WASHINGTON — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has a message for President Donald Trump after a collapsed sewer pipe caused wastewater to spew into the Potomac River: "Please start doing your job."
Trump put the blame on Democrats such as Moore for the spill that's polluted the river that cuts through Washington, D.C. and is near the White House. Trump, in a set of incendiary social media posts, has excluded Moore from a bipartisan event for the nation's governors.
In an interview with USA TODAY, the Maryland governor fired back, arguing that the break was in a DC pipe on federal land.
"How Maryland gets caught up in this, I have no idea. That is just some very creative facts from the president of the United States," Moore said.
The issue began with a Jan. 19 sewer line break in Montgomery County, Maryland, a suburb of Washington. It caused a leak in the Potomac Interceptor, which is managed by DC Water, and led to more than 200 million gallons of wastewater to spew into the 383-mile-long river. DC Water, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, provides wastewater treatment for the area.
