Lady Gaga calls for unity with Trump supporters at Clinton rally
The pop singer closes Hillary Clinton's star-studded campaign with a call to unity between the candidates.
Tuesday 8 November 2016 12:12, UK
Lady Gaga closed Hillary Clinton's star-studded campaign with a call for reconciliation between her backers and Donald Trump's supporters.
The pop star joined rock legend Jon Bon Jovi in North Carolina for the last Hillary Clinton rally hours before the first polls open on Tuesday.
Speaking to a youthful crowd, the 30-year-old singer hailed Mrs Clinton's bravery saying she was "made of steel", alluding to Donald Trump's attacks on the Democrat.
"No matter how absurd and mean he became, she smiled bravely and she continued on," Gaga told the crowd.
"We want you to stand up. Be a part of history," the singer said, before mentioning her "solidarity" with the Black Lives Matter movement.
"What I'm asking you is to be in this moment right now, with us, and fight for your future and the future of our children," she added.
Gaga performed Angel Down, a song written in tribute of Trayvon Martin, the African-American teenager whose death triggered Black Lives Matter.
She also urged respect for backers of Mr Trump, and how important it is for the country to be united.
"I know that it is important for this message, too, to be spread - that we do not need to hate his followers," she said to applause.
"If we are true, true Americans, then we must go from viewing his followers as our adversaries to viewing them as our allies."
Bruce Springsteen also played for Mrs Clinton's campaign in Philadelphia at a massive rally that featured President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
"Let's all do our part so we can look back on 2016 and say we stood with Hillary Clinton on the right side of history," Springsteen told the roughly 40,000 people assembled near the city's Independence Hall.
The Born To Run singer said Republican candidate Donald Trump would "prioritise his own interests and ego before American democracy itself".
Madonna, meanwhile, roused Clinton backers in New York with a surprise outdoor acoustic concert.
"As far as I'm concerned, we still live in an extremely chauvinistic, sexist, misogynist country," she told the crowd.
"And that is why Hillary Clinton needs to be president."
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