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Clinton Fires Back, Points Finger At Protester

A local group of anti-abortion supporters took their message straight to former President Bill Clinton, who was in Steubenville Sunday campaigning for his wife Hillary, who is seeking the democratic nomination for president.

The group showed up with signs and were outspoken about the issue while Bill Clinton was trying to address other issues.

Clinton appeared to be open to address their issues saying, “It’s OK to hold up your sign, but let me talk and I’ll address that.”

Later, Clinton addressed the issue of abortion.

“We disagree with you. You want to criminalize women and their doctors and we disagree,” Clinton said.

As the conversation continued, members of the Secret Service moved in on the protester in the crowd. They didn't act, but watched what the protester said.

Clinton continued to address the issue. “If you were really pro-life, you would want to put every mother and every doctor as an accessory to murder in prison and you won’t say you want to do that because you won’t have a lick of political support.”

Clinton ended the exchange by saying: “This is not your rally.”

While the Secret Service didn’t remove the protester, the protester ended up leaving on his own.

“You can’t name me anybody presently in politics that did more to introduce polices that reduce the number of real abortions instead of the hot air putting out to tear people up and make votes by dividing America," Clinton said.

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