Nearly three weeks after a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, former failed mayor and current Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg finally visited the town today and took a tour of potentially contaminated areas.
It didn’t go well.
Pete Buttigieg is escorted away from media while his press secretary makes herself known & says she’ll answer questions for him – but only if she isn’t recorded on camera…@TPUSA | @DrewHLive pic.twitter.com/sM12BEfJMi
— Rebecca Brannon (@RebsBrannon) February 23, 2023
Pete Buttigieg mispronounces "East Palestine" while making a veiled challenge to Donald Trump after his visit to the Ohio town yesterday. pic.twitter.com/msohMstJXw
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 23, 2023
PETE BUTTIGIEG: "Sorry, I lost my train of thought." pic.twitter.com/ynz6RD0buv
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 23, 2023
During a press conference on scene, Buttigieg was repeatedly asked why it took so long for him to show up and about his rhetoric downplaying the situation.
REPORTER: "You sent your first tweet expressing concern for the residents of East Palestine a week and a half after the accident happened…Was that waiting too long to express anything?"
PETE BUTTIGIEG: "The answer to your question is yes." pic.twitter.com/w763sHYgX9
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 23, 2023
REPORTER: "Should you have come a little sooner?"
PETE BUTTIGIEG: "I'm trying to strike the right balance." pic.twitter.com/TotjwSK4xR
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 23, 2023
Buttigieg, in typical fashion, attempted to blame shift with a false narrative about deregulation under President Donald Trump.
What a douch bag
Could anyone (even 5 years ago) imagine such a notoriously inept, ignorant, and totally clueless bunch of cabinet members? What a farce. The whole world knows we’ve got the most ignorant people in this country, running the country, and they’re all sizing us up for what they can get out of it. These ASSHOLES have NO education, and NO experience, in their respective fields, yet they’re in charge of – everything. WHAT A JOKE!
See what happens when you hire for equity, instead of brains…?
Biden, Harris, Majorkas, Buttigeig..The entire Biden Cabinet
His attempt to be groomed as a potus is pretty much damned.