Alexandra Glorioso

Naples (Fla.) Daily News

MIAMI — Two Latin music icons rallied voters for Hillary Clinton on Saturday in South Florida's Democratic stronghold as the candidate pressed for more support among the state's Hispanic voters.

Jennifer Lopez headlined the concert at Biscayne Park, saying, “This election is one of the most important in our lifetime.”

“Florida, home to one of my favorite cities, Miami, and millions of Latinos is a pivotal state in this election. It’s time to unify, support and vote for the only choice that makes sense not only for women or for Latinos, but for all Americans,” Lopez said.

For the event, Lopez was joined by ex-husband, Marc Anthony, named Latin Grammy person of the year.

“Latinos, I don’t have to go over how important the moment in history is if you are Latinos,” Anthony told the crowd of more than 8,000. “Listen to me, this is a very special time in history. After the establishment sees how we show up, how we vote, they will never mess with us again.”

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Thousands braved the rain, which poured on and off throughout the night, to attend the concert held to benefit Clinton on the first weekend day of early voting.

“I just tell you. It rained, and everybody’s here. And the performances were amazing,” Clinton said near the end of the concert, before appealing to the crowd to help her beat Republican candidate Donald Trump.

“There are just 10 days left in the most important election of our lives," she told the crowd. "It might be a little easy to forget with all the fun and excitement and joy that you saw up on the stage today, Donald Trump is out there stoking fear, disgracing our democracy and insulting one group of Americans after another. Well let me ask you this: Are we going to let Donald Trump get away with that?”

As the rain continued, Clinton made her push.

“The rain has come back, so here’s what I’m asking all of you to do: 16.5 million people have already voted, more than 3 million right here in Florida. Let’s keep this momentum going. We just heard Jennifer perform, ‘Let’s Get Loud.’ Well, I say, 'Let’s get loud at the voting booth!'”

As of Saturday, 3.3 million Floridians had voted.