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Nashville is furious about power outages. Republicans say ‘woke’ is to blame. (www.nbcnews.com)

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The finger-pointing escalated this week as some Republicans argued that a major utility company run by Democratic appointees has “woke” policies on diversity and tree-trimming that are the causes of customers’ woes.

There’s bipartisan and widespread consensus that Nashville Electric Service, which serves the city as well as surrounding counties, mishandled the storm, struggling to mobilize enough workers and equipment to quickly clear fallen trees and restore service.

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[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 143 points 1 month ago (27 children)

“It’s certainly not a conservative value to leave the trees hanging around power lines that will fall during a storm,” he said.

He seems to be saying it's a Democrat value to do things wrong on purpose?

It's a terrible terrible sign that tree trimming is being viewed through this partisan lens.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 92 points 1 month ago (3 children)

These people are mentally broken.

I do not understand it.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 33 points 1 month ago

They aren't. They know exactly what they're doing. They know it's bullshit, but every other MAGA will treat it like gospel.

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