Joe Biden, on Friday, throughout his first go to to East Palestine, Ohio, because the poisonous prepare derailment catastrophe over one 12 months in the past, struggled by means of his speech and lied about his Administration’s involvement in helping residents.
Keep in mind, it was President Trump who visited East Palestine, not Joe Biden.
Greater than ONE YEAR after the East Palestine prepare derailment, Joe Biden is FINALLY visiting the location of the catastrophe.
Pres. Trump was there simply DAYS later with assist that Biden DENIED.
A thread of Biden’s AMERICA LAST management. pic.twitter.com/hhpcaprUVk
— Trump Warfare Room (@TrumpWarRoom) February 16, 2024
On Feb. 3, 2023, simply earlier than 9 p.m. Jap, a Norfolk Southern prepare derailed close to East Palestine, Ohio, a small Midwestern city of about 4,800 individuals close to the Ohio border with Pennsylvania.
No less than 11 of the prepare automobiles that derailed contained hazardous supplies. A number of automobiles had been carrying vinyl chloride, a cancer-causing substance.
The Gateway Pundit reported on Joe Biden’s trainwreck speech on Friday (pun supposed). A disengaged Biden was seen closely slurring his phrases and even at one level blowing his nostril throughout his seven-minute speech the place he struggled to learn his script.
Biden’s handlers then compelled the press out of the room as they tried to ask him why it took a full 12 months to go to the city and why he even got here at this level.
The photo-op was a serious backfire, as The Gateway Pundit reported that Biden was greeted by offended protestors with messages like “Too Little Too Late, Joe!” in reference to the truth that he was nowhere to be discovered when East Palestine residents had been affected by the catastrophe.
In the course of the occasion, East Palestine Mayor Trent Conaway famous that Biden’s go to was “long-awaited” and famous that he lastly got here “as we pass the first anniversary of the train derailment.”
Mayor Conaway beforehand endorsed Trump for president after Trump stepped as much as the plate to go to and ship provides, together with clear ingesting water, to residents instantly following the chemical spill, which polluted the water. “I would first like to thank Joe Biden and Hunter Biden – oh, that’s right, they were busy,” Conaway stated earlier than praising President Trump’s management on the annual Lincoln Day Dinner final 12 months.
Conaway continued, “We’d been asking for help, and we had the EPA there and other agencies, but we truly got help after you… without you, this could have been a worse situation.”
From Mayor Conaway’s remarks on Friday:
East Palestine, Ohio mayor Trent Conaway rightfully takes a dig at President Biden upon welcoming him to his city over one 12 months after poisonous chemical explosion:
“As we pass the first anniversary of the train derailment.” pic.twitter.com/8herfNjthi
— Danny De Urbina (@dannydeurbina) February 16, 2024
Biden, slurring his phrases, together with his face buried in his script, later vowed, “We’re not going home no matter what until this job is done, and it’s not done yet.” He continued, “There’s a lot more to do.” Then, seemingly confused, he backtracked, “The vast majority has been done.”
JOE BIDEN TO EAST PALESTINE RESIDENTS:
“We’re not going home no matter what until this job is done, and it’s not done yet. There’s a lot more to do. The majority has been done.” pic.twitter.com/e4fr6d5cgS
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 16, 2024
In a transparent misinform the individuals of East Palestine and America, Biden additionally claimed, “My Administration was on the ground within hours… to make sure you have everything you need.”
Recall that Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg echoed the same lie final 12 months when he visited three weeks after the actual fact, saying, “We’ve been here from the first hours of the incident.”
After the prepare derailment, Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Ukraine whereas Buttigieg took “some personal time.”
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