DeWine: Biden Will Provide Ohio Anything We Need!

Mike DeWine makes the mistake of not using the federal government to fix the mess.

While Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) were embarrassing themselves with selfies holding firearms trying to shoot down foreign objects from 75,000 feet, Ohio had a train derailment that occurred.

As expected, Republicans have placed the blame on President Joe Biden for the incident.

A Norfolk Southern freight train had a derailment in the town of East Palestine, Ohio near the state border with Pennsylvania.

The president, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Mike DeWine, Gov. Josh Shapiro, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH), Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) and Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) have taken this very seriously.

It was a damn shame that Johnson and Kelly voted against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. They are joining Republicans in the circular firing squad of blaming the law instead of the deregulation made by Washed Up 45.

In early 2017, Washed Up 45 issued an executive order to repeal "bothersome" regulations. One in particular was the emergency braking system rules when it came to carrying flammable liquids on freight cars.

Unfortunately, a train derailment in this caliber is a major environmental disaster.

DeWine was questioned about the Biden Administration and the EPA. You are also aware that the Supreme Court had stripped the EPA of its power to regulate carbon emissions being released into the air. That's why DeWine was allowed to do a control burn or release.

What is it with FEMA? It was not a natural disaster or an event that rattled the properties of Americans. It was isolated towards the rail line and three homes. Those living near the tracks should be at least get all they need from the state and federal government.

Oh, the far right has decided to finally discuss it. After weeks of the Chinese Spy Balloon, these idiot Republicans and that white nationalist propaganda on Fox finally decided to cover it.

As with many disasters, we never have a moment of unity. It is always blame, deflect, pivot and distract.

At a news conference, DeWine told reporters he was informed that the train was not considered a "high hazardous material train," so the state was not notified, prior to its derailment, that it was passing through. 

"Frankly, if this is true, this is absurd and we need to look at this," DeWine said. "Congress needs to take a look at how these things are handled. We should know when we have trains carrying hazardous materials that are going through the state of Ohio."

DeWine addressed concerns about harmful chemicals remaining in the air, and said that following a controlled release of chemicals, members of the Ohio National Guard were sent into the area in protective suits to measure the air, and no one was allowed back into the area until it was deemed safe. 

"In fact the monitoring showed that the air was basically what it was prior to the actual train crash," he said. 

Despite no threat to human life, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources said that the derailment killed an estimated 3,500 fish of 12 varying species, none of which are threatened or endangered. 

DeWine said that he shared concerns from residents to Norfolk Southern's CEO, Alan H. Shaw, and asked if he could personally guarantee that the railroad staff will stay on scene until absolutely everything is cleaned up.

"He gave me his word and his commitment that the railroad would do that," DeWine said.

The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that along with the 38 cars that derailed, another 12 cars were damaged by a fire. 

Officials had evacuated residents near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border so they could release chemicals from some of the derailed cars for a controlled burn following the accident, sending black smoke skyward as crews released vinyl chloride, a gas used to make plastic. Authorities said this week other hazardous materials were also on the train.

A video released earlier this week captured by a security camera about 20 miles from where the train derailed appears to show sparks and flames beneath a train car.