The top Democrat on the House oversight committee called Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s governance “vindictive” and “utterly incompetent” due to his handling of the Flint water crisis, and another lawmaker compared Snyder’s comments to the reasoning of a domestic abuser.

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., made the comments when saying that he wished the Environmental Protection Agency moved in quicker to deal with the lead water crisis in the city of 100,000.

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