In a speech at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 28, comedian Michelle Wolf said, “Flint still doesn’t have clean water.”
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Wolf said, “Flint still doesn’t have clean water.”
In reality, testing in recent months has repeatedly shown that Flint’s water meets federal standards. At the same time, the city won’t be fully safe until its old pipes are all replaced, which is currently estimated to happen in 2020.
Considerable hurdles remain for Flint, but Wolf’s statement glossed over the significant progress made in water quality since the worst of the crisis.
We rate her statement Half True.
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