Another Republican-caused disaster
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Anonymous
Biden said he would go. KJP has repeatedly said he would go. He hasn't. That is the point. |
Anonymous
Yet just today, Biden showed up in Philadelphia for a photo op. This was 7 days after the accident. Meanwhile in East Palestine, it's day 135 (and counting) since the accident and crickets from the west wing. |
Anonymous
You're so right. He should have gone and made an ass of himself by throwing rolls of paper towels at people. 
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Anonymous
Uh who t f cares whether the President goes to a derailment/environmental disaster? I don’t. For what? A speech and photo op? You’re too thin skinned PP if you think this kind of crap matters. He’s got more important things to deal with. |
Anonymous
| Maybe the environment is too toxic for federal office holders to visit? |
Anonymous
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/18/republican-spending-bills-infrastructure-cuts/
So Biden didn't visit and gets reamed by the right, but more gaslighting... |
Anonymous
Gaslighting. Lol. I don’t think you know what that word means. |
Anonymous
Want to add: the republicans are just lying while trying to further undermine solutions to terrible problems in America. |
Anonymous
+1000. Part of me thinks the Republicans are so cynical or perhaps delusional that they think it's somehow a winning strategy and will help them politically if they intentionally undermine infrastructure spending so that more of it fails, so that they can somehow try and blame the other side for it in their political ads. |
Anonymous
Bingo. “The company that manufactured the toxic chemicals that were released and incinerated in the wake of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment this winter gave $2 million to the primary Senate GOP super PAC as bipartisan rail safety legislation stalled in Congress. The manufacturer, Occidental Petroleum, has been lobbying on rail and tank car safety, and its lobbying group, the American Chemistry Council — which also donated $250,000 to the main House GOP super PAC — had pushed for changes weakening the bill in committee. The railroad legislation, introduced in the immediate aftermath of the East Palestine disaster, was once seen as the first real shot at imposing new regulations on the railroad industry in years. Now, on the six-month anniversary of the toxic accident, even what’s left of the watered-down bill doesn’t appear to have the Republican votes necessary to pass in the Senate.” https://www.levernews.com/the-corporate-cash-behind-the-train-safety-bills-derailment/ |