How the water crisis in Flint returned to the spotlight

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BY TERRELL J. STARR
2 hours ago
Danielle Green has spent her life in an uphill fight to help her town of Flint, Mich. overcome poverty. The water crisis that has thrown Flint into the national spotlight has set back those efforts — and hit even closer to home, as her own mother has tested positive for lead poisoning.

She wasn’t sure who she was going to vote for before sitting down with Bernie Sanders on Feb. 15 — but after seeing his "compassion and sincerity" up close she was won over.

"I just like what he stands for, equality. And he has compassion," Green, whose mother tested positive for lead poisoning, told me. "When we went in to speak with him. It was he and his wife. They were both extremely concerned and sympathetic about our situation."

SEE ALSO: The poisoning of Flint, Michigan

Green said she showed Sanders and his wife, Jane, a photo of urine-colored water inside of her mother’s washing machine. Their faces wrinkled in disgust, she remembered.

"There is a compassion and sincerity about him wanting to get something done and that’s close to my heart,” Green said. "I’m a Bernie Sanders fan all of the way. He definitely has my vote because I can see the sincerity in him and in his wife. And that’s what we need: someone who is sincere."



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[jillan]

1. Huge kick and rec! And can I just say how classy it was for Bernie to meet with residents of Flint

in private and not making a photo op for a campaign talking point, like someone else we all know.

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. The pain on his face is so obvious. You can tell he truly hurts for them. He genuinely FEELS THEIR

PAIN.

And then we have Clinton who used them for political points.

Bernie will always be there to help them. Clinton will be nowhere in sight if she, by some miracle, makes it to the WH. She doesn't give a crap about the AA community. Perfect example - her treatment of the BLM activist at her fundraiser last night. She couldn't even answer a simple question posed to her about her "Super Predator" - " Bring them to heel" comments. She-couldn't-be-bothered! And she was RUDE to that young lady. Very ARROGANT

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[sarge43]

3. Sanders' compassion vs Clinton's indifference

It's as though she didn't ever hear Ms Williams, couldn't bothered.

Anyone with that lack of empathy must not have power over other people.