Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will hold his first campaign event in Cincinnati on October 13. Trump and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton spoke at the American Legion Convention in Cincinnati earlier this year, but this is Trump's first public campaign event in the queen city. Meanwhile, former President Bill Clinton wrapped up a two day swing through Ohio yesterday with a stop in Canton, campaigning for his wife. Nick Castele of member station WCPN in Cleveland reports.
Bill Clinton campaigned in the Mahoning Valley, in Steubenville, at Ohio University
and in Canton. He carried much of eastern Ohio when he ran for president, but many
of those counties turned Donald Trump’s way in the GOP primary this year.
Clinton said people have a right to be angry when they feel invisible, but he
suggested Trump offered the wrong solutions for struggling communities in Ohio.
CLINTON: “I mean they’re good at rubbing salt in your wounds, aren’t they? ‘Let’s
make America great again.’ That means, ‘I’ll give you the economy you had 50 years
ago.’”
He said Hillary Clinton would help make student debt less burdensome, and he said
the country needs an infrastructure program to fix roads, bridges and water lines.
CLINTON: “Hillary won’t promise to give somebody yesterday’s economy. But she will
promise to give everyone a fair chance in tomorrow’s economy, and that’s what we
have to do in America.”
Early voting begins October 12, and the Ohio campaign visits are picking up.
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence plans a trip to Strongsville and
Rossford this Friday. Donald Trump will hold a rally in Cincinnati next week. And
President Obama plans to campaign for Clinton next week in Columbus and the
Cleveland area.