What the national media are saying about Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State Address
Several hundred protestors advocating for the city of Flint surrounded the Capitol Building on Jan. 19, 2016 in the hours before Gov. Rick Snyder’s sixth State of the State Address, chanting “Rick Snyder has to go,” and “Justice for Flint.” Snyder dedicated the first 20 minutes of his address to the Flint water crisis, also touching on funding for Detroit Public Schools and infastructure improvements throughout the state.
LANSING — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced he will release all of his e-mails regarding the Flint water crisis and introduced a plan to help the city deal with the disaster.
Before Snyder's speech began, The Detroit News published the details of the governor's six-point plan to aid the crisis in Flint.
Here is what national and statewide media outlets are saying about Snyder's annual State of the State Address amid calls for his resignation.
From The New York Times:
"The scandal over the water in Flint has engulfed Mr. Snyder in the biggest crisis of his tenure and reverberated far beyond the state’s borders," the Times report reads. "In the last few days, it has drawn attention in the White House and prompted accusations that the state had ignored a health risk in a largely black city. Flint’s plight also emerged as an issue in Sunday’s Democratic presidential debate."
From the Detroit Free Press:
"Snyder pledged to release his 2014 and 2015 e-mails related to the crisis, which many groups have requested as a step toward greater transparency. The governor's office is exempt from the Michigan Freedom of Information Act."
On Tuesday's "CBS This Morning":
From The Huffington Post:
"The Snyder administration failed to make sure Flint's public water system wouldn't corrode municipal pipes after the city quit buying water from Detroit in favor of using the Flint River, which was a cheaper but more corrosive option. The 2014 change resulted in high lead levels in city water, which state agencies denied until local pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha documented high lead levels in children's blood at the end of September."
From MLive:
"The Flint water crisis meant Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address was trending on Twitter Tuesday night.
By 9:30 p.m., more than 14,000 tweets had been sent using #MISOTS16, a hashtag created by the governor's office.
From National Public Radio:
"Snyder is facing calls for his resignation over claims that he mishandled the crisis, in which pipe corrosion from a new water source resulted in high levels of lead in the water, poisoning residents.
He told the people of Flint, "You deserve accountability. You deserve to know that the buck stops here, with me. Most of all, you deserve to know the truth."
