After Cancellation, Sanders Vows to Hold WV Town Hall "In the Streets"
Monday, February 13, 2017, by Common Dreams
- After Cancellation, Sanders Vows to Hold WV Town Hall 'In The Streets' -, by Lauren McCauley, staff writer
As the former presidential candidate continues to draw thousands in red states, officials pulled the plug on Monday speech in impoverished McDowell County, West Virginia.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he will not be "intimidated" from speaking in West Virginia's McDowell County, "one of the poorest areas in one of our poorest states," after officials pulled the plug on a Monday town hall event.
"If anyone in West Virginia government thinks that I will be intimidated from going to McDowell County, West Virginia, to hold a town meeting, they are dead wrong," declared Sanders in a Facebook post on Sunday after the state's National Guard announced the meeting, which was slated to be aired on MSNBC's "All In with Chris Hayes," would not be able to take place at the Welch National Guard Armory two days before it was scheduled to occur.
"If they don't allow us to use the local armory, we'll find another building. If we can't find another building, we'll hold the meeting out in the streets," vowed the Vermont independent. "That town meeting will be held. Poverty in America will be discussed. Solutions will be found."
Hundreds of people had already signed up to attend the event, Sanders said.
On a speaking tour to promote his new book and highlight some of the most economically distressed areas of the country, the progressive champion and former presidential candidate continues to draw massive crowds in some of the most conservative corners.
An upcoming speech in Topeka, Kansas on Feb. 25th had to be moved to a larger venue after more than 1,500 tickets were sold in one week.
In the West Virginia state capital of Charleston, where U.S. President Donald Trump won 57 percent of the vote, Sanders addressed a crowd of over 2,000 people on Sunday evening...Continued ~
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- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Speaks to Sold Out Crowd in Charleston, West Virginia Sunday Night -