Ohio Republican Floats Buttigieg Impeachment If He Doesn’t Step Down

More GOP lawmakers are calling for Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to resign, with a House Republican from Ohio suggesting the GOP-led chamber should proceed with impeachment if he doesn’t step down.

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio In light of the February 3rd toxic train derailment in East Palestine (Ohio), Buttigieg wrote to President Biden. He said that Buttigieg was absent on the job, which has now become a regular occurrence.

“Amidst an impending possible rail strike last year, Secretary Buttigieg left the country to vacation in Portuguese wine country,” Rubio wrote. “Near misses in commercial aviation, as well as recent system failures, including the one that shutdown air travel in Florida in January, indicate that serious and persistent problems across the DOT are not being sufficiently remedied. I do not have confidence that Secretary Buttigieg is capable of keeping the American people safe.”

Buttigieg said Monday to reporters that he will visit East Palestine when it is convenient.

Rubio’s letter to Biden was also addressed by Buttigieg.

“I can’t help but notice the last time this agency heard from him on rail regulation was his signature being on a letter that was pretty obviously drafted by industry, calling on us to weaken our practices around track inspection,” He stated.

Rubio responded on Tuesday to Buttigieg’s criticism.

“First [Buttigieg] was m.i.a. on the derailment,” He stated. “Then he lies to media claiming my 2021 letter calling for more track inspections was a letter calling for deregulation. He is an incompetent who is focused solely on his fantasies about his political future & needs to be fired.”

Rubio isn’t the only lawmaker urging Buttigieg not to resign.

“His negligent mishandling of numerous transportation disasters and alleged misuse of government resources deem him unfit,” John Rose, Tennessee GOP Rep.

The state legislature in Ohio is comprised of lawmakers. GOP state Rep. Michael RulliYou also want Buttigieg’s resignation.

“The people in East Palestine had their water, air, and soil poisoned,” Twitter was his platform. “Pete Buttigieg’s only response was to spin and say it wasn’t a big deal. He’s not doing his job. He needs to resign. Now.”

Some Democratic legislators are also looking for answers from Buttigieg.

“We need Congressional inquiry and direct action from Secretary Buttigieg to address this tragedy,” Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar wrote on Twitter. 

Warren Davidson, a Republican from Ohio, said that the House should impeach Buttigieg if he doesn’t leave voluntarily.

“I hope he does resign, and if he doesn’t, you know, there’s a long list of impeachment criteria,” Davidson spoke in an interview about “Stinchfield Tonight” Real America’s Voice “I never would have thought we’d see a point where we need to impeach a secretary of transportation, but daggone, how many failures have to happen on his watch before we call it?”

Buttigieg described his delay in dealing with the Ohio train crash as a “delay”. “lesson learned.”

In light of another train crash in Gothenburg, Neb., he demanded that rail safety regulations be updated. spread on Tuesday morning.