Bernie Sanders keeps campaign promise in return to Flint, Mich.

Hunter Walker White House Correspondent,Yahoo News•February 27, 2018

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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders fulfilled a pledge he made during his 2016 presidential campaign and returned to the city of Flint, Mich., on Feb. 25. During his visit to the city, which has not previously been reported, Sanders met with local community members and activists who are dealing with the lead poisoning crisis that has affected the city’s water supply since 2014.

In a statement to Yahoo News, Sanders said the situation remains dire and the government response has been inadequate.

“On my return to Flint this week, I once again saw a community that is economically and socially oppressed and in desperate need of our help. I also saw some beautiful and strong people of all ages working tirelessly to improve that community,” Sanders said, adding, “The impact of the water crisis continues to be enormous, and government at all levels is not doing enough. The work of Pastor Tillman and all those I met in Flint is extraordinary, and I look forward to continuing to work with them.”

Turner told Yahoo News that she and Sanders participated in a private meeting that included Pastor Ezra Tillman of Flint’s First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, Tillman’s wife and environmental activist Guy Williams. She said they also held a larger meeting with younger local activists.

“People were crying in those meetings,” said Turner, adding, “So many felt they were used as props in the 2016 election cycle and that most politicians only want to be affiliated with them when there’s cameras, and it was so refreshing to have him back there to have deep meetings about their suffering.”

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