Dem Senator Says It’s No ‘Big Deal’ If Biden Comes to East Palestine

Democratic Ohio senator Sherrod brown stated during a town hall, that President Joe Biden visiting the devastation town of East Palestine in Ohio is not a matter of course. “a particularly big deal.”

“I don’t think whether the president shows up, and they have to close schools, and everything’s disrupted, is the issue,” Brown said. “I’m fine if I know that [Transportation Secretary Pete] Buttigieg was here, I know the EPA administrator was here. I don’t know that the president himself coming particularly matters.”

On February 3, a Norfolk Southern train was en route to East Palestine. It ran aground, inflicting toxic chemicals on the region. Officials had to burn these chemicals to prevent an explosion. Its slow response to the crisis has drawn widespread criticism from the Biden administration. Buttigieg Taken It took nearly three weeks for East Palestine to arrive, while Biden chose Kyiv, Ukraine over the Ohio town.

The president “doesn’t care about” East Palestine residents, Mayor Trent Conaway Last week, Biden’s Kyiv Visit “the biggest slap in the face.”

According to the White House, Biden does not intend to travel to East Palestine.

Brown, who was elected in 2007 to the Senate and has been ranked among the most liberal members, will likely be up against a hard reelection fight next. He is the only elected Democratic official in Ohio. In recent years, Ohio has leaned more Republican. The state voted twice for Donald Trump.