{"id":2021304,"date":"2023-09-04T10:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T14:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pressed-on-why-he-still-hasnt-been-to-east-palestine-ohio-biden-gives-an-excuse-that-instantly-falls-apart\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T10:17:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T14:17:55","slug":"pressed-on-why-he-still-hasnt-been-to-east-palestine-ohio-biden-gives-an-excuse-that-instantly-falls-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pressed-on-why-he-still-hasnt-been-to-east-palestine-ohio-biden-gives-an-excuse-that-instantly-falls-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s flimsy excuse crumbles when asked about his absence in East Palestine, Ohio."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fpressed-on-why-he-still-hasnt-been-to-east-palestine-ohio-biden-gives-an-excuse-that-instantly-falls-apart%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=2021304&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--><h2>Pressed \u200bon Why He Still \u2062Hasn&#8217;t Been \u200bto East Palestine, Ohio, Biden \u2062Gives an Excuse That Instantly Falls Apart<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s been \u2064seven months \u2062since the\u2063 East Palestine, Ohio, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-slurs-n-word-while-reading-speech-to-eu-virtual-munich-security-conference-closed-captioning-even-picked-it-up\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden Slurs N-Word While Reading Speech to EU Virtual Munich Security Conference \u2013 Closed-Captioning Even Picked It Up\">train wreck<\/a>, and President Joe Biden still hasn\u2019t visited the environmentally compromised village\u2062 on the Pennsylvania \u2063border.<\/p>\n<p>But the media have\u200b not completely moved their \u200cattention \u2064elsewhere\u200c \u2014 at\u2062 least not all\u200c of \u200bthem.<\/p>\n<p>Biden \u2062was in Florida on \u2064Saturday \u200cviewing the damage from Hurricane Idalia \u200cwhen he \u2062was asked about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said\u2063 in March that you\u200d would go to East Palestine,\u200c Ohio. You came here. How come you haven\u2019t gone to East Palestine yet?\u201d a reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/09\/02\/remarks-by-president-biden-reaffirming-his-commitment-to-supporting-the-people-of-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell I haven\u2019t had the occasion to\u200b go\u200b to East Palestine,\u201d the president\u200b responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot going on here, \u2064and I just haven\u2019t been\u200c able to break,\u201d he \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Over \u200cthe \u2062past seven months, \u200dBiden easily could have helicoptered from the \u2062White House on Marine One, jetted on Air \u200dForce One and ridden in a motorcade\u200c from\u200b Youngstown\u200b to East Palestine. The entire \u200dtrip could have been done\u2062 in a\u2063 few hours.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pressed-on-why-he-still-hasnt-been-to-east-palestine-ohio-biden-gives-an-excuse-that-instantly-falls-apart\/\" title=\"Biden's flimsy excuse crumbles when asked about his absence in East Palestine, Ohio.\">highly publicized crisis fairly close<\/a> to\u200d Washington, Biden made\u2062 no \u200ceffort to \u200bbe present. \u2062Even\u2064 Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6257945\/pete-buttigieg-east-palestine-ohio-train\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">waited nearly three weeks<\/a> before going to the stricken area.<\/p>\n<p>Tellingly,\u2062 former President Donald Trump was\u200d on-scene the day \u2064before Buttigieg, \u200busing his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-says-visit-east-palestine-reached-jaw-dropping-number-viewers-despite-media-blackout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media\u200c skills<\/a> \u200d to be seen\u200c giving out cleaning\u2063 supplies \u200band pallets of\u200d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liberals-rage-noticing-water-bottles-trump-provided-people-east-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump\u200b Spring Water<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Could Trump\u2019s taking of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/elections\/results\/race\/2020-11-03-presidential-OH-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">71 percent<\/a> of\u2062 the \u200c2020\u200b vote in surrounding Columbiana County, Ohio, be a \u2063reason for \u2064the Biden administration\u2019s indifference\u2062 to East\u2064 Palestine?