1 day until 6-year-statute of limitations for #FlintWaterCrisis misconduct in office charges. MI AG @dananessel's team has had bombshell info we broke of alleged payoffs by MI Gov. Snyder's right-hand man Rich Baird of Flint residents since summer 2019..https://twitter.com/JordanChariton/status/1253384807880499201 …
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My goal is getting truth out so the people who should be held accountable are. It's been very disappointing to see those I thought shared that goal silent. 8 days after we broke original story,
@MMFlint@RashidaTlaib@BernieSanders@AOC silent (I def know first two know of this)Show this thread -
Shockingly the Congressman who represents Flint--
@RepDanKildee (who is good friends w/@MMFlint) is also silent. As is MI@SenStabenow@SenGaryPeters & MI state Sen@jimananich (who previously proposed extending statute of limitations).Show this thread -
I have had conversations with major national journalists and editors who have basically told me they agree that the story proves major corruption but that it's a "local story" at this point or outlets are too busy covering
#COVID19. Straight up--this mentality is why a growing..Show this thread -
majority of Americans don't trust the media....it's comprised of mostly out-of-touch, cosmopolitan elites in NY/D.C. who frankly don't truly give a crap about downtrodden, economically devastated, or in Flint's case, poisoned communities. They view politics as a blood sport...
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and a who's up/who's down game w/ a scoreboard....and stories that expose a massive environmental cover-up of the biggest environmental calamity of the 21st century isn't sexy enough to them. SHAME on Detroit
@freep@flintjournal@detroitnews@nytimes@washingtonpost@cnn@msnbcShow this thread -
FYI--media's new darling
@GovWhitmer promised to re-open Flint's free water pods as she became Gov...16 months later, still closed. Our reporting indicates she told Flint Mayor@karenaboutflint that she couldn't get anymore $ for Flint bc the legislature had "Flint fatigue"Show this thread
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