On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg conceded that he had a slow response to the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, saying that he should have gone to the city sooner
that Buttigieg was “more interested in pursuing press coverage for woke initiatives and climate nonsense than in attending to basic elements of his day job.”He said he recognizes he should have visited East Palestine earlier, though he added there would not have been a substantial difference in the aftermath of the derailment because it does not have much to do with the Department of Transportation. No other Transportation Secretary had ever visited a derailment site before the incident in Ohio.
Buttigieg eventually traveled to the derailment site on Feb. 23, a day after former President Donald Trump’s visit. The secretary criticized Trump, calling it “somewhat maddening” to see a figure who did so much to decrease “not just rail safety regulations, but the EPA, which is the number one thing standing between that community and a total loss of accountability,” visit.
“Maybe they think that because he ran for president, he’s an easy target to hit,” Labor Secretary Marty Walsh told CNN. Regardless, Buttigieg is hoping that his opponents will turn their criticism into action. “People who have sided with the rail industry again and again and again are suddenly acting like rail safety advocates,” Buttigieg told CNN. “But it also creates the chance to call them to the table and say, ‘OK, if we’re serious now, let’s do this.’”
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