MILWAUKEE — Chelsea Clinton was a first-grader when her father, Bill Clinton, was on the verge of launching a presidential campaign. With five days left in the 2016 presidential election campaign, the 36-year-old famous first daughter was stumping Thursday in Milwaukee for the presidential aspirations of her mother, Hillary Clinton.
“I’m really glad (my parents) made sure I knew how lucky and how privileged I was,” Clinton said. “Because my mom has been driven my whole life, and even longer than I’ve been alive, to do all the good we can for all the people we can in all the places we can for as long as I can. And that’s the bedrock for her campaign.”
Clinton spoke to a crowd of about 250 at an early voting rally at Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. on Milwaukee’s south side, urging a big turn-out-the-vote effort because of “everything is at stake in this election.”
“I already claimed I’m deeply biased toward my mom, but I’m also deeply biased toward our country,” Clinton said. “Our work doesn’t end when the polls close on Nov. 8, I think our work has to continue on Nov. 9 and for a long time to come.”
Clinton said the rhetoric of Republican nominee Donald Trump betrays a lack of understanding of the Constitution and restraints on executive power.
“My mom has ambitious goals, but she’s never going to say anything that’s unconstitutional,” Clinton said. “She’s never going to promise something she knows is impossible because of our structure of government, but she is going to work her heart out to push the limits of what is possible for our children, for our families and for women’s rights and human rights.”
Robin Brodie, 61, of Greendale, a Clinton supporter in the crowd Thursday, said she already cast her early vote for Hillary Clinton.
Brodie, a teacher, said her students have raised concerns about Trump’s campaign and what will happen if he is elected president.
“I’m also extremely scared,” Brodie said. “Some of my students indicate a real fear of what could happen to not only our schools but some of our students because of this hate that is being disseminated by (Trump).”
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore also were in the crowd Thursday, rallying the crowd to get out and vote early for Hillary and Senate candidate Russ Feingold.
“Early next week, we have to adjust our clocks and set them back 60 minutes,” Barrett said, “What we cannot allow is for Donald Trump to set this country back 60 years.”
