New York Mayor Bill de Blasio stormed into Ohio Sunday to talk up Hillary Rodham Clinton, but drew only 40 Democrats in a lackluster showing of support.

The big city mayor spoke for about 20 minutes in the Lima, at one point defending charges that Clinton is a Wall Street surrogate for all the money she's taken from banks and brokers.

"You can take a donation. You can meet with people. It does not mean you are going to do what they want you to do," de Blasio said.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio visited Toledo, and Lima, Ohio Sunday.

Ohio is a key battleground state where Donald Trump has held his own against Clinton. A victory in Ohio would help Clinton lock up the election.

According to a LimaOhio.com report, de Blasio said, "Lima and Allen County are the center of the universe. I come from a place we are very proud and we have our own swagger, but I say with humility you have something we don't have, and I say it with a certain envy, as well. You get to decide the future of the country."

He also spoke to just a living room full group in Toledo.

There, according to the Toledo Blade, he ripped Trump, saying, "Trump has said divisive things going back to the 1980s." De Blasio added, "He's become a less and less meaningful person in New York over the years because I think New Yorkers got pretty turned off by that."

Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com