Mississippi Guv Insults Water-Starved City of Jackson
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He told a crowd in Hattiesburg that it was “a great day to not be in Jackson”—which went weeks without clean water.
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took a swing Friday at the capital city of Jackson—where he lives and which went weeks without clean water. Addressing a crowd in Hattiesburg, the Republican said it was “as always, a great day to not be in Jackson.” The snide remark came as Reeves and city officials point fingers over who is to blame for the water crisis that left that predominately Black community hunting for clean water to drink, cook with, and bathe in for seven weeks. A boil-water notice was lifted on Thursday.
"It is a great day to be in Hattiesburg. It's also, as always, a great day to not be in Jackson." —Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, belittling his own capital city that just spent more than 1.5 months without clean running waterpic.twitter.com/KOuPdFLu9D
