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FLINT, MI -- A Flint mother and her son are the focus of a new national Hillary Clinton campaign ad.

In the video ad, which was released Friday, Oct. 14, a Flint woman named Nakiya talks about her struggles with the Flint water crisis and the impact that exposure to high levels of lead has had on her son, Jaylon, causing issues for him at school.

"When Hillary came to Flint, she asked me to tell her my story and when she seen my son, she just fell in love with him at first sight. I know Hillary cares for people like us," the woman says in the video.

The ad also shows Clinton speaking on stage about her outrage over the water crisis.

"I spent a lot of time last week being outraged by what's happening in Flint, Michigan, and I think every single American should be outraged," Clinton says in the video. "If the kids If the children in a rich suburb in Detroit had been drinking contaminated drinking water there would have been action."

Watch the full ad below.

The Flint water crisis has been a campaign issue for Clinton since the primary election.

She visited the city in February. A large crowd packed into the House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church where Clinton discussed the need for Congress to immediately pass millions of dollars in funding to help repair infrastructure and assistance for the potential long-term effects of lead poisoning.

During the visit, Clinton also met privately after her 20-minute speech with local officials, including Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, Flint City Council President Kerry Nelson, and several others at the north side church.

Her Republican rival, Donald Trump, also made a Flint appearance in September, and toured the Flint water plant before speaking at Bethel United Methodist Church.

During his speech, in front of a crowd of about 70 people, Rev. Faith Green Timmons told Trump to stop when he began discussing Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Trump had been in the middle of arguing Clinton had failed on the economy and foreign policy.

"I invited you here to thank us for what we've done in Flint, not give a political speech," Timmons said to Trump, cutting him off to applause from the crowd.

Trump responded, "OK, that's good, then I'm going back into Flint."

His arrival drew both cheers and boos from the crowd, some shouting their support for Trump while others chanted "water not walls," alluding to the city's water crisis and the candidate's stance on strengthening the border between the United States and Mexico.