Hillary Clinton Praises LeBron James For Helping Start Voting Rights Group

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00:00I'm Melissa Rowland with Sports Illustrated and we're here with Jill Painter Lopez.

00:05Now Hillary Clinton recently praised LeBron James for one of his most recent endeavors.

00:10What did she say?

00:12Well Melissa, Hillary Rodham Clinton was praising LeBron James for helping start that voting

00:18rights group to help combat black voter suppression and encourage minority voters.

00:24Now that organization More Than a Vote is with LeBron James, other entertainers and

00:30athletes as well.

00:32And this isn't the first time that these two have shared their admiration for one another.

00:36Now LeBron James four years ago spoke at one of her campaign rallies in Cleveland when

00:41she was the Democratic nominee in 2016.

00:45And back then, four years ago, he was talking about voter suppression.

00:49He was talking about encouraging people like him where he grew up in Akron, Ohio and not

00:53thinking his vote mattered.

00:55So again, this is something that LeBron James has been doing for a while now.

00:59And of course, Hillary Clinton is certainly there to support him.