Hillary Clinton Says Flint Water Crisis Is a ‘Civil Rights Issue’

Sen. Marco Rubio said Wednesday that the lead poisoning of Flint residents was the result of “a systemic and ugly breakdown at the local and state level”, NBC News reports.

“We have a 20th century regulatory system on a 21st century world”, he said.

The state department of environmental quality botched the tests showing high lead levels.

If Snyder is holding himself accountable for the crisis, it is because he is indeed responsible for it – not because he is a hero who is not afraid to admit he is wrong.

As a scandal continues to swirl around MI state authorities over toxic water in Flint, Governor Rick Snyder suspended two state employees on Friday in connection with the lead contamination, while some powers were restored to Flint Mayor Karen Weaver to deal with the crisis. The government announced Friday that it had denied an appeal of that decision by Snyder.

According to The Guardian, Michigan officials still aren’t certain whether the Flint drinking water crisis and the increase in the cases of Legionnaires’ disease in the area are linked.

The Democrats elected to run Flint have done a disgusting job. He described the problem in Flint as an “inexcusable situation with respect to the drinking water there”.

Bush said he should not resign, as he “needs to do what he’s doing, which is to accept responsibility and began to solve the problem”, adding that Snyder has “been a great governor for MI”. Detroit Water retaliated by cutting off Flint a year early, forcing the city to temporarily draw its water from the Flint River. The corrosive water running through Flint’s aging lead pipes caused the metal to leach into the city’s tap water.

Critics say emergency managers ignore the concerns of the local communities and that this played a role in Flint’s water fiasco, since residents had been complaining about the water’s taste and color.

Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, redacted emails have revealed that Snyder’s administration was aware of the issue in Flint nearly a year ago, but did not inform the public until it was too late.

However, while investigations are vital to ensure accountability and procedures for justice, we believe the focus of federal efforts should first be on treating the water and addressing the health crisis in Flint.

In 1931, New York Gov. Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered a speech to his state legislature that still holds true today. Nothing can be more important to a state than its public health.

South African comedian Trevor Noah, the host of “The Daily Show”, joked about Flint, suggesting a fundraising campaign in Africa “to save a village in America and get these people drinking the water that they so badly need”.

Snyder aide Jarrod Agen told the governor on December 28 that the task force’s “harsh” verdict suggested that personnel changes at the environmental department scheduled for after the holidays should not wait.

“Within two hours, he made that request”.

But Governor Snyder wanted more and asked for a disaster declaration which would have brought millions of more dollars.