Hillary Clinton Changes Speech in Cleveland, 'Today is not a day for politics'

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton came to the Cleveland Industrial Innovation Center near Collinwood on Monday. What was originally planned to be a speech about jobs and the economy became a speech about safety, gun control, and religious extremism. 

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge and Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish opened the event. Mayor Jackson started by asking for a moment of silence to honor those lost on Sunday in the horriffic mass-shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando where 49 died and 53 were injured. Jackson then endorsed Clinton before turning things over to Armond Budish.

Budish said that he had originally intended to talk about how Hillary Clinton's appointment of a Supreme Court Justice could benefit women's health care rights, worker's rights and voting rights but had to change his remarks due to the murders in Orlando.

Budish also paid tribute to former Ohio Governor George Voinovich who passed away Sunday morning. He told the audience that Voinovich was a "devoted, thoughtful and compassionate public servant that rejected the politics of division, racism and bigotry." Adding that Voinovich's "life and career stands in stark contrast, in direct opposition to the politics of Donald Trump."

Congresswoman Marcia Fudge spoke next saying that America needs Hillary now more than ever. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown introduced Clinton, Brown has been mentioned as a possible choice to be Clinton's running mate and sat next to Clinton throughout her speech.

Clinton said that she also had to change the content of her speech because of the horrific events on Sunday in Orlando.

“Today is not a day for politics,” Clinton said, beginning her speech. 

A good deal of her speech focused on the subject of gun control. 

“It’s essential that we stop terrorists from getting the tools they need to carry out the attacks, and that is especially true when it comes to assault weapons like those used in Orlando and San Bernardino,” she said.

It seemed that many in the audience had topics such as safety and gun control on their minds also. 

In the first video, Deb Sweeney of Lakewood says that Hillary "has more sense about safety than the other candidate."

In the second video, Mike Pissos of Fairview Park says he agrees with Clinton on gun control and points out that she didn't mention Trump by name in her speech.