CINCINNATI, Ohio -- At least two protesters were removed from a rally for President Barack Obama? here Sunday after they interrupted his speech by shouting from the bleachers.
A few moments into Obama's address at the University of Cincinnati basketball arena, a man seated in the upper rafters stood up and began shouting down the president about abortion. He held up a sign upside down that read "This Moral Wrong Should Never Be A Constitutional Right" and continued yelling, but the crowd of 13,500 drowned him out with a chant of "Four more years!" The incident forced the president to stop his speech and the man continued shouting until five police offers hauled him out of the arena. When Obama began speaking again, another man on the other side of the arena tried to shout him down again, but was quickly escorted out.
"These must be Tennessee Titans fans mad about the losing to the Bears," Obama joked, before resuming his speech.
Obama's Sunday evening rally was the second-to-last time he will campaign in this state that both he and Republican Mitt Romney view as crucial to winning the election Tuesday.
Joining the president was musician Stevie Wonder, who entertained the crowd before Obama's speech and played a set when he finished. Between numbers, Wonder slammed Romney for comments he made last spring at a closed-door fundraiser about how "47 percent" of the population who would never support him.
"When I hear somebody talking about the 47 percent don't matter, that's unacceptable," Wonder said.
While he played the piano, Wonder went on to discuss abortion policy before continuing his set.
"Men are making an issue about the woman's body," Wonder said. "The reality is, I know--and all us men in here know--that if women were taking control of our bodies making decisions, we wouldn't like that. Is this too real or can you handle it?"
With that, he and his band perform "A Time to Love."
Obama will return to the state Monday for a final rally in Columbus.
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