Fact-Checking Team Biden’s Spin on East Palestine

Nearly three months after the East Palestine train derailment, Ohio, Transportation Secretary in the Biden administration Finally, they finally decided to show up Doing so Only after Faced with days of political criticisms and pressure.  Although his predecessor did, the president has not yet shown his face to residents of the affected community. treating first responders McDonald’s.  Sec. Sec.  He has been annoyed at the “interrogations” on the subject that were presented to him.Personal time“, and finally agreed to travel to site 20 days later.  You might forgive a cynic for concluding that Buttigieg was the only one responsible for the catastrophe. It was to ignore it As much as possible, but then was late to engage when disengagement became politically untenable.  You might be forgiven for thinking that politics is the driving force behind weeks of inaction by the administration. Therefore, it is inevitable that the administration will resort to using political attacks to distract themselves from their failure and apathy.  And So it was.:

“Republicans and former Trump Administration officials owe East Palestine an apology for selling them out to rail industry lobbyists when they dismantled Obama-Biden rail safety protections,” According to White House press secretary @AndrewJBates46.

Memo: pic.twitter.com/6T0yRziGz0

— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) February 22, 2023

Nearly three weeks after the accident, they settled on “Blame the GOP”.  Naturally.  It’s not surprising that train derailments are more common in America than you might think. fair to question While some Republicans may find the Biden administration’s delay and weak response to this event somewhat hypocritical and politician, it is not unusual for this type of derailment to be categorized as a “typical” event in this category.  It is a poor idea to point fingers at the opposition party, especially considering how long it took them to put together their blame-storming talking pieces.  It also looks like It is factually incorrect:

This is in addition, to the media/Biden admin tried deflection with ECP brake rule spin. I wrote about it in this week’s newsletter.https://t.co/94H95jil3W pic.twitter.com/SIbwBCw2JC

— AG (@AGHamilton29) February 23, 2023

They are trying to pin Trump’s decision on Obama.  The Department of Transportation examined the rule and concluded that the benefits were not outweighed by the costs. Therefore, the recommendation to continue with the change (no longer mandating certain types of brakes on certain trains) was approved and implemented during Trump’s years.  Importantly, the regulations allow the shift to be made. Would not have applied To the train that ran aground in Ohio “there’s no possible way to blame the rescinding of that rule” We are sorry for what happened.  The White House didn’t stop them from continuing to do so.  Buttigieg for his part is also involved in a political struggle over all this, as that’s been his top priority since the beginning.  He has been Sparring with Sen. MarcoRubioHe seems to be relying upon distortions and misleading claims in order to make it appear that he was a great advocate for rail safety — only then to be defeated by the evil Big Train lobby, their Republican enablers.

We last heard you talk about rail 10 days before you came out of hiding after the worst rail accident in more than a decade. It was when you were lobbying the rail company “deal” That robbed workers of paid time, while I was fighting to protect workers

Resign immediately https://t.co/7ZfBZHeTJL

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) February 22, 2023

“The facts don’t lie,” To his usual chorus of online liberals’ clapping-seal applause, Buttigieg asserts.  But political actors Do lie.  Notify me The sleight-of-hand It is believed that there are other factors at play:

Here’s the letter. You can see that they advocated for a solution which has been proven to work. “superior safety outcome”.

Pete B. trying deflect blame by framing the proposal as reducing safety, is extremely dishonest. https://t.co/OJAa31dT2u pic.twitter.com/sz2BiwH6B5

— AG (@AGHamilton29) February 23, 2023

As AG, an analytical thoroughman of good faith. summarizes: Buttigieg “rejected an inspection proposal that would have improved safety outcomes to appease unions, then tried to deflect blame for the recent disaster by lying about that proposal and suggesting it would have had the opposite effect.”  Indeed, the cynic we keep referencing might be forgiven for determining that a Democratic Transportation Secretary may have rejected a proposal for increased (and reportedly more effective, based on data) automated inspection/problem detection because robots aren’t unionized.  A narrow counter-attack was launched when the Secretary was confronted by a crisis. It was a political crisis in his mind.  It would certainly be cynical, wouldn’t it?  Relatedly, I’ll Let this be your guide.  Surprise:

Great! @DominicJPino This article explains how Buttigieg uses the Ohio train disaster as an opportunity to promote pre-existing progressive priorities https://t.co/be6mGSYEhH

— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) February 21, 2023

The department’s proposals are not safe, but safety seems to be the main justification. Instead, they include demands made by unions and environmentalists for years. None of these would have prevented East Palestine’s crash…TButtigieg’s main response is a list of progressive regulatory ideas, which have been around for many years and have nothing in common with the East Palestine crash. Some pro-union measures are also included. The DOT should not take this tragedy as an opportunity for long-awaited regulatory changes.

Let’s have a final chat with the cynic. Who knows? this notable quotation Consider whether it could be applicable to your situation. Read The complete analysis. It is persuasive and detailed, and points strongly in the direction that the administration should go. “response” Most of the time, it is used to control political damage and pursue a progressive agenda, rather than offering practical, real solutions. This is what you can imagine.