Jay Z and Beyonce welcomes on stage Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton AFP
American singer and actress, Beyoncé,
and her rap maestro husband, Jay Z, on Friday night campaigned for
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
They campaigned in Cleveland at a concert aimed at appealing to young voters and minorities.
The final Friday of the 2016 election cycle followed days of musical and political celebrities campaigning on Clinton’s behalf.
The Grammy-winner took to the stage
shortly after her husband Jay Z performed a mix of his own hits over the
years for the jam-packed crowd.
Beyoncé opened her ‘Get-Out-the-Vote’
campaign concert with “Formation” wearing ‘I’m With Her’ Shirt and
appealing to African-Americans to vote for Clinton.
She said, “There was a time when a woman’s opinion did not matter.
“Less than 100 years ago women did not
have the right to vote, look how far we’ve come to having voice to being
on the brink of history by electing the first woman president.
“But we have to vote. The world looks to us as a progressive country that needs change,
“I want my daughter to grow up seeing a woman lead our country and know that her possibilities are limitless.”
Addressing the rally on behalf of Clinton, Jay Z urged voters to ensure that Clinton was elected president.
The artiste condemned Republican nominee Donald Trump of being divisive and insulting in his campaigns.
He said, “His (Trump’s) conversation is divisive to me; he cannot be my president.”
Clinton needs big margins on election night to defeat Donald Trump, who is leading the polls in Ohio.
The Clinton campaign is making an aggressive push to urge voters in Ohio to vote early.
Jay Z’s appearance in addition to his
wife Beyoncé, one of the biggest entertainers in the world, added more
star .power to the Cleveland event
The music megastars are among several
others like them including Katy Perry, The National and John Legend, all
helping Clinton to make a final appeal to young voters.
However, Trump, rallying voters in
Pennsylvania, as the Clinton concert began, dismissed the concert,
declaring that he filled the stadium without special guests.
He said, “I hear we set a new record for this building, and by the way, I didn’t have to bring J-Lo or Jay Z.
“I am here all by myself, just me; no guitar, no piano, no nothing.”
The U.S. presidential election of 2016,
scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 2016, will be the 58th four-year
period U.S. presidential election.
The leading presidential candidates are
Republican Donald Trump and Democratic Hillary Clinton, while
Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Jill Stein have been less visible.
The winner of the election will
determine the 45th President and 48th Vice President of the U.S., who
will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2017.
(NAN)
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