I was telling the governor on the way — on the ride here from the airport that I started coming to Minnesota back in 1973 because one of my mentors — for real, one of — it ended up being two — was Hubert Humphrey.
When I — he helped me campaign in 1972 as a 29-year-old candidate for the United States Senate in my home state of Delaware, and he gave me credibility I’m not sure I deserve, but it helped a great deal.
And after I got elected, there was a — before I was — I wasn’t old enough to be sworn in. I had to wait to be eligible. You had to be 30 years old to be sworn in. Your constituents can elect you at any age, but you can’t be sworn in until you’re 30.
And while I was in Washington, making sure that I was hiring my staff, I got a phone call from my fire department saying there been an accident. And the poor woman they put on the phone had to say — she just blurted out, “Your wife and daughter are dead,...
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