{"id":2213531,"date":"2024-04-05T03:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T07:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-heads-off-bridge-collapse-scrutiny-with-trip-to-baltimore\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T03:34:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T07:34:29","slug":"biden-heads-off-bridge-collapse-scrutiny-with-trip-to-baltimore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-heads-off-bridge-collapse-scrutiny-with-trip-to-baltimore\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden diverts attention from bridge collapse investigation with visit to Baltimore"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fbiden-heads-off-bridge-collapse-scrutiny-with-trip-to-baltimore%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=2213531&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--><p>President Joe Biden will visit Baltimore to assess the\u2062 cleanup of the recently collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.\u200d His administration aims \u2063to address previous criticisms\u200d of his disaster response. Following a fatal collision involving a cargo ship, Biden deployed senior officials,\u200d including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, to aid in the cleanup. Emergency funds of $60 million were granted \u2062to minimize economic disruptions at the Port of Baltimore. \u200bThe visit reflects Biden&#8217;s commitment to swift and comprehensive disaster management.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> will travel to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/baltimore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Baltimore<\/a> on Friday to survey the cleanup of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge as his administration attempts to head off past criticism over his handling of catastrophic events.<\/p>\n<p>Since a cargo ship collided with the bridge last week, killing six people, Biden has sent several high-ranking administration officials, including Secretary of Transportation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-buttigieg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pete Buttigieg<\/a>, to Baltimore to assist the local government in the immediate cleanup effort. <\/p>\n<p>That included green-lighting $60 million in emergency funds for the city to minimize the impact on supply chains and local business. The debris has disrupted economic activity at the busy Port of Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p>The trip comes a month after the president visited East Palestine, Ohio, to mark the one-year anniversary of a train derailment that leached toxic chemicals into the surrounding community. Biden faced months of criticism for not visiting sooner.<\/p>\n<p>With the Baltimore bridge collapse, the Biden administration has worked to avoid similar complaints.<\/p>\n<p>Biden will be accompanied Thursday by Buttigieg and Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), and the group will receive an \u201coperational update on response efforts from the unified command leaders from the Coast Guard and Army Corps,\u201d according to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Army Corps of Engineers will share updates on the assistance they are providing to state officials in serving and removing the wreckage in the channel and allowing the Port of Baltimore to reopen as soon as humanly possible,\u201d she stated. \u201cThe president is continuing to lead a whole of government approach in responding to the bridge collapse. As the president said within hours of the collapse, this administration will be with the people of Baltimore every step of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden will also meet with family members of the six workers who were killed while working on the bridge during the collapse. Jean-Pierre called the six victims \u201chard workers\u201d who were \u201claboring in the middle of the night to repair potholes on a bridge that tens of thousands of travelers crossed every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president, as he does, and he understands what it means for people to have loss, will be there for those families,\u201d she added. \u201cJust like he\u2019ll certainly be there for the people who lost lives on that night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, the bridge collapse is not only causing major headaches for local Baltimore businesses and citizens but also commerce along the Eastern Seaboard. Small Business Administration Administrator Isabel Guzman was in Baltimore on Thursday seeking to ease concerns about economic disruptions ahead of the president\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n<p>The White House and Department of Labor have also reached out to large national employers, including Amazon, Home Depot, and Port of Baltimore operator Ports America, urging them not to cut regional payrolls in the wake of the collapse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre confirmed that those calls had taken place and told reporters that Biden\u2019s supply chain distribution task force was analyzing the impacts of the collapse, which they believe to be \u201cmanageable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe task force worked with railroads to set up new service lines and with ports and ocean carriers to divert vessels. The SBA, the Small Business Administration, has made low-interest disaster loan assistance available to eligible businesses and set up business recovery centers to help on the ground,\u201d she told reporters of the efforts currently underway. \u201cThat should show that this is an administration that\u2019s being active, and we\u2019re being proactive, obviously, in trying to make sure that we deal with any potential economic impact right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden is set to visit Baltimore to inspect the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in an effort to address previous concerns about his response to disasters. 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