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Rashida Tlaib: “The Flint water crisis is an example of what happens when the needs of profit and industry are deemed more important…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2019
The Flint water crisis is an example of what happens when the needs of profit and industry are deemed more important than the needs of the people.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Tlaib highlights the prioritization of profit over community needs in the Flint water crisis.

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