Actor Sean Astin stumps here for Hillary; Sally Field, Chelsea here Saturday

YOUNGSTOWN

Actor Sean Astin said he is campaigning for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton because “I care deeply about the country.”

Astin attracted a crowd of about 100 people Thursday on the Youngstown State University campus, outside Kilcawley Center, speaking in support of Clinton – even though most of the questions he was asked after his talk were about his roles in “Rudy” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

Meanwhile, Chelsea Clinton, the nominee’s daughter, and Academy Award-winning actress Sally Field will campaign Saturday in the Covelli Centre’s Community Room.

That event will start at 2:45 p.m. with the doors opening at 2 p.m. Those who want to attend can RSVP at http://hrc.io/2dkGfQb.

On Thursday, Astin said his first public political event was opening for Clinton at the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1992 when her husband, Bill, successfully ran for president.

“It was an incredible education,” he said in an exclusive interview with The Vindicator. “She absolutely captured my civil imagination. I’ve been a supporter ever since.”

And Astin is not a fan of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

“He’s absolutely unqualified to do the job of president of the United States, and it would be a catastrophe for the country to give him that chance,” Astin said of Trump.

Read more of his remarks in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.