Today is the long awaited Election Day in the United States! North Carolina is a swing state, so we've had a lot of visits from presidential candidates. In a last minute effort to bring out the vote, former President Clinton came to the UNCG campus yesterday to encourage people to get out and vote and, of course, to vote for the Clinton/Kaine ticket. The pop up visit happened on the lawn of the student union. Introduced by Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan, President Clinton's speech began about 1:15 and lasted for about fifteen minutes.
Regardless of whom you support, please get out and vote today-- if you haven't already. It was nice to see so many students out to see a political event. Not all in the crowd were in support of the Clinton/Kaine ticket, but they were very happy to be this close to a former president. Students were very well behaved and there were no incidents. A few students did run along the perimeter chanting, "Black lives matter!". If you look just in front of the flag to the right in the background, you can see one of the many secret service agents who came along for the event. Fortunately, their day was uneventful.
We apologize for the low quality photo. The angle of the sun was very unaccommodating and, we arrived too late, and without the right equipment and credentials, to secure a press pass! But, we did see a former president in person. Happy Election Day! May we follow the lead of the UNCG students and remain civil!
I've seen three of our former prime ministers here, fairly close up, actually. There's not the wall of security around them after they've left office.
From the outside looking in, I'm more worried about the aftermath of this one.
Posted by: William Kendall | Tuesday, November 08, 2016 at 04:10 PM