Add flooding to an already shaky water infrastructure, and you get a city where there’s no clean drinking water and no water to fight fires or flush your toilet. The EPA found a host of problems with Jackon, Mississippi’s water system in 2020, and problems date back before that. NBC News tech and culture reporter Kat Tembarge called it environmental racism because the city is 80 percent black.
More people need to be talking about Jackson, Mississippi. The city ran out of bottled water to give residents yesterday. It’s the largest city in Mississippi. It’s 80% Black. Their water system is failing because of years of neglect. This is environmental racism.
— Kat Tenbarge (@kattenbarge) August 31, 2022
As Twitchy reported, Tembarge found out that it was Stephen L. Miller (aka @redsteeze) who sent a bunch of racists to her Twitter feed by pointing out that the city has been under Democrat control since the ’80s.
Oh, that's where all the racists in my mentions came from. How is the city of Jackson supposed to come up with over $1 billion to fix their own water supply, or should people die from thirst in the Republican-led state of Mississipi while you play partisan politics? https://t.co/rW8dDaYhyc
— Kat Tenbarge (@kattenbarge) August 31, 2022
The city’s water system is not the responsibility of the Republican-led state. And Tenbarge has a pretty loose definition of “racists.”
Josh Sternberg, who is the editor of something we’ve never heard of, came to white knight for Tenbarge:
The fact that Very Online Morons in Politics (VOMPs) are angry about this factually correct tweet, turning it into a 'Democrats are trash' rejoinder, is just another point in the argument that they don't really care about others, America, or actually making American lives great. https://t.co/bxJXQFa17M
— Josh Sternberg (@joshsternberg) August 31, 2022
but they're right tho
— Steve Dallas (@hodgepodge80s) September 1, 2022
The tweet has zero explanation about the Jackson water crisis. It notes that the city is majority African American and then…nothing? Why doesn't Birmingham have a water crisis or Atlanta?
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) September 1, 2022
Wait until you find out who's been running Jackson. For decades.
— dfinney (@dfinney16) August 31, 2022
And knew about the water problem for a decade.
— Sir Aaron (@SirAaron_) September 1, 2022
Yeah. Thirty plus years of malfeasance? Unimportant, rubes. This is about The Narrative!
— Will Collier (@willcollier) September 1, 2022
People who elect radical, stupid democrats to run their local government for 30 years deserve shitty lives https://t.co/J7DChsdwS2
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) September 1, 2022
Well, skippy, the city and state have received 100's of millions for this issue. As you can see in this thread, most is unused . Why not find out why ? https://t.co/ufyeNeJacg
— Kevin (@kevinpost) September 1, 2022
Narrator: The 'VOMPs' in this story are Josh Sternberg and Kat Tenbarge.
— AYFKM (@Knowmorenoless) September 1, 2022
No one spreads divisiveness, division, and race-baiting like today's immoral left-wing activists posing as journalists.
I read the article, where is the evidence that the of "environmental racism." Maybe the socialist mayor can figure this out.— Mike (@TSowell4prez) September 1, 2022
Why don't you just admit they are right. Blue check marks mean nothing anymore.
— Bill Sweet Merciful Crap McBride (@gilescorey) September 1, 2022
Josh teaches us that whatever the cause of the Jackson water crisis, it's absolutely not Democrat policy or performance.
— AYFKM (@Knowmorenoless) September 1, 2022
“this factually correct tweet” is a nonsense. 🤡
How on earth is a failing water system “because of years of neglect” “environmental racism”?
— I Am Jack's Complete Lack of Surprise 😎 (@kbrunolieber) August 31, 2022
Because *everything* is racism if some kind?
— Domestic Theorist (@Timothy09295156) September 1, 2022
“Factually correct,” until the final two words, at which time the tweet careens into dogma.
— Travis Wester (@westerspace) September 1, 2022
— Omnia Vincit (@omniavincit_76) September 1, 2022
This is where you are wrong and why our public policy as failed. For too long we’ve allowed people to avoid the consequences of their poor decisions in the name of compassion.
People need to suffer to learn from their mistakes. Avoidance is to harm them in the long term.
— Sir Aaron (@SirAaron_) September 1, 2022
Sorry, but no matter how much it hurts your feelings, environmental racism and inept leadership are not the same thing. But it’s fun to watch liberals always gleam past the obvious- they’ve been in control for decades and ignored an issue that’s now a crisis. Own the blame.
— TheT8rSalad (@t8r_the) September 1, 2022
The entire city has been under complete black leadership for over 20 years. So you are saying they are racist against blacks?
— Carthage Boy (@CarthageBoy) September 1, 2022
Current mayor and his staff. Because America is structurally racist or whatever nonsense pic.twitter.com/VXWu1JuUyg
— The Dank Knight 🦇 (@capeandcowell) August 31, 2022
Water treatment has always been municipal. Blaming the state for the city’s malfeasance is a stupid cop out especially when no other city in the state has this problem Jackson is having. This isn’t a problem the state created, the council of Jackson ignored this problem.
— Kaitain 🇺🇸 (@Kaitain_US) September 1, 2022
The EPA inspected Jackson’s public water system in March 2020, and several issues were identified. Even the Mayor admitted that they failed to do routine maintenance and replace old and malfunctioning equipment.https://t.co/NUfOvmUDqC pic.twitter.com/bAP35kICfv
— BenDoverFool (@DoverFool) September 1, 2022
The fact that @joshsternberg thinks racism is somehow responsible for the poor water system in a town run by black democrats proves that Josh Sternberg doesn't really care about others, America, or actually making American lives great.
— Right-Wing Nutjob (i.e. average American) (@RightWingNtjob) September 1, 2022
Funny how touchy Tenbarge got when someone brought up that the city’s been under Democrat control for decades. That seems out of place for a tech and culture reporter.
Related:
RedSteeze EMBARRASSES Kat Tenbarge when she finds ‘environmental RACISM’ in the Jackson Water Crisishttps://t.co/SgCnE63ULE
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 1, 2022