Clinton stood in for his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who was resting after begin diagnosed with pneumonia last week. “Now the cars are made in Mexico and you can’t drink the water in Flint”.
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“People feel marginalized, people feel neglected, people feel injured and insulted, and the people of this community deserve more than to just be patronized”, he said. A mayoral spokeswoman said the Trump campaign called Monday about the Flint water plant tour, and the NY businessman’s campaign told The Detroit News about its Flint visit late Tuesday morning.
“Oh, oh, OK, that’s good”, Trump responded, shuffling papers on his podium at Bethel United Methodist Church.
Before speaking at the church, Trump took a tour of a now-shuttered water treatment plant in Flint that was responsible for the lead-poisoned water that’s become a crisis in the city. “And we’ll have nothing but more unemployment in Flint and Michigan”, Trump added.
On Wednesday, Clinton’s doctor said she is recovering from her pneumonia and remains “healthy and fit to serve as President of the United States”.
In brief remarks to reporters, Trump thanked the plant’s staff, but did not immediately address the water crisis. Timmons then interrupted him.
The injunction came as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump headed to Flint for a campaign rally, ostensibly seeking to reach out to black voters.
Trump visited the African-American church to pay tribute to the city’s resiliency.
Flint’s interim chief financial officer, David Sabuda, said in court that delivering water would financially cripple the city.
Powell, a retired four-star general who served in three GOP administrations, was once considered a possible presidential nominee.
Attorneys for residents and for advocacy groups Concerned Pastors for Social Action, the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the American Civil Liberties Union of MI argued in U.S. District Court in Detroit that the city and state should be required to deliver bottled water to people’s homes or launch a program to install water filters.
Trump told the Detroit News earlier this month that the Flint crisis “is a situation that would have never happened if I were president”.
“His plans for ensuring greater accountability from the EPA and to fix our nation’s infrastructure show a strong commitment to providing solutions, not politicizing a crisis”, she said.
A campaign official says Donald Trump is planning to visit Flint, Michigan, on Wednesday. “Where was the outrage from these groups when Hillary Clinton filmed campaign materials in their community, using the city as a prop in her desperate attempt to win Michigan’s primary?”
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“I thought he wanted to see that we gave out food and water and when his statement went beyond what he originally said, I asked him to stick to what he was originally going to say”, said Timmons.
