{"id":1846746,"date":"2023-02-14T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1846746"},"modified":"2023-02-14T12:54:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:54:57","slug":"ilhan-omar-pushes-buttigieg-for-direct-action-after-ohio-train-derailment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-pushes-buttigieg-for-direct-action-after-ohio-train-derailment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilhan Omar Pushes Buttigieg For \u2018Direct Action\u2019 After Ohio Train Derailment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Filhan-omar-pushes-buttigieg-for-direct-action-after-ohio-train-derailment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1846746&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ilhan-omar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ilhan Omar<\/a> (D-MN expressed concern about the Norfolk Southern train <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/disasters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">derailment<\/a> East Palestine <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/ohio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ohio<\/a>, and called Transportation Secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/pete-buttigieg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a> The crisis must be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>All residents within one-mile of the crash were evacuated by local and state officials. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/evacuation-ordered-ohio-governor-warns-major-explosion-could-send-shrapnel-a-mile-from-derailed-train\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">started<\/a> To reduce the chance of an explosion, a controlled burning of chemicals that were spilled during the incident is recommended. Vinyl chloride, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/company-responsible-for-ohio-train-derailment-issues-list-of-cancer-causing-substances-released\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carcinogen<\/a> The toxins, which can lead to contamination of water supplies, were released from five train cars in massive plumes visible across eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. This raised concerns about the quality of air and water in the Ohio River Basin.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Omar <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1625265520638304259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">So called<\/a> The incident was investigated by lawmakers and Buttigieg was recommended to take action \u201cdirect action\u201d We can help you to resolve the situation. \u201cEast Palestine railroad derailment will have a significant negative impact on the health and wellbeing of the residents for decades and there is almost zero national media attention,\u201d She agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Many Republicans were shocked by the remarks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hasnt-said-a-word-republicans-slam-pete-buttigieg-for-silence-after-ohio-train-derailment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticized<\/a> Buttigieg apologizes for not speaking out about the February 3 incident. The official was seen at the National Association of Counties Conference Monday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1625175573931737091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discuss<\/a> He was able to discuss issues like racial equity within the construction industry, even though he did not mention the crisis. He <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretaryPete\/status\/1625305036854009856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broken<\/a> His silence Monday night on the derailment Monday evening was broken by his promise to continue to \u201cbe concerned about the impacts\u201d The impact of the derailment upon local families \u201cin the ten days since their lives were upended through no fault of their own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the past, Buttigieg was criticised by other leftists. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT; Rep. Ro Khanna. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bernie-sanders-ro-khanna-tear-into-pete-buttigieg-over-southwest-airlines-fiasco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asserted<\/a> Buttigieg failed last year to stop the Southwest Airlines collapse that left thousands of holiday-goers stranded. Six months prior to the crisis, Sanders had asked Buttigieg to review rules that his agency would require airlines. \u201cpromptly refund passengers for flights that have been delayed over an hour,\u201d As well as imposing fines \u201cflights that are delayed more than two hours\u201d And for \u201cscheduling flights that they are unable to properly staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg was the mayor of South Bend, Indiana before becoming a nationally known figure by running for the Democratic presidential nomination. He has been subject to multiple scandals during his time at the Transportation Department. After adopting twins, Buttigieg took several months of paid vacation last year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/transportation-secretary-pete-buttigieg-has-been-on-paid-leave-for-months-amid-supply-chain-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dampen<\/a> The economy and worsened inflationary pressures. Public records <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-biden-officials-responsible-for-leading-supply-chain-task-force-never-even-showed-up-to-meetings-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Send an email<\/a> Last month, the Functional Government Institute discovered that the Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force (created by the White House 2 years ago) had nonexistent leadership. The organization noted that Buttigieg\u2019s calendars during his two-month paternity leave show no evidence that he participated in any meetings for the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/buttigieg-vacationed-in-posh-european-tourist-destination-as-rail-unions-neared-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vacationed<\/a> Portugal&#8217;s rail workers threatened to strike at last year&#8217;s end. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/buttigieg-took-taxpayer-funded-private-jets-trumps-hhs-sec-was-forced-to-resign-for-doing-that\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Used<\/a> Taxpayer-funded private jets were used at least 18 times since the inauguration of his office, despite his support. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/buttigieg-explains-to-texans-why-they-should-buy-electric-vehicles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">policies<\/a> These programs are intended to address climate change. He was also criticised for the Federal Aviation Administration outage that caused the system to go down. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/faa-reveals-more-details-on-system-outage-that-grounded-flights-nationwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caused<\/a> all flights nationwide to be temporarily grounded last month, as well as the administration\u2019s handling of the Chinese surveillance balloon that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jake-tapper-grills-pete-buttigieg-over-bidens-handling-of-chinese-spy-balloon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">permitted<\/a> You can traverse all of the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) expressed concern over the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and called on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to address the crisis. Local and state officials evacuated all residents within one mile of the crash and started a controlled burn of chemicals spilled during the incident to lower the risk &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1846749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4625,4943,18090,15350,5202,4333,5205,3700,9985],"class_list":["post-1846746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-action","tag-buttigieg","tag-derailment","tag-direct","tag-ilhan","tag-ohio","tag-omar","tag-pushes","tag-train"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1846746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1846749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1846746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1846746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1846746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}