After Cancellation, Sanders Vows to Hold WV Town Hall 'In The Streets'

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.  Read more.

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