Mich. Governor on Flint Water Crisis: ‘There Are Major Failures Here’

‘I’ve been focusing on that very diligently since last October’

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BRZEZINSKI: "Obviously, in 2014, the reporting has been that the GM plant stopped using the Flint water because it was corroding the auto parts. I guess the question everyone is asking is how then would it still be continued to be used in the sinks and pots and pans and water glasses of the people of Flint and how would you characterize this case, a case of stupidity or corruption? What happened?"
SNYDER: "Yeah, well the GM is a different situation. It didn't deal with LED at all. It dealt with chlorine and other questions about the paint process and such. Going to your bigger question, there are major failures here and if you look at it, people are being much too technical, not having the culture of asking the common sense questions and then the tone of how things were done. There are a number of failures there, these people, this was a terrible tragedy that these people worked for me and it was my responsibility of accepting the responsibility. I've been focusing on that very diligently since last October."

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