Gov. Rick Snyder took a verbal beating from Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders during the latest debate Sunday night and fought back on social media. The corrosive water caused lead to leach from old pipes. Democratic presidential hopeful and U.S. Sen. And the governor of that state acted as though he didn’t really care.
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The American singer Cher has joined forces with Icelandic Glacial in an effort to donate bottled Icelandic water to Flint, Michigan, RÚV reports. A soundbite followed of Jesse Jackson telling a group of protesters: “Flint is now a crime scene”. We’re taking every action within reason and actually asking people to go beyond reasonable to help address this question because this is something nobody wanted to see ever happen.
“This is not a mistake”, Moore told the Detroit Free Press at a rally on Saturday. Teams this weekend visited almost 5,000 homes.
“This is a tragedy of staggering proportion and shocking that it’s happening in the middle of our country”, the Oscar victor said.
In an interview with The Detroit News after a Martin Luther King Jr.
He added, “And what I would say is, politicizing the issue doesn’t help matters”. “We’re going to be open and transparent with all the investigating authorities, and looking at my own emails is something I’m willing to consider”. “And that’s why I’m working hard to do everything I can to fix the damage and then actually work to strengthen Flint and the citizens”, Snyder told the National Journal. The city made a decision to get its drinking water from a local river instead of from Lake Huron, but state regulators didn’t use the right standards when controlling for corrosion – meaning lead could get into Flint’s drinking water.
State officials ignored months of health warnings about the foul-smelling water as residents complained it was making them sick, break out in rashes and lose hair.
On Saturday, President Obama declared a state of emergency in MI, authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide water, filters and other items for 90 days.
On the eve of his most important State of the State message from the governor, it’s expected that this year’s speech will garner national attention.
“It’s probably the most important speech he will give in his entire public career”, Rossman-McKinney said.
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The declaration was requested Thursday by Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican, who had also sought a major disaster declaration and asked for almost $96 million to be expedited for relief efforts.
