Post by pavel on Jan 19, 2016 17:18:31 GMT -6
Bernie Sanders campaign: 'We didn't close Birmingham's homeless warming station'
The morning after Birmingham's coldest night of winter thus far, the Bernie Sanders campaign deflected blame for the closure of the city's temporary homeless warming shelter.
On Monday night, a Sanders rally was held at Boutwell Auditorium, which is used as a warming station for the city's homeless when temperatures drop abnormally.
Kelvin Datcher, state director for the Sanders campaign, said Tuesday morning that the city of Birmingham never informed the campaign their Monday rally – which was planned in less than a week – would close the warming station.
"We had no clue. I don't think anybody can say the Sanders campaign impacted the warming station," Datcher said. "We had no contact with the city at all about the warming station beforehand. Not only did (Sanders) not know, I didn't even know."
Read more: www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/01/bernie_sanders_campaign_we_did.html#incart_river_home_pop
The morning after Birmingham's coldest night of winter thus far, the Bernie Sanders campaign deflected blame for the closure of the city's temporary homeless warming shelter.
On Monday night, a Sanders rally was held at Boutwell Auditorium, which is used as a warming station for the city's homeless when temperatures drop abnormally.
Kelvin Datcher, state director for the Sanders campaign, said Tuesday morning that the city of Birmingham never informed the campaign their Monday rally – which was planned in less than a week – would close the warming station.
"We had no clue. I don't think anybody can say the Sanders campaign impacted the warming station," Datcher said. "We had no contact with the city at all about the warming station beforehand. Not only did (Sanders) not know, I didn't even know."
Read more: www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/01/bernie_sanders_campaign_we_did.html#incart_river_home_pop