🐦 Monday Feb 13 at 8PM - Bernie Sanders Town Hall, MSNBC - McDowell County, West Virginia

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Excerpt:

WELCH, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) will be in McDowell County next Monday for a town hall meeting.

The meeting will take place at the Welch National Guard Armory and air later that day on MSNBC, according to NBC News.

Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 13. Taping will begin at 10 a.m. The meeting will be televised at 8 p.m. that day.

Sanders referred to the struggles in McDowell County at times during his presidential campaign. He lost the Democratic nomination for president to Hillary Clinton.

Residents who live in the McDowell County area and want to attend can email wvtownhall@gmail or call 800-840-4580. Reservations are required.

http://wvmetronews.com/2017/02/08/bernie-sanders-has-2-west-virginia-events-planned-over-next-week/

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1. Local broadcast about event, Video Link:

Sen. Bernie Sanders headed to McDowell County for town hall

http://www.wvva.com/story/34458597/2017/02/08/sen-sanders-headed-to-mcdowell-co-for-town-hall

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2. In McDowell County, Poverty is a Death Sentence - Bernie Sanders

Published on May 5, 2016
When we talk about poverty, I think a lot of people say, "Well somebody is poor who maybe lives in inadequate housing and that's just too bad, or may not have a good automobile or may not even be able to go to college." All of that's true. But poverty, and the stress of poverty, is much, much more than that. In many ways in our country the stress of poverty is a death sentence.

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3. Poverty in America - Bernie Sanders

Published on May 5, 2016
“What is strange about what goes on in America is that we are the wealthiest country in the history of the world,” Sanders told more than 250 people at the Five Loaves & Two Fishes Food Bank.

He pointed to mounting wealth and income inequality nationwide. In West Virginia, while the top 1 percent saw incomes rise more than 60 percent from 1979 to 2012, incomes for everyone else fell by 0.4 percent. He also said 22 percent of American children live in poverty, including about 100,000 in West Virginia.

“What poverty is about is dealing with the stress of whether or not your family is going to make it every single week,” Sanders said. “When you don’t have any money you’re fighting for your survival every single day.”

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4. Another town hall for Bernie! Going.straight to the people. Love it nt

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6. Continuing to inspire. What our country needs!

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5. Bravo Bernie for returning to WVa. and highlighting poverty and inequality

in areas like McDowell Co.

Big thanks for the post and videos.

The McDowell coal town of Welch was the site of the murder of pro-miner hero and Police Chief Sid Hatfield in 1921 by detectives during the West Virginia mine wars. The Matewan Massacre and Sid's demise are depicted in John Sayles' Academy-Award nominated film "Matewan" (1987).