Post by Logan on Feb 26, 2016 0:15:54 GMT -6
Flint — Bernie Sanders brought his Democratic presidential campaign here Thursday to give a national voice to those affected by the contaminated water crisis 12 days before Michigan’s primary.
Sanders took valuable time to campaign in Michigan instead of South Carolina, where there is a primary on Saturday.
“I hope people will look at Flint and say: Never again,” the U.S. senator from Vermont said during a campaign event at the Woodside Church. “We have seven beautiful grandchildren. And to hear what is happening in children in this community is so horrific, it is so painful, it is hard to discuss.”
Sanders held an hour-long, freewheeling discussion with nearly 350 audience members and supporters -- many of whom waited hours in the cold to see him. Some sprang up from the pews to answer leading questions from Sanders, who is battling Hillary Clinton for the nomination.
Read more: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/02/25/bernie-sanders/80933774/
Sanders took valuable time to campaign in Michigan instead of South Carolina, where there is a primary on Saturday.
“I hope people will look at Flint and say: Never again,” the U.S. senator from Vermont said during a campaign event at the Woodside Church. “We have seven beautiful grandchildren. And to hear what is happening in children in this community is so horrific, it is so painful, it is hard to discuss.”
Sanders held an hour-long, freewheeling discussion with nearly 350 audience members and supporters -- many of whom waited hours in the cold to see him. Some sprang up from the pews to answer leading questions from Sanders, who is battling Hillary Clinton for the nomination.
Read more: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/02/25/bernie-sanders/80933774/