JD Vance, state leaders visit East Palestine 2 years after train derailment

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JD Vance, state leaders visit East Palestine 2 years after train derailment
Several state and national leaders are expected to survey cleanup efforts and meet with residents in the community.
Feb. 3, 2025
10TV Web Staff, Associated Press

Vice President JD Vance flew to East Palestine Monday on the two-year anniversary of the major train derailment.

Several state and national leaders are expected to survey cleanup efforts and meet with residents in the community on Monday. The visit marks two years since a major train derailment in the Village of East Palestine, where 50 cars transporting hazardous materials derailed. ...

Vance frequented East Palestine as a senator since the derailment two years ago. This is his first public visit to the village as vice president.

A new lawsuit was filed Monday, alleging for the first time that people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment.  ...

The town abandoned and neglected by the Biden administration.

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Charlie Kirk: Trump's third presidential campaign got off to a slow start. He held only a single event in his first three months. Energy and enthusiasm among the base were low.  But then, everything changed after a Norfolk Southern train hauling toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio on February 3, 2023.  ...

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BREAKING - Biden White House emails reveal FEMA officials privately warned of a cancer cluster in East Palestine after the 2023 toxic train derailment, but the warning was quickly buried as the administration pushed the narrative that the soil and air were safe.
6:37 PM · May 31, 2025

New Emails Shows How the Biden Administration Totally Botched the Ohio Toxic Train Derailment Incident
Matt Vespa
 June 01, 2025 6:50 AM
Townhall

Are we shocked by this latest revelation from the toxic train derailment that happened in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3, 2023? First responders and some investigators fell ill while combing the crash site. The local livestock and wildlife were not well, and local water sources were teeming with what looked like oil slick. Something was off, but the government believed the water and air were safe. Activist Erin Brockovich was not convinced. New studies showed which states had been impacted by the contaminants.

So, when new emails showed that Biden officials were warned about cancer clusters in the wake of the train derailment but opted to push the narrative that the water and air were safe, we shouldn’t be floored. We were waiting for the other shoe to drop. The emails also showed that the Biden crew didn’t test for the right chemicals, they were in the wrong locations, and their detection levels were off, too. ...