The Biden Administration’s Attacks and Misleading Excuses in East Palestine Can’t Survive Scrutiny

. . .’Blame the GOP’ is what they finally landed on, nearly three weeks after the accident. Naturally. It’s fair to point out that train derailments are more common than one might think in America, and it’s also fair to question if some Republican critiques of the Biden administration’s delayed and weak response to this incident may be somewhat hypocritical and political in nature (though the nature of this derailment distinguishes it from a ‘typical’ event in this category). Pointing the finger at the opposition party is feeble stuff, especially since it took them so long to cobble together their blame-storming talking points. But it also looks like it’s factually wrong:

This is in addition to the media/Biden admin attempted deflection with the ECP brake rule spin, which I wrote about in this week's newsletter:https://t.co/94H95jil3W pic.twitter.com/SIbwBCw2JC

— AG (@AGHamilton29) February 23, 2023

The decision they’re trying to pin on Trump arises from a process that started under Obama. The Department of Transportation looked into the rule in question and determined that the benefits didn’t outweigh the costs, so the recommendation to follow through on the change (no longer mandating a certain type of brake on certain trains) was accepted and implemented during the Trump years. Crucially, under the regulations, the shift would not have applied to the train that derailed in Ohio, so “there’s no possible way to blame the rescinding of that rule” for what happened. But that didn’t stop the White House from doing so anyway. For his part, Buttigieg is also engaged in a political battle over all of this, since that’s been the top priority all along. He’s been sparring with Sen. Marco