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Flint mayor ready for national spotlight ahead of DNC speech

Steve Carmody
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Michigan Radio
"She is the best candidate, that happens to be a woman," Mayor Karen Weaver said of Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.

 

Michigan will be in the national spotlight this week during the Democratic National Convention.

U.S. Senator Gary Peters will serve as a co-chair at the convention and speakers from the state will include former Governor Jennifer Granholm and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. Also on that list is Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, who will speak Wednesday night. Weaver joined us today to discuss the upcoming convention, her speech and presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

GUEST Karen Weaver is the Mayor of Flint. She will be speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, PA on Wednesday night.

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