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Clinton Draws Crowds In Milwaukee At Campaign Stop Thursday

FREDERICA FREYBERG:

BUT FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FRONT RUNNER HILLARY CLINTON ROLLED INTO MILWAUKEE THURSDAY. REPORTER ZAC SCHULTZ WAS THERE.

JOAN PRINCE:

THIS IS MY FRIEND, HILLARY CLINTON.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

FREDERICA FREYBERG:

WOW. I AM THRILLED TO BE HERE. I’M SO HAPPY TO BE BACK IN MILWAUKEE. I WANT TO —

ZAC SCHULTZ:

HILLARY CLINTON TOOK THE STAGE ON THE UW-MILWAUKEE CAMPUS IN FRONT OF A CROWD THAT REPRESENTS THE CORE VOTING BLOCKS SHE’LL NEED TO WIN TO BECOME PRESIDENT: YOUNG PEOPLE, MINORITIES AND WOMEN.

HILLARY CLINTON:

WE GOT A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND STUDENTS HERE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

ZAC SCHULTZ:

MUCH OF THE CROWD WAS YOUNG AND DIVERSE. MOST OF THE REST WERE IN HER TARGET AUDIENCE.

HILLARY CLINTON:

I LOVE THESE SIGNS. WOMEN FOR H.

ZAC SCHULTZ:

THE EVENT WAS BILLED AS A WOMEN FOR HILLARY ORGANIZING MEETING, AND THOSE WHO INTRODUCED HER EMPHASIZED FEMALE LEADERSHIP.

JOAN PRINCE:

OUR NATION AND COMMUNITIES NEED AND BENEFIT FROM STRONG WOMEN LEADERS.

LENA TAYLOR:

YES! HILLARY IS OUR GIRL!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

ZAC SCHULTZ:

CLINTON SPENT PLENTY OF TIME TALKING ABOUT WOMEN’S ISSUES, INCLUDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND EQUAL PAY.

HILLARY CLINTON:

IF ADVOCATING FOR EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK IS PLAYING THE GENDER CARD, DEAL ME IN. I AM READY TO PLAY.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

ZAC SCHULTZ:

RECENT POLLING HAS SHOWN DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE BERNIE SANDERS CATCHING UP TO CLINTON. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME CLINTON TRAILS SOME REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES IN HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCH-UPS. THOSE LOOKING FOR SYMBOLISM FOUND IT WHEN THE PIPE AND DRAPE BACKDROP AT CLINTON’S RALLY COLLAPSED ONTO THE STAGE JUST MINUTES BEFORE HER APPEARANCE. BUT AS WITH HER POLL NUMBERS AND BERNIE SANDERS, CLINTON NEVER MENTIONED IT, INSTEAD FOCUSING ON THE REPUBLICANS.

HILLARY CLINTON:

THEY’RE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. THEY’RE ALL TRUMP WITHOUT THE PIZAZZ OR THE HAIR.

ZAC SCHULTZ:

SHE SAVED MOST OF HER ATTACKS FOR GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER.

HILLARY CLINTON:

GOVERNOR WALKER HAS MADE IT HIS PERSONAL MISSION TO ROLL BACK WOMEN’S HEALTH AND RIGHTS.

ZAC SCHULTZ:

AND THE PARTISAN CROWD ROARED IN AGREEMENT.

HILLARY CLINTON:

GOVERNOR WALKER THINKS BECAUSE HE BUSTS UNIONS, STARVES UNIVERSITIES, GUTS PUBLIC EDUCATION, DEMEANS WOMEN, SCAPEGOATS TEACHERS, NURSES AND FIREFIGHTERS, HE’S SOME KIND OF TOUGH GUY ON HIS MOTORCYCLE.

[LAUGHING AND CHEERS]

ZAC SCHULTZ:

CLINTON ENDED THE WOMEN FOR HILLARY RALLY WITH AN APPEAL TO HER BID FOR HISTORY, BECOMING THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

HILLARY CLINTON:

WHERE A FATHER CAN SAY TO HIS DAUGHTER, YOU CAN BE ANYTHING YOU WANT IN THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

FREDERICA FREYBERG:

THAT WAS ZAC SCHULTZ REPORTING.