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John Legend, calling in from Bali, assails Republican Troy Balderson in the #OH12

John Legend, on vacation in Bali was his family, posted this video on August 4 to encourage voters in Ohio’s 12th congressional district to vote for Dem Danny O’Connor in today’s special election:

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Does Ohio really want rich celebrities phoning in while on a tropical vacation telling them who to vote for?

Legend defended his video chat as he’s a former resident of the area:

So, did Legend really do any phone-banking or he just made that video?

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Trump won the district by 12% in 2016, but today’s race is reportedly close:

Anyway, it wasn’t just politics and vacay for the Legend family. Chrissy Teigen ended up live-tweeting the earthquake that struck Bali the day after Legend cut that video:

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The 6.9 magnitude earthquake killed over 100 people with tens of thousand displaced:

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