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Flint, Michigan Mayor Dr. Karen Weaver told reporters that Hillary Clinton is the only presidential candidate in either party who has reached out to her about the water crisis in her city.
Mayor Weaver was asked if she was satisfied with the Clinton and Sanders responses on the Flint water crisis.
Dr. Weaver answered:
What Sen. Sanders said was that the governor should step down, and a lot of people said that the governor should step down. And a lot of people said that the governor should step down, and I’m going to continue saying what I’ve been saying. We want people held accountable. I can’t wait for the investigation to show us who knew what, and when they knew things. We do want some accountability, but what Hillary Clinton has done.
She has actually been the only, the only candidate whether we’re talking Democratic or Republican to reach out and talk with us about what can I do. What kind of help do you need? Here’s what I see going on.
The call was organized by the Clinton campaign, and Mayor Weaver is a supporter of Hillary Clinton. However, it is surprising that the Sanders campaign has not reached out to the mayor. This is a crisis that deserves more than one Saturday morning issued a press release calling on Gov. Snyder to resign. It would be nice to see more action from the Sanders side in response to hundreds of children being poisoned in Flint.
Earlier in the call, Weaver said, “when Sec. Clinton talked about it in the debate, it really, you know if you thought we had a national spotlight on it, her statement added a spotlight, so I was really glad to have her step up and speak out about what’s going on in the city of Flint.”
The fact that Clinton beat Sanders to punch on Flint during the last Democratic presidential debate suggested the savviness of a candidate who is thinking beyond Iowa and New Hampshire.
At the end of the day, the people of Flint have been poisoned by the governor of their own state. It is time for the country to come together to help and demand answers from Gov. Snyder and his administration.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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