Useless black Senator more concerned about his presidential bid!!!
Democrats in New Jersey love to attack President Trump, but they are now begging his Administration to fix Newark’s lead-tainted water that they ignored. Here is another parable of how liberal governance is corroding America’s big cities from the inside out.
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Newark officials last fall handed out filters to residents while still insisting the water is safe. “When you make a statement that the drinking water is not safe, it is yelling fire in a crowded room,” Mayor Ras Baraka explained at a press conference. “In fact, Newark has some of the best drinking water. The problem is that our infrastructure is not safe.” This nuance was lost on residents and scientists.
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Earlier this month the city tested water in three homes with filters, and two showed lead levels four times the federal limit.
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Sen. Cory Booker, Newark’s prior mayor, tweeted that the “water emergency demands our federal government’s immediate attention. Everyone deserves clean, safe water—it’s shameful that our national crisis of lead-contaminated water disproportionately hits poor black and brown communities like my own.”
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You can count on Mr. Booker to turn a Democratic government failure into a racial attack on Republicans.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Democrats in New Jersey love to attack President Trump, but they are now begging his Administration to fix Newark’s lead-tainted water that they ignored. Here is another parable of how liberal governance is corroding America’s big cities from the inside out.
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Newark officials last fall handed out filters to residents while still insisting the water is safe. “When you make a statement that the drinking water is not safe, it is yelling fire in a crowded room,” Mayor Ras Baraka explained at a press conference. “In fact, Newark has some of the best drinking water. The problem is that our infrastructure is not safe.” This nuance was lost on residents and scientists.
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Earlier this month the city tested water in three homes with filters, and two showed lead levels four times the federal limit.
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Sen. Cory Booker, Newark’s prior mayor, tweeted that the “water emergency demands our federal government’s immediate attention. Everyone deserves clean, safe water—it’s shameful that our national crisis of lead-contaminated water disproportionately hits poor black and brown communities like my own.”
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You can count on Mr. Booker to turn a Democratic government failure into a racial attack on Republicans.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
