Photo by Todd Luck
Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama enter a rally held at the Lawrence Joel
Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Thursday, Oct. 27.
Hillary Clinton and
first lady appear
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BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
First Lady Michelle
Obama and Democratic
presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton encouraged
people to take advantage of
early voting in their first
ever joint campaign
appearance at the
Lawrence Joel Veterans
Memorial Coliseum on
Thursday, Oct. 27.
An enthusiastic crowd
of 10,500 attendees
cheered on both women as
they spoke on the impor
tance of voting. It was the
first day all 17 of Forsyth
County's early voting sites
opened.
"Make no mistake
about it, casting our vote is
the ultimate way we go
high, when they go low,"
said Obama.
The first lady's line of
"when they go low, we go
high" from this year's
Democratic National
Convention has become a
repeated mantra of
Democratic candidates.
Obama had high praise
for Clinton, whom she said
was a friend to her and her
family. , She praised
Clinton's long career in
politics.
"It takes a level of gen
erosity of spirit to do what
Hillary has in her career
and her life," said Obama.
She said Clinton has
more "experience and
exposure to the presidency
than any candidate in our
lifetime." She listed
Clinton's experience as a
first lady, senator and sec
retary of state, which the
crowd responded to with
long, uproarious applause.
Obama responded "That's
right, Hillary don't play."
Clinton also had high
praise for the current first
lady, saying she knew from
experience how difficult
that job could be while try
ing to raise a family.
"Let's be real, as our
first African-American first
lady, she faced pressures I
never did and she's han
dled them with pure
grace," said Clinton.
Clinton emphasized the
importance of the election
on numerous issues,
including immigration, cli
mate change and protecting
marriage equality. She
chided her Republican
opponent, businessman
Donald Trump, for saying
that he could teach Defense
Secretary Ash Carter "a
couple things" about mili
tary strategy.
"Actually Donald,
you're the one who has a
lot to learn about the mili
tary and evetything else
that makes America great,"
she said.
She said the campaign
has been a "hard" and
"ugly," one that even chil
dren are noticing. She said
that the president impacts
children as the "most pow
erful role model in the
world." She said she's
heard from kids who are
scared their parents or
themselves will be deport
ed by Trump because
they're immigrants.
"We got to make sure
all of our kids know that
America has a place for
you, the American Dream
is big enough for you," said
Clinton.
The day after the rally,
the FBI announced it was
looking into emails related
to its previous investiga
tion of Clinton's use of a
private email server during
her time as secretary of
state and if there was clas
sified information in those
emails. The emails are not
from Clinton's server.
Photo by Todd Luck
US. Rep. GJi. Butterfield speaks while flanked by (left to right) the US.
Virgin Island's Rep. Stacey Plaskett, New Jersey's Rep. Bonnie Watson
Coleman and Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., and US. Rep. Alma Adams.
Democrats
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HB 2. HB 2 is a state law
that requires people to use
public restrooms that coin
cides with the sex on their
birth certificates.
This has caused boy
cotts and backlash from
those who say it's discrim
inatory, since it forces
transgender individuals to
use a restroom of a gender
they don't identify with.
Forest has justified it by
saying it's protecting
women from sexual
assault, but Coleman said
that Forest still supports
Donald Trump, who she
said has assaulted many
women.
Trump bragged about
groping women in a 2005
tape and several women
have accused him of doing
exactly that. Trump has
since denied he ever
groped anyone.
There has been no evi
dence of increased sexual
assault in restrooms in the
many other cities across
the nation that allow trans
gender people to use the
restroom of the gender they
identify with.
Local elected officials
also spoke. Mayor Allen
Joines said he felt that the
rally was a great testimony
to Winston-Salem, which
he called an "inclusive and
progressive city."
He had high praise for
Clinton, who he said was
"the most qualified person
to ever run for president in
the history of the country."
He described Trump as a
"dangerous and volatile"
candidate that scares him.
"This election is about
who we choose to be as a
people and a country," said
Joines.
City Council Member
Denise "D.D." Adams,
who represents the North
Ward that contains the col
iseum, said that Winston
Salem was turning out the
vote.
She said the line at
Brown Douglas Recreation
Center when she voted ear
lier that day was out the
door. Democrats will need
every vote they can get, she
said.
REPRESENTATIVE
ED HANE8 JR.
GETS THE JOB
DONEI
J $30 Million for Body/Dash
Cameras Statewide
J Third Most Effective
Democrat (NCCPPR.ORG)
J School Bus Safety Act for
Kids
J "Good for Business" NC
Chamber of Commerce
J Police and Community
Relations Leader
J K-12 Education Equality
THANK YOU DISTRICT 72
FOR YOUR CONTINUED
CONFIDENCE AND
SUPPORT. TOGETHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINAI
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