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:
.@JohnLegend wants YOU to call Ohio voters for @DannyOConnor1! Support the Ohio special election on Tuesday no matter where you are, and we’ll be one seat closer to taking back the House. Let’s do this: https://t.co/nBnwF387v8 pic.twitter.com/mgbv5eZTa1
— Swing Left (@swingleft) August 4, 2018
Does Ohio really want rich celebrities phoning in while on a tropical vacation telling them who to vote for?
Democrats don’t have a message or ideas to win back voters. They bring in a rich celebrity to convince middle America to vote for them. Didn’t work in 2016. Won’t work now.
— Gabriel Sterling (@Sterling_NJ) August 5, 2018
Legend defended his video chat as he’s a former resident of the area:
Born and raised in a blue collar family in "middle America." I went to church camp every summer in that district and grew up an hour from there. But continue supporting the born rich New Yorker celebrity apprentice host in the White House. https://t.co/45YyYTu0MM
— John Legend (@johnlegend) August 5, 2018
So, did Legend really do any phone-banking or he just made that video?
.@chrissyteigen and John Legend spending their Saturday night at “JFC” is definitely the highlight of their Bali adventure. ??? pic.twitter.com/sRGD8LYR7Y
— nico (@NicoNovito) August 4, 2018
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Trump won the district by 12% in 2016, but today’s race is reportedly close:
Ohio's 12th Congressional District is having a special election tomorrow night, and new polling says there is a 1% difference between Troy Balderson and Danny O'Connor. https://t.co/OCMMngoeN7
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 6, 2018
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:
oh my god
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) August 5, 2018
Bali. Trembling. So long.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) August 5, 2018
I very calmly walked outside saying clutching baby saying “I’m naked. I’m naked. I’m naked.” like a naked zombie
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) August 5, 2018
So many aftershocks ???
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) August 5, 2018
another aftershock just now. probably the 8th one we have felt since the big one last night. we are safe, up high and nothing around us. thinking about everyone around us and in Lombok especially.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) August 6, 2018
Please don’t make anymore news stories mentioning us. Talk about those in danger and share information to help those in need.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) August 6, 2018
The 6.9 magnitude earthquake killed over 100 people with tens of thousand displaced:
'105 people killed, 236 injured, >84,000 displaced, thousands of homes damaged by the Mag 7 earthquake that rocked Lombok & Bali (as of 7/8/2018). It's estimated that the number of victims will increase as evacuations from buildings continues by the joint SAR Team.' https://t.co/aYbUtgfz1A
— Dr Janine Krippner (@janinekrippner) August 7, 2018
Tourists told of running for their lives, climbing trees and scrambling up hills after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck Lombok, Bali and the Gili Islands, prompting tsunami warnings https://t.co/up2moAfF6N
— The Times of London (@thetimes) August 7, 2018
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