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Chelsea Clinton: 'Don't Stand On The Sidelines'

Chelsea Clinton takes questions from the audience during a brief campaign stop in Cincinnati.
Ann Thompson
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Chelsea Clinton takes questions from the audience during a brief campaign stop in Cincinnati.

During a Cincinnati campaign stop Chelsea Clinton urged a small gathering at in Over the Rhine to cast a ballot. "If you wouldn't let someone else pick out what you wear on a given day why would you let someone else vote for you?"

People crowd around Chelsea to get selfies with her before she left The Transept.
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People crowd around Chelsea to get selfies with her before she left The Transept.

In fact she told the crowd of fewer than 100, "It's part of being an American. It is one of our great privileges and also one of our responsibilities."

Clinton is crisscrossing Ohio Wednesday to urge people to vote early for her mother, Hillary Clinton. She said if elected President, she will get things done.

"I'm hopeful my mom, who has a strong record to be able to find common ground in early childhood education, with veterans issues, to support foster care, she can take that record, and kind of remind Republicans and Democrats of the things they were saying, so....we can get a lot done."

OTR resident Andy Sheeks is a Hillary Clinton supporter but he says this was his first political event. "You hear so much in the media and on TV, everywhere else, "Saturday Night Live," so I wanted to actually come out and see what was happening in real life."

John Back says this presidential election has forced the hand of the electorate. "Donald Trump's bad qualities may outweigh any need to focus on Hillary Clinton's good qualities unfortunately."

Portia Leftin is a volunteer in Clinton's Clifton office. "I'm first and foremost pro-Hillary but over the summer have come to be anti-Trump."

Chelsea also made stops in Columbus and Cleveland Wednesday.

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With more than 30 years of journalism experience in the Greater Cincinnati market, Ann Thompson brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her reporting. She has reported for WKRC, WCKY, WHIO-TV, Metro Networks and CBS/ABC Radio. Her work has been recognized by the Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2019 and 2011 A-P named her “Best Reporter” for large market radio in Ohio. She has won awards from the Association of Women in Communications and the Alliance for Women in Media. Ann reports regularly on science and technology in Focus on Technology.