Finally! Biden to Visit Site of East Palestine, Ohio, Train Derailment; East Palestine Business Owner: Joe Biden Only Visiting ‘Because It’s an Election Year’

Finally! Biden to Visit Site of East Palestine, Ohio, Train Derailment

President Joe Biden will visit East Palestine, Ohio, to mark the one-year anniversary of the devastating train derailment, the White House announced Wednesday.

Biden will see his way clear to meet with residents impacted by the derailment and the hazardous chemicals that were subsequently spilled into the community, Bloomberg News reports.

The White House said Biden will address his administration’s progress in working with state and local leaders to protect the community and hold Norfolk Southern accountable for their actions.

Biden was heavily criticized at the time of the incident for never visiting in the weeks and months that followed the February 3, 2023, disaster.

Residents were finally given the all-clear to return to their homes February 8 but not before toxic vinyl chloride gas was vented and burned, releasing a plume of black smoke over the town for days.

On their return they were met by President Donald Trump who visited East Palestine after the accident, where he delivered truckloads of bottled water to residents. —>READ MORE HERE

East Palestine Business Owner: Joe Biden Only Visiting ‘Because It’s an Election Year’:

President Joe Biden is only showing up to East Palestine, Ohio — one year after the devastating train derailment rocked the community — “because it is an election year,” DJ Yokley, a local business owner, pointed out.

“I think it boils down to the American people have awakened to realize that the leader of our country did not show up to the greatest catastrophe of 2023,” he said during an appearance on Fox News.

“And now he’s going to show up because it is an election year…President Trump came and supported us when he didn’t have to, and I think we saw right through it from the beginning,” he continued:

And not to make it political — because I will support any president that serves our country because otherwise it’s like, again, I’ve said on your program before, it’s like rooting against your favorite team’s quarterback just to see the backup — you know, it’s a scenario where we know what he’s doing.

“The American people see it, and now it’s, ‘Hey, we have to go visit East Palestine because we haven’t done that yet and check it off the books,’” the business owner added:

East Palestine, OH Business Owner: “… The leader of our country did not show up to the greatest catastrophe of 2023. And now, he’s going to show up because it’s an election year… the polls show President Trump came and supported us when he didn’t have to.” pic.twitter.com/TkxTKeSPw0

— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) January 31, 2024

Yokley’s remarks come as Biden finally visits the community battered by the February 3, 2023, train derailment, which resulted in toxic chemicals being released into the community. Former President Donald Trump, in contrast, quickly visited the community and residents soon after the incident, delivering truckloads of water. —>READ MORE HERE

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