FLINT, Mich. (WZZM) -- Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is hoping to win some voters in the Midwest with visits to three states Thursday. That included a stop in Flint, where he addressed the city's water crisis.

About 300 people packed into the Woodside Church in Flint, where Sanders spoke in the afternoon. He held a community forum about the ongoing water crisis.

In previous debates, Sanders called for a heightened response from the federal goverment to help the people of Flint. During his visit Thursday, he discussed that and what he saw as the only potential good to come out of the crisis.

"Let me just say this: if there is a silver lining in this tragedy, it's that the American people will look at this tragedy and say, "Never again can we allow a community to undergo this.'"

Sanders began the day campaigning in Ohio. He plans to end it with an evening rally at Chicago State University.