Buttigieg Finally Makes It to East Palestine, but It Does Not Go Well
By Nick Arama | 11:45 AM on February 23, 2023
On Thursday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg finally made it to East Palestine, Ohio — almost three weeks since the train derailment there on February 3 that resulted in chemical contamination of the area. That was only after a huge public backlash to the lack of response by Buttigieg and the Biden team, and former President Donald Trump going to the site. Except for a tweet, Joe Biden hasn’t made any public statement on the disaster. Indeed, he went to Ukraine to give them millions instead and said Ukraine had captured his heart.
Trump came with water and supplies on Wednesday. He bought a ton of McDonald’s for first responders and residents in the area.
Buttigieg came with a hard hat and an attitude, at 7 a.m. in the morning.
Reporters tried to ask him questions but he blew them off and his press secretary got up in their faces. She said she didn’t want to have a conversation on camera for a public appearance with her boss, and that asking that she do so was “aggressive.”
https://twitter.com/sav_says_/status/1628764274695802881Isn’t answering questions on camera part of the job of a press secretary? Especially when they need to answer up for how badly they have dealt with this. This is like rubbing salt into the wound when they wouldn’t respond.
Buttigieg ducked another question from a reporter about his failure to do his job.
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