<\/p>\n<p>Also of significance is the fact that Joe Biden has spent about 40 percent of \u2064his\u200c days as president \u201con personal overnight trips away from the White House,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/09\/02\/slacker-in-chief-biden-keeps-up-record-40-vacay-pace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, \u200dwhich called him the \u201cslacker-in-chief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 24\/7 grind\u200b of the \u200bWhite House has been anything but for President Biden, who has devoted\u200c more \u2062days to downtime than any of his recent predecessors, according to an analysis of \u200bpress-pool reports,\u201d\u200d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The president seems to be feeling\u200d his age of 80, as he has\u2062 indicated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-privately-admitted-feeling-tired-worry-age-rises-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he is \u2064\u201ctired<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden told the\u2063 reporter he thought he\u200b might \u2064go to East Palestine \u201cthis week\u201d but \u201cI then was reminded I\u2019ve got to go literally around the world.\u2062 I\u2019m going from \u2014 from Washington to\u2064 India to\u200c Vietnam to \u2014 and \u2063so,\u200b I \u200d\u2014 it\u2019s going to be a while,\u201d he \u2063said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we\u2019re making sure that East Palestine\u2062 has what they\u2063 need materially in order to deal \u200dwith their problems,\u201d \u200bBiden \u2064said.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, might disagree \u2013 he\u2019s repeatedly asked for a Major\u2063 Presidential Disaster Declaration for East\u200c Palestine,\u200d according \u2063to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkbn.com\/news\/local-news\/east-palestine-train-derailment\/biden-on-not-visiting-east-palestine-i-havent-had-the-occasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WKBN-TV<\/a> in Youngstown.<\/p>\n<p>But\u200c in July, the Federal\u200c Emergency Management Administration passed the buck \u2063to Norfolk Southern \u2062Railroad since \u200cthe railroad was providing relief, the\u200b outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkbn.com\/news\/local-news\/east-palestine-train-derailment\/dewine-asks-biden-for-disaster-declaration-in-east-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-eight cars of a Norfolk Southern\u200d freight train <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trains.com\/trn\/news-reviews\/news-wire\/norfolk-southern-completes-soil-removal-under-one-track-at-east-palestine-derailment-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">derailed<\/a> in East Palestine\u200d on Feb. 3 as a result of a burned\u200b wheel bearing.<\/p>\n<p>Among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-train-carrying-russian-military-vehicles-being-derailed-near-ukraine\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A Train Carrying Russian Military Vehicles Being Derailed Near Ukraine?\">cars derailed<\/a> were those containing <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/vinyl-chloride-ohio-train-derailment-toxic-chemicals-54bb0a943f4f4af0e4f68cc60ce4edb4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vinyl chloride<\/a>. They were vented to reduce pressure and created a dramatic mushroom cloud over\u200b the\u200c wreck scene, where fires continued for two days.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to\u2064 gases released into\u200d the atmosphere, materials\u2062 from railroad\u2062 tank cars \u200cleaked into \u200bsoil and\u2064 water in the area.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2062residents noted physical effects such as skin irritation and coughing, test results of environmental damage have been\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org\/environment\/2023-03-23-test-results-east-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mixed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless,\u2064 the\u2062 dramatic mushroom\u2062 cloud and disruption of life in the\u2062 village brought extensive media attention \u2014 along with recognition\u2062 of Biden\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n<p>That absence \u200ccannot help \u2063but focus\u200b on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/not-joke-biden-headed-another-vacation-returning-summer-beach-vacation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lax work schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That, in turn, further buttresses the question of whether the\u2064 octogenarian is physically and mentally capable of continuing in the job of\u200b president of the United\u2062 States.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pressed-still-hasnt-east-palestine-ohio-biden-gives-excuse-instantly-falls-apart\/\">Pressed on Why He Still Hasn&#8217;t Been to \u200cEast Palestine, Ohio, \u200cBiden Gives an Excuse That Instantly \u200cFalls Apart<\/a> appeared\u200b first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden has yet to visit the environmentally damaged East Palestine, Ohio, village after seven months since the train wreck. However, some media outlets continue to focus on the issue. 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