Drinking lead can damage people’s brains, but Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach opposes a plan to remove lead water pipes.

In their letter, the attorneys general wrote, “[The plan] sets an almost impossible timeline, will cost billions and will infringe on the rights of the States and their residents – all for benefits that may be entirely speculative.”

Kobach repeated this nearly verbatim in a March 7 post on X (formerly Twitter).

Buttigieg responded by writing, “The benefit of not being lead poisoned is not speculative. It is enormous. And because lead poisoning leads to irreversible cognitive harm, massive economic loss, and even higher crime rates, this work represents one of the best returns on public investment ever observed.”

  • @cybersandwich
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    1410 months ago

    There was also a congressman that asked an admiral if he was worried that the island would tip over if they put a navy base on it.

    You know because that happens sometimes.

    • @Burn_The_Right
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      310 months ago

      Conservatives are simultanously cartoonishly evil and cartoonishly dumb as fuck.

      • @cybersandwich
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        210 months ago

        I just googled it again. Apparently it was Democrat rep from Georgia. Hank Johnson.

        I’m glad we have these bastions of intellect and wisdom passing laws for the rest of us.

      • @Tujio
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        110 months ago

        Sadly that one’s a Democrat.

        • @Burn_The_Right
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          210 months ago

          Neoliberals are conservatives. Unfortunately, we don’t have a progressive party in the U.S. We have a conservative party and a more conservative party.