The last Republican mayor of [[Flint, Michigan]] was elected in 1973. In 2014 the city stopped buying treated water from Detroit and began getting its municipal drinking water from the Flint River, basically a sewage and garbage dump. Residents complained that the water smelled of chemicals, that it wasn't the right color, etc. Children's lead levels rose dangerously high. The Democrat controlled city council knew about this, and did nothing.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/01/flint-water-scandal-democratic-pattern/</ref> Democrat loyalist [[Michael Moore]] said, {{Quotebox|Flint has voted for Dems for 84 straight yrs. What did it get us? For 18 months Dems remained silent &ignored pleas while Flint was poisoned.<ref>https://twitter.com/MMFlint/status/706610361009631233</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPPCIfDN-JU</ref>}} | The last Republican mayor of [[Flint, Michigan]] was elected in 1973. In 2014 the city stopped buying treated water from Detroit and began getting its municipal drinking water from the Flint River, basically a sewage and garbage dump. Residents complained that the water smelled of chemicals, that it wasn't the right color, etc. Children's lead levels rose dangerously high. The Democrat controlled city council knew about this, and did nothing.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/01/flint-water-scandal-democratic-pattern/</ref> Democrat loyalist [[Michael Moore]] said, {{Quotebox|Flint has voted for Dems for 84 straight yrs. What did it get us? For 18 months Dems remained silent &ignored pleas while Flint was poisoned.<ref>https://twitter.com/MMFlint/status/706610361009631233</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPPCIfDN-JU</ref>}} |