Has Pillen ever walked the walk, after talking the talk?
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Has Pillen ever addressed the toxic level of nitrates in the ground water at his pig farms? While China's totalitarian propaganda is a real thing, so is the radical right wing extremist propaganda coming from the mouths of trump's mouth pieces. I believe the average folk of Nebraska are still being forced to drink this contaminated water, and give it to their children. Thanks gov'.....
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2023/10/20/my-comments-are-my-comments-gov-pillen-responds-to-criticism-of-outright-racist-remarks/
[The national criticism came after Pillen, during an appearance with 1110 KFAB radio in September, responded to a question about Flatwater Free Press investigative reporter Yanqi Xu. Xu reported that 16 hog farms within Pillen Family Farms — owned by the governor’s family — recorded nitrate levels more than five times higher than what is considered safe to drink.
“Number one, I didn’t read it. And I won’t,” Pillen told KFAB’s Gary Sadlemyer. “Number two, all you got to do is look at the author. The author is from communist China. What more do you need to know?”
‘The proof’s in the pudding’
Matt Wynn, executive director of the Nebraska Journalism Trust, which launched and funds Flatwater, fired back at Pillen on Tuesday, describing his comments as infuriating and dead wrong.
Matt Wynn of the Flatwater Free Press. (Courtesy photo by Joseph Saaid for Flatwater Free Press)
“Had Governor Pillen spoken to the facts Yanqi found, I wouldn’t be writing this now,” Wynn wrote. “Elected officials deserve the chance respond to findings. We offered every opportunity for him to do so before we ran the story. He declined them all.”]