Thousands of people packed Scott High School on Monday in Toledo's Old West End giving President Barack Obama a rousing welcome as he makes his case for a second term.
"To everybody who is working hard each and every day, Happy Labor Day," says President Obama.
"I want him to get four more years so he can finish doing what he started," says Earlean Belcher, an Obama supporter from Maumee.
Judy Savage of Toledo wore a t-shirt saying "This Mama voted for Obama."
"Because I voted for him the last time and I'm gonna vote again," says Savage.
"We are fired up for this presidential election and Ohio is critical," says Michael Davis of Toledo who drives a delivery truck. "Four years ago I was honestly out of work. I was working my way through college. I think the economy in Toledo and Ohio has picked up a lot."
"I know we've got some proud auto workers in the house helping to bring Toledo back," says President Obama.
UAW union workers were everywhere, even on stage.
The Toledo woman who introduced the president was laid off from GM Powertrain three and a half years ago. After the bailout, her life turned back around.
"Because of the loan he extended to us, absolutely saved the auto industry and I got my job back," says Kenyetta Jones, the GM worker who introduced the president.
"I'm a new hire at General Motors," says Jim McGill who started working at Powertrain five months ago. He wore a t-shirt saying, "We are the 99 percent."
"Barack Obama is part of the reason I have a job, more jobs were created in the auto industry, so he does have my vote," says McGill.
"We've got more good jobs to create, we've got more good cars to build," says President Obama.
As the President left the building, got in his motorcade and drove away, two young sisters stayed inside Scott High School wishing they were old enough to vote.
"I thought it was cool and awesome. It was my first time seeing him in person," says 9-year-old Melody Davis.
10-year-old Harmony Davis said she liked what Obama had to say, specifically, "That we are a good country and he's trying to make it better."
There is historic significance to the Obama campaign choosing Scott High School for Monday's Labor Day event. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke there in 1967, followed by Rosa Parks in 1990.
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