Gov Rick Snyder let kids get poisoned by lead. Rachel Maddow

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Michigan Governor Rick Snyder should be ashamed of himself and he should resign in disgrace.

A manmade environmental disaster is playing out in Flint, Michigan as the water supply for the entire town is poisoned with lead and other pollutants.

The Flint River had been abandoned as a water supply since 1964 after industrial pollution made the water unsafe for consumption. The city has used Lake Huron as their water source ever since, but an “emergency manager” appointed by Republican Governor Rick Snyder chose to switch the city water source back to the river in 2014 to save money even though it’s been public knowledge for 50 years that the river water has been contaminated.

Almost immediately after the switch, residents began reporting the water coming out of taps as cloudy, odorous, and yellow. Soon, people also began reporting rashes and hair falling out. As reports continued to roll in, authorities denied that there were any issues with the water and insisted that it was perfectly safe to drink. Governor Snyder himself has even tried to spin the disaster.

“Let’s get the facts, let’s keep working this and let’s remember, water isn’t the only source of lead,” he said on Detroit Public Television in an apparent effort to shift the blame away from the river water everyone knew was unsafe to drink. Experts from Virginia Tech even issued a damning report on the toxicity of the river that authorities ignored.