“We don’t need blaming. We don’t need shaming. We need accountability.” – Flint family to Tim Walberg
When Gretchen Driskell announced she’d be collecting questions from people in Michigan’s 7th District for Tim Walberg to ask Governor Snyder at his congressional testimony, Walberg scoffed and flat-out refused to look at them. He called them “pure politics.”
Yesterday, ABC12 news reported on Broghan and Iain MacIntyre, 10-year-old twins from Flint who traveled all the way to DC to watch the hearings. After expressing dismay about the “lying” and “blame” they witnessed during the hearing, they dropped a letter off at Walberg’s office with a list of questions they hope he asks Governor Snyder on Thursday, since he sits on the committee holding the Flint hearings.
Unfortunately for this Flint brother and sister, Congressman Walberg doesn’t think it’s his job to protect his constituents from drinking contaminated water. Walberg believes that “the state of Michigan has done very well in the process of regulating water” – and famously stated that “this shows that government can’t protect us against everything. It comes down to people watching out for themselves.”
“As this Flint family put it: ‘We don’t need blaming. We don’t need shaming. We need accountability,’” said Sacha Haworth of the DCCC. “So what will it be, Congressman Walberg? Will you ignore these kids’ questions too?”