With temperatures in Birmingham expected to dropped to 20 overnight Monday -- the lowest temperature thus far in 2016 -- the place where the city's homeless usually go to seek shelter from the cold was unavailable.
Boutwell Auditorium, typically used as a warming station in such situations, was not available Monday night because presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders spoke to a crowd of thousands. Factoring in wind chill, it was expected to feel more like 15 degrees on the streets of Birmingham.
Last week, the auditorium housed about 300 people a night when it served as a warming station for three nights. "We've never had a night like this where it will be in the teens and we weren't able to open," said Don Lupo, of the mayor's office of citizen's assistance.
Couldn't the homeless attend the Rally? They would have blended in very well and no one would have noticed the smell of urine or poop.
A lie of omission is still a lie, and since you chose omit the full comment from Mr. Lupo, as well as other facts, I'm of the opinion that you are a liar, because here's what he said:
"the SCLC had event there in the late afternoon and there was a Bernie Sanders rally there tonight -- so Boutwell was not available on the coldest night we've had in a few years -- being mad with the SCLC or Senator Sanders doesn't get us anywhere"
and
“However, we are working with local area homeless shelters and the BPD to help anyone in need to get to a shelter.”
By the way? The "SCLC" is the "Southern Christian Leadership Conference," which held its event before Sanders. I don't see you saying they threw anyone out. Funny, that.
Then there's this, from the State Director for Sanders' campaign Kelvin Datcher, goes further:
"I knew last week that the city used the warming station upstairs, but not downstairs. We had no idea that the warming station would be closed. We were downstairs, they would be upstairs. That's what we knew."
and
"There was never any conversation about the warming station. Not only did the senator not know, I didn't even know. They were relying on me to relay information up the chain. Had that been a concern, we absolutely would've acted on it."
So you're a liar for omitting the full information in the article you linked (in an attempt to paint your opposition in a bad light, which you have now failed at doing), and you're a liar for saying Bernie Sanders kicked anyone out of anywhere.
Have a good day!
