Besieged Buttigieg Breaks Media Silence on Ohio Train Disaster, Lashes Out at GOP Critics

He told reporters that he was very interested in meeting the residents of East Palestine. I don’t know a date at the moment.

What happenedPete Buttigieg finally speaks out about the toxic train accident in East Palestine, Ohio. The scandal-plagued A media conference was launched by the secretary of transportation blitz This week, to attack Republican critics and assure friendly journalist that he has not done anything wrong.

The McKinsey former consultant stated that his department was performing well on Monday’s conference call. “accelerating and augmenting our ongoing lines of effort on rail regulation and inspection,” That is what it means. Buttigieg also criticised Sen. Marco Rubio, R., Fla., and others who have criticized him for his slow response on the February 3 train derailment and his refusal visit East Palestine in order to see the extent of the damage.

“I am very interested in getting to know the residents of East Palestine, hearing from them about how they’ve been impacted and communicating with them about the steps that we’re taking,” Buttigieg spoke on the conference call. “When the time is right, I do plan to visit East Palestine. I don’t have a date for you right now.”

Why it matters: The evidence is that Buttigieg is not qualified to serve as secretary of transport. President Joe Biden nominated him in order to build his résumé, and because many journalists, Democratic donors, and politicians believe (without evidence) that Buttigieg is going to be the first gay president of the United States.

“Look, I was mayor of my hometown for eight years,” Buttigieg Telled On Tuesday, George Stephanopoulos, host of ABC News, spoke. “We dealt with a lot of disasters.” Buttigieg is not quite clear on what he was talking about. Pull strings to have a small, but perfectly adequate, section of South Bend road repaved in front his South Bend home.

They are saying this::

• “Where’s Pete Buttigieg? Where’s he at?” — East Palestine resident during town meeting on February 16

• “I don’t know. Your guess is as good as [mine]. Yesterday was the first time I heard anything from the White House.” — East Palestine mayor Trent Conaway, in response

• “That was the biggest slap in the face. That tells you right now [Joe Biden] doesn’t care about us.” — Conaway on Biden’s surprise trip to Ukraine over