POTUS Candidates on Sunday Shows VS Candidates who discussed Flint, Michigan

[Cha]

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POTUS candidates on Sunday shows:

Clinton, Sanders, Bush, Trump, Rubio, Christie, Kasich, Carson

Candidates who discussed Flint:

Clinton

6:58 AM - 7 Feb 2016
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http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/07/chat-away-769/


"This is no time for politics as usual," Hillary Clinton said speaking on the Flint water crisis. | AP Photo


Hillary Clinton diverts to Flint to show support

FLINT, Mich. — Hillary Clinton took her campaign to church Sunday, departing New Hampshire two days before the primary to travel to this beleaguered city to assure residents that they haven't been forgotten.

Clinton joined several hundred Flint residents, almost all African-American, at the House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church immediately following a raucous Sunday service in which the pastor preached a message of hope in the face of the water contamination crisis that has rocked the city.

"This is not merely unacceptable or wrong, though it is both. What happened in Flint is immoral. The children in Flint are just as precious as the children in any other part of America," she said.

For Clinton, the meeting was an opportunity to distinguish herself from Bernie Sanders in a majority-black city just a month before the state's March 8 primary. Clinton has railed about the water crisis here early and often. She declared at a Democratic debate last month in South Carolina that "every single American should be outraged" about Flint's water contamination, and she sent campaign aides to meet with Flint Mayor Karen Weaver to discuss the issue. Weaver, a Democrat who has endorsed Clinton, met with Clinton Sunday. Clinton also said she met on Sunday with Flint mothers who told her about how the contaminated water affected their children.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/hillary-clinton-flint-water-218894#ixzz3zXoO5dIw

Hillary doesn't have time for BS's accusations that she's not "Progressive" enough.. she's too busy out getting things done.

This is what kind of a POTUS Hillary Clinton will make.

[font color=blue]Hillary's Group~Mahalo~[/font]

[UtahLib]

1. Right on, Cha. nt

[Cha]

2. Thank you so much, UtahLib!

[SunSeeker]

3. You got that right, Cha!!

[Cha]

5. Thank you so much, SunSeeker!

You got that right too!

[Lucinda]

4. KNR

[Cha]

6. Thank you so much, Lucinda!

[DesertRat]

7. Yes!

[Cha]

8. That's where Hillary's heart is, DesertRat~ right where it should be.

[DesertRat]

24. She has what it takes to be POTUS!

[Liberty Belle]

9. Bernie spoke out on this long before Hillary,

and he called on the Michigan governor to resign: https://berniesanders.com/press-release/michigan-governor-must-resign/

[Cha]

11. So? Hillary brought national attention to it @DemDebate bc it wasn't even brought up ..

Flint Mayor Karen Weaver has endorsed Hillary.

Hillary left New Hampshire even though she's trailing to bring even more attention to it. Thank You, Hillary Clinton. this is what Presidents do.


Why Clinton brought up Flint's water crisis

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton didn't want to leave Sunday night's Democratic presidential debate without addressing one topic that didn't come up until she mentioned it: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's handling of a contaminated water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

"I think every single American should be outraged," Clinton said. "We've had a city in the United States of America where the population, which is poor in many ways, and majority African American has been drinking and bathing in led contaminated water. And the governor of that state acted as though he didn't really care. He had requests for help that he basically stonewalled. I'll tell you what: If the kids in a rich suburb of Detroit had been drinking contaminated water and being bathed in it, there would have been action."

Clinton went on to say she sent her "top campaign aide" to Michigan to "talk to the mayor of Flint to see what I could do to help and I issued a statement about what we needed to do and then I went on a TV show and said it was outrageous that the governor had not acted and within an hour or two he had."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/live-from-charleston-sc/2016/01/flint-michigan-water-crisis-hillary-clinton-debate-217928#ixzz3zYZJsWK8

[treestar]

38. Typical Bernie

To think in macro terms Calling for the governor to resign as if thy would ever happen. Demand for things that will never happen rather than deal with the problem.

[Cha]

42. Exacty treestar! Thank you.. I had forgotten exactly what he had said.. the Gov is still there

but Hillary got the ball rolling and is still getting it done. Boooom!

[BlueMTexpat]

29. I see Bernie's Jan 16 press release but

HRC's Jan 14 appearance on Rachel Maddow trumps that.

