Green rhetoric, polluted water: The Left’s DC sewage failure is a disgrace

Potomac River sewage spill prompts President Donald Trump to announce FEMA assistance after hundreds of millions of gallons created one of the largest sewage releases in U.S. history.

Bethany Mandel is the co-author of "Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation." She writes on the Mom Wars Substack and co-hosts its podcast. She is a homeschooling mother of six children. Find her on X, formerly known as Twitter: @BethanyShondark and on Instagram: @bethanyshondark.

Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced that he would call in FEMA to assist with cleanup and response efforts — a move that should be applauded. Whatever one’s politics, federal intervention signals recognition that this is not a minor bureaucratic mishap but a major environmental crisis. In contrast, the governors of Maryland and Virginia and the mayor of Washington, D.C. — all Democrats, some with ambitions for higher office, who routinely champion aggressive climate policies — have been silent. For leaders who speak often about environmental justice and public health, their silence has been striking.