What does it take to get Pete Buttigieg fired from a job?
Seems the Biden administration’s transportation secretary is presiding over yet another transport disaster, this one with a series of train derailments, one of which has left a cloud of toxic fumes over an Ohio town, prompting its full evacuation. And once again, he’s AWOL.
Yes, you read it right, Buttigieg hasn’t publicly addressed the disaster.
“Pete Buttigieg is nowhere to be found YET AGAIN as toxic chemicals are spewing out in East Palestine, Ohio after a train crash. While he’s worried about ‘racist highways’, our nation’s transit systems are falling apart,” Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) tweeted Monday.
But not that he’s hiding or anything. He can always be found where there’s a podium and a camera, as he was here, yesterday:
Priorities, priorities. And in his case, race is always a topic, not getting the trains to run on time, or at least stop their derailing. That may have something to do with his unpopularity with black voters, which derailed his presidential ambitions in 2020. Guy’s gotta keep campaigning.
Buttigieg has been criticized for his handling of the train derailment, with Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) calling it “another transportation failure under Mayor Pete’s leadership.”
For some reason, Buttigieg has not responded to the ecological crises. The transportation secretary’s Twitter and press releases have ignored the event, even as reports that animals and fish are dying near the area emerge.
The authorities released hazardous polyvinyl chloride and other toxic chemicals to avoid explosions and keep the tracks operable.
“We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open,” Sil Caggiano, a hazardous materials specialist, informed a local news outlet.
On Monday, Buttigieg finally showed up, however, instead of addressing the real issue he only stirred up the division by discussing the ratio of white workers in the construction industry.
“We have heard way too many stories from generations past of infrastructure where you got a neighborhood, often a neighborhood of color, that finally sees the project come to them, but everyone in the hard hats on that project, doing the good paying jobs, don’t look like they came from anywhere near the neighborhood.”
Indeed, Buttigieg’s level of ignorance is incomprehensible. Perhaps people of color are not interested in working in construction.
He might have forgotten that people in America are still free to follow their dreams and have all the freedom to work in the fields to which they aspire. Pretending the construction industry is racist and keeps different groups from entering is nothing short of divisive and blatantly false.
In a tweet, Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert wrote:
“Pete Buttigieg has finally emerged today. Not a single comment about the train crash in Ohio. Instead, he bemoaned the whiteness of the construction industry. It’s a miracle that this country is able to function at all under this regime.”
Pete Buttigieg has finally emerged today.
Not a single comment about the train crash in Ohio.
Instead, he bemoaned the whiteness of the construction industry.
It’s a miracle that this country is able to function at all under this regime.
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) February 13, 2023
The Babylon Bee mocked Buttigieg’s poor job performance by tweeting:
“Pete Buttigieg promises to investigate Ohio Railway Chemical Spill For Signs Of Racism.”
Pete Buttigieg Promises To Investigate Ohio Railway Chemical Spill For Signs Of Racism https://t.co/MfV3iJITld
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 13, 2023
More from 100 Percent Fedup:
Residents of East Palestine have been allowed to return home. Chemicals were observed in the atmosphere following the explosion, but regulators said the levels were safe. Sadly residents are concerned that this is not true. They have complained about pets dying and suspect chemical exposure is to blame. They have also complained about experiencing headaches and nausea.
The possible effects on the human population still need to be understood. However, the Environmental Protection Agency says anyone experiencing symptoms should see a doctor.
Caggiano has his concerns over the possibilities of future harm caused by the rail disaster, “There’s a lot of what ifs, and we’re going to be looking at this thing 5, 10, 15, 20 years down the line and wondering, ‘Gee, cancer clusters could pop up, you know, well water could go bad.”
Source: 100PercentFedUp
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