To add insult to injury, Buttigieg had also tried to blame the East Palestine train disaster on former President Donald Trump by falsely claiming that he is “constrained by law on some areas of rail regulation,” citing a “braking rule” that was withdrawn in 2018, under the Trump administration.
But this claim is false, because even if that particular rule would have gone into effect, it wouldn’t have affected the train that derailed in East Palestine on February 3. Even a member of Biden’s own administration called Buttigieg’s assertion “misinformation.”
On Thursday, it was revealed that President Trump plans to visit East Palestine next week. After that information came to light, it was announced that FEMA (which had previously considered the Ohio town ineligible for federal assistance) will now be deployed to East Palestine.
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