 Kansas Attorney General Chris Coback decided to come out in favor of lead pipes I'll say it again because you're probably are a doubting that you heard me right a Republican is in favor of lead pipes. Why well because Biden is against lead pipes So since Biden came out against lead pipes and says we need to replace lead pipes Well, the Republican by default has to be against that position since a Democrat took it That's where we're at in American politics and I just want to show you the tweet because this to me It's just it's not shocking like I don't want to call it shocking or surprising But I just feel like the Republicans in favor of lead pipes might think hmm How are my constituents gonna take it if I come out in favor of them drinking poison water But let me just get to the tweet here quote Biden wants to replace lead pipes He failed to mention that the unfunded mandate sets an almost impossible timeline Will cost billions and fringe on the rights of the states and their residents all for benefits that may be entirely Speculative he is unironically saying that the benefits of replacing lead pipes where water comes from is Entirely speculative now, of course the community note points out in addition to the known harm of lead exposure Especially to children. Mr. Coback is incorrect when he states the mandate is unfunded In fact, the bipartisan infrastructure law Joe Biden signed into law in November of 2021 provides 15 billion toward lead service line Replacement projects now as the New York Times points out the timeline that Coback was referring to here will wipe out all lead pipes Within 10 years which is really important and the subtitle reads here The proposal to rip out 9 million pipes across the country could cost as much as 30 billion dollars But would nearly eliminate the neurotoxin from drinking water But Biden shouldn't do this because he's violating states rights and the rights of the constituents in these states Listen, maybe states shouldn't have the right to just let their residents drink contaminated water Maybe I'm crazy like maybe I'm losing my mind But I feel like states rights should end at poisoning their citizens states have a Responsibility to take care of the people who elect them and if you think that letting them drink lead water is a states rights issue Maybe you're just too far gone. Maybe you're just too fucking stupid to be in that position of power I mean, this is the attorney general of an entire state and he's concerned trolling about the cost of replacing lead pipes and Saying that Biden is violating states rights by replacing their lead pipes It's almost so stupid that like you can't believe that it's happening even though you can't believe it's happening because of course This is where Republicans were headed But I think that this is one of those opportunities for Biden where he needs to take this put it in an ad and Blast it to all Americans about how out of touch Republicans are because if you think that normal Americans are going to find this persuasive You're just out of touch ask anyone Republican Democrat Hey, do you think that president Biden should be replacing lead pipes if they say no They're crazy. They're just too far gone. They're saying well because I don't like Biden I'm willing to drink lead water and potentially poison myself and my children all so the president doesn't get a dub That's insane like that's insane. Listen flip it for a second Okay, let's say Trump was in power and he said I'm gonna replace all lead pipes Would you be against that? Of course not. I would commend Trump for doing that and it's something that I think a president should do a President should be doing things that help people given the number of crises We've seen in certain cities like Flint, Michigan where Generations were poisoned an entire group of people were poisoned They contracted diseases Legionnaires disease all because lead pipes and our water infrastructure in this country has been outdated for a while So replacing these lead pipes and doing a proactive thing is good actually But because the president did it who's a Democrat we've got to be against it because we're all hacks now I mean, this is hyper partisanship to the death literally But the New York Times says this about the policy the Biden administration is proposing new restrictions That would require the removal of virtually all lead water pipes across the country in an effort to prevent another public health Catastrophe like the one that came to define Flint, Michigan The proposal on Thursday from the Environmental Protection Agency would impose the strictest limits on lead and drinking water Since federal standards were first set 30 years ago It would affect about nine million pipes that snake throughout communities across the country quote This is the strongest lead rule that the nation has ever seen Radhika Fox the EPA's assistant administrator for water said in an interview. This is historic progress They continue digging up and replacing lead pipes from coast to coast is no small undertaking The EPA estimates the price at 20 billion to 30 billion over the course of a decade The rule would require the nation's utilities and most likely their ratepayers to absorb most of that cost But 15 billion is available from the 2021 infrastructure law to help them pay for it now call me crazy But I think that's spending 30 billion dollars to replace lead pipes That's pretty reasonable especially considering the fact that that's 30 billion over a 10 year period, right? But let's say hypothetically speaking that it was more expensive and it cost a hundred billion hell Let's say a trillion dollars. Would I still think that it is worthwhile to replace the lead pipes in this country? of course because Some things are just more important than money and us having clean drinking water so we can literally live That's more important than money. So I don't care what the cost is. This is a good thing But they try to find ways to take a win from Biden and make it into a negative But this is one of those issues where you can't do that But here's what I think I'm predicting that more savvy Republicans who are against this aren't gonna say what Chris Kobach said Because even they can acknowledge that this is a really fucking stupid thing to be opposed to But what they're gonna do is attack the EPA. They're gonna indirectly attack this policy by saying the EPA needs to be defunded There's too much red tape and yada yada and when they say things like this and use code words They're not gonna expect you to dig deep and say hmm What do they mean by regulations and red tape and really what they mean is safety precautions with regard to our environment and clean drinking water So understand that any Republican who comes out against the EPA wants to defund it wants to attack it They're also attacking this rule as well because the EPA is implementing this policy So if they attack the EPA That means that they want you to drink dirty drinking water. They want your children to drink lead That's what this means. So even as idiotic as this argument is I am incredibly thankful that Chris Kobach made this statement publicly It's still up that tweet has not been deleted to my knowledge Because it really goes to show you how insane Republicans are and if you have a family member that still votes Republican show him that tweet ask him Do you agree with this because this is how far the party has fallen to where they don't just want to not do anything about climate change Which is making our entire planet uninhabitable, but they now want you to drink lead water because it's too expensive That's fucking insane and anyone who agrees with Chris Kobach here your cuckoo for cocoa puffs and odds are you probably drink some lead water yourself? We got to fix that for you immediately so you can think straight again I mean