So you knew I was term limited out. I thought, I'll go back and practice law. I'm a lawyer. And the Flint water crisis, kind of the magnitude of the problem of The Flint water crisis became known, and the people of this community paid the worst price for a decision that was taken away from them locally made by an appointed, gubernatorially appointed special city manager who saved a few dollars not treating the water that they pulled out of the Flint River. And it leached lead out of the pipes and. And it poisoned a lot of people in the city. Understandably, trust had been broken. It had so many terrible consequences for the people of Flint. (25:07–25:26)

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Asserts that the Flint water crisis was caused by a decision made by a state-appointed manager to save money.

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Gretchen Whitmer: “The Flint water crisis became known, and the people of this…”