As residents of East Palestine deal with lingering health concerns, politicians from both parties have traveled to the small rural town to call for change — and point fingers at their rivals.
to pass legislation to impose tighter safety rules on the rail industry. The details of what might end up in that potential bill — and the odds that it could make it through a divided Congress — are unclear at the moment.“It is the Biden administration’s flailing response, through its telegenic transportation secretary, that has allowed Trump to reap his political reward anyway.
“This is a no-brainer: The disaster in East Palestine has led to a massive increase in coverage of train derailments, drawing attention to the dangerous consequences of deregulation. Republicans can blather all they want, but they don’t have a plan to fix anything. All Democrats have to do is say they’ll make the trains safer.
“The train disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, was an opportunity for Biden to show that he really ‘gets it,’ by coming to the rescue of America’s forgotten men and women, and holding accountable the market and governmental elites responsible for their misery. But the president utterly flubbed it.” — Sohrab Ahmari,“The lack of faith in government officials that has been sown through deep polarization is particularly costly in times when disasters like this strike.
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