2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMayor Karen Weaver: Hillary Clinton is the only presidential candidate helping us in Flint.
I am so so so PROUD of Hillary
Hillary Clinton 2016 @HillaryIn2016 3h3 hours ago
Mayor Karen Weaver: Hillary Clinton is the only presidential candidate helping us in Flint. http://ow.ly/XmZhW #Hillary2016 #ImWithHer
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Jan 21, 2016 by Mayor Karen Weaver
Shes shown us what kind of person she isand what kind of president shell be.
My constituents have been drinking, washing, and bathing in poisoned water.
Fifty-six percent of Flint residents are African American, and the majority of people in this city live below the poverty line. In March 2014, almost two years before I was elected, officials decided to get our water from the Flint River. But the Flint River eroded our lead pipes, and that lead seeped into our water.
In children, lead poisoning leads directly to learning disorders and developmental delay.
The number of children suffering from lead poisoning has doubled, and 10 people have died from Legionnaires diseasemost likely because of our poisoned water.
People deserve to know how this happened, and officials need to be held accountable.
Only one presidential candidateDemocrat or Republicanhas reached out and asked, "What can I do? How can I help? And thats Hillary Clinton.
Hillary is worried about the kids here. She saw the effects lead poisoning can have on children during her time as a senator from New York. Its ugly. She wants to help.
She rolled up her sleeves and got to work. Hillary sent campaign staff to Flint, and they came back and said, Heres what I see going on. She talked about the issue on Rachel Maddows show, calling on the governor to reach out to President Obama and to immediately set up a health monitoring and surveillance system.
And she closed the Democratic debate on Sunday by expressing her outrage, calling national attention to our struggle.
Shes been doing her part to keep everything moving forward, so we can get help to the people who need it.
Hillary is the kind of friend you want in the White House. And in fact, shes the exact friend we need in the White House. Because this isn't something that's going to go away. We need a fighter.
We need someone there fighting for the city of Flint, making sure we're getting what we need. Hillary has shown us thats what kind of person she isand what kind of president shell be.
She gets results. And thats what we need.
Truprogressive85
(900 posts)Has she called out the incompetent Rahm Emmanuel? And his part in a cover up
riversedge
(70,182 posts)Truprogressive85
(900 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)She's a private citizen. What does she have to offer Flint that's of any substance? Words. "Worry". Campaign staffers (did they pass out any campaign literature while they were there? I'd bet $100 they did).
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)and lots of prayers.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)And prayers.
Very cool.
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)oh how she is helping those people!!:
riversedge
(70,182 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Vinca
(50,253 posts)covering it before it was a good campaign issue. I'm sure Hillary cares, but she can't do much more than anyone else since she's not a part of the government at this particular time.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)If you support Clinton you will play it to the hilt as an example of Clinton getting results; if you don't you see it has taking too much credit for "fixing" the problem simply by mentioning it on t.v. It's probably a wash politically.
MineralMan
(146,284 posts)That won't hurt in the GE in Michigan. Thanks, Hillary!