BREAKING: Former President Trump traveled to the site of the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, in an apparent effort to shore up support in a district where he is strong while also undercutting his chief political rival, President Biden.
The trip is one of his first major, out-of-state forays since announcing his 2024 presidential campaign in November of 2022.Trump won Columbiana County, where East Palestine is located, with more than 70% of the vote in the 2020 general election, yet he currently trails Gov. Ron DeSantis in numerous head-to-head Republican primary polls, even though DeSantis has yet to formally announce his own 2024 candidacy.
Some MAGA vendors have also reportedly traveled to the town in conjunction with Trump's visit with plans to sell merchandise and donate the profits to the recovery effort. "Biden and FEMA said they would not be sending federal aid to East Palestine. As soon as I announced that I’m going, he announced a team will go. Hopefully he will also be there," he wrote on Truth Social over the weekend."This is good news because we got them to 'move.' The people of East Palestine need help. I'll see you on Wednesday!"
And while visiting with East Palestine residents, Trump delivered a direct message to Biden:"Get over here."His response: “Get over here.” pic.twitter.com/eX9pKargCq However, numerous fact checkers marked those posts as misleading. The braking rule would not have applied to the East Palestine train, as the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration excluded vinyl chlorine from its list of 70 components designating HHFT status, even though Trump did take significant action to deregulate the industry, overturning numerous labor safety-oriented rules in the process.
To date, Biden has deployed Department of Health and Human Services, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Environmental Protection Agency officials to East Palestine to perform health testing after controlled fires were extinguished on Feb. 6. EPA administrator Michael Regan and FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell have been the highest-ranking federal employees to spend time in the area.
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