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2016/01/hillary_clinton_infuriated_by.html

Do you really want to play "firsties?" And what has Bernie done since?

Hillary brought the Flint crisis up again - unprompted - in the debate on Jan 17 and has continued to work with the Mayor and others to see what actually can be done to improve things. NOW - not in some mythical revolutionary future.

[brer cat]

35. "The people of Flint deserve more than an apology,” Sanders said.

Yes they do. You have a big pulpit these days, Bernie, so why aren't you using it to keep this issue front and center? Why not do some brainstorming to come up with some of that "more" they deserve? One call out for the governor to resign and then *crickets*. Not very presidential imo.

[treestar]

37. But he didn't go

And the governor resigning is no help. And the governor will never resign due to Bernie demands.

[LisaM]

47. Hillary went to Michigan and campaigned against Snyder in 2014.

Where was Bernie Sanders then?

[workinclasszero]

10. Thanks Hillary

[Cha]

15. Thank you, working!

[Hekate]

12. KICK!

[Cha]

16. Mahalo for KICKing for Hillary in Flint, Hekate!

[TexasTowelie]

13. K&R.

[Cha]

18. Gracias, TexasT!

[BlueCaliDem]

14. KICK & rec'd! It is outrageous that not more media are involved in reporting this crisis!

Instead of reporting on the latest gaffs from the Republicans, the media should be reporting on this disaster on a daily basis!

Thank you, Hillary, for dragging the spotlight BACK on Flint!

[Cha]

20. Yes, that would be the US media's responsibility but tragically thay have devolved more

and more into infotainment central. Fighting for ratings not the important news that people need to know to make their lives better and this a better country.

Their agenda is 180 degrees opposite. You'd think ratings would sky rocket if there were an actual news station.. reality driven not manufactured.

Mahalo BlueCali~

[Iliyah]

17. K & R

[Cha]

22. Mahalo Iliyah!

[BooScout]

19. Thanks for this Cha!

[Cha]

23. That's our Hillary doing the right thing!

Mahalo Boo~

[Stuckinthebush]

21. K&R!

Awesome. That's our next president!

[Cha]

25. Focusing on Flint when she's trailing in New Hampshire.. stating:.. "this isn't politics as usual."

Mahalo Stuck!

[riversedge]

26. And Sanders fans complain that he gets no credit for Flint responses.

DAH!

[Cha]

27. Boo hoo!

Hey rivers.. thank you!

[mcar]

28. But it was just a photo op!!11

Some sneer.

[Cha]

30. Right... that's just sour grapes.

Cause bern's not doin' it.

Thank you, mcar! Hillary's out getting things done while he's whining about who's more "progressive".

[mcar]

32. Yeah and who said it first

[Cha]

41. I know.. neener neener neener.. Doesn't matter.. it's who's heart is in it and does the most.

Thank you!

[BlueMTexpat]

31. Thanks for the OP, Cha!

That's our girl! There are all too many who characterize her actions simply as political posturing. That is among their kinder insults.

But I am very proud to stand with Hillary in Flint - or anywhere else for that matter!

[Cha]

43. They're just jealous because Hillary is out there doing it and giving it her all, instead of just

lip service.

[BlueMTexpat]

49. +1! eom

[asjr]

33. Thank you Cha. After getting my rear end kicked in previous messages from Bernie supporters I now

feel safe in replying to this message. Some Bernie advocates are vicious in their replies. It has ruined DU for me.

[Cha]

44. I just hang out in Hill's Group, the BOG, and the AA Group.. Nice People, asjr!

[Spazito]

34. When Hillary focused on the Flint catastrophe for her final debate comments...

in January it was clear this was very important to her and she has reinforced that since then by her words AND her actions.

Great OP, Cha!

[Cha]

45. Hillary's heart is in it, Spazito.. she'll get it done! Hearts for you!

Mahalo

[Spazito]

46. Awww, thanks, love them! n/t

[brer cat]

36. Thanks, Cha. K&R nt

[treestar]

39. Kick

The only one paying attention to what is happening in the country is Hillary. The rest are on their ego trips.

[Cha]

48. Well put. That's why Hillary is going to be President and I got your hearts right here!

treestar~

[NastyRiffraff]

40. That's our next president!

Thanks for posting this, Cha. K&R!