By Zoisa Fraser in Ohio*
Women are just as capable as men to be president, Beyoncé told those packed into the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio on Friday night for a free concert organised by her husband, music mogul and rapper Jay Z in support of US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.
“This is history. Thank you for being here tonight… If you were black, white, Mexican, Asian, Muslim, educated, poor or rich, if you were a woman it did not matter. Less than 100 years ago women did not have the right to vote. Look how far we have come from having no voice to being on the brink of making history; electing the first woman president,” Beyoncé shouted above screams.
Dressed in a black and white polka-dot pantsuit, she sang a medley of her popular hits including “Formation”, “Independent Ladies” and “(Girls) Run the World,” as she appeared to be not just trying to tell the mostly black audience that women are just as powerful as men,
