Mississippi Gov: “It’s A Great Day To Not Be In Jackson”

Jackson’s NBC affiliate reports:

A day after declaring victory in helping to restore clean water to tens of thousands of people in Jackson, Gov. Tate Reeves took a swipe at the capital city at a groundbreaking ceremony in Hattiesburg.

“It is a great day to be in Hattiesburg. It’s also, as always, a great day to not be in Jackson,” he said, to laughs, speaking to a crowd at Jones Capital LLC headquarters.

The comments illustrate the continued back-and-forth between the state’s top elected leader and Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, who leads the state’s largest city, which was brought to the forefront during the water crisis.

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A day after declaring victory in helping to restore clean water to tens of thousands of people in Jackson, Gov. Tate Reeves took a swipe at the capital city at a groundbreaking ceremony in Hattiesburg. https://t.co/mOzaG2LetZ

— Action News 5 (@WMCActionNews5) September 17, 2022

“It is a great day to be in Hattiesburg. It’s also, as always, a great day to not be in Jackson.”
—Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, belittling his own capital city that just spent more than 1.5 months without clean running waterpic.twitter.com/KOuPdFLu9D

— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) September 16, 2022