'Middle Class Joe'

Biden: “Folks, all my time in public office, I’ve been referred to as ‘Middle-class Joe.’ I guess they thought that was a — the — somehow not very complimentary. Well, guess what? That’s who I am. It doesn’t mean you’re not sophisticated because you’re middle class. It means you work like hell. And you know what? Your family has to work like hell to be able to make it. (Applause) Well, I’m awful sophisti- — I’m awful sophisticated about one thing. I know who built this country. I’ve been saying this since I ran the first time. Let me say it loud and clear: Wall Street didn’t build America. The middle class built America, and unions built the middle class. (Applause) That’s a fact. That’s not hyperbole. That’s a fact. Unions built the middle class.”