Chelsea Clinton stops by State College to promote her mother’s, Hillary Clinton, campaign. Clinton noted how her mother is the only person running for president who recognizes that climate change is real, that the country needs criminal justice reform at the federal and state level, and that equal rights are still an important issue.
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Clinton kept the speech short as room temperature rose. I would hope you would support my mom.
“They make no sense to me”, she said.
Others agreed. College Progressive Secretary Kathryn Van Develde said “putting such an expensive price on involvement in elections really hurts college students who already feel there is no point to politics”.
Donald Trump was also in the commonwealth this week.
“We’re really here to show Chelsea – and through Chelsea, Hillary – that we have their back”, said Deb Marteslo, a Mechanicsburg woman organizing with the gun control advocacy group Moms Demand Action. “I couldn’t imagine a better sign of faith and trust than that”, Chelsea Clinton said.
Katierose Epstein, a sophomore studying political science and women’s studies and a volunteer for the Centre County Democratic Party, spent her afternoon phone banking for the Clinton campaign.
In an interview with ABC News’ David Muir earlier this week, Trump had said of Hillary Clinton, “I just don’t believe she has a presidential look, and you need a presidential look”. “She’s been working for me longer than I’ve been alive”.
She spoke about her grandfather, who graduated from Penn State in 1935, and her grandmother who wished she was able to finish college as he did. “I wouldn’t be standing here today if it weren’t for seeing Hillary Clinton speak in 2008”, Purcell said.
Asked about the important of the Keystone State in this election, she said every vote matters; “That being said”, she added, “I think you’re going to see a lot of my family in Pennsylvania over the next 63 days”.
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Gillian Warner, 17, of State College kicked off the event and urged the crowd to register more voters for the upcoming election.
