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>}} | 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>}} |