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Donavan McKinney: “Our public school system here in the city had to literally…”

Featuring: Donavan McKinney, Michigan House of Representatives, District 11

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CAN DETROIT ELECT A PROGRESSIVE? | Donavan McKinney

Published | Video Starts at 11:09

As a state rep, which I currently am, I was able to bring home over $600 million for lead pipe replacement placement, but it's a drop in the bucket. I don't know if you heard about this or know the history of Detroit, but Our public school system here in the city had to literally shut off all the drinking water. Yeah, I heard about that in the b. I like to say the B.C. air, but it was before COVID And if you got to think about this, if the … (11:09–11:16)

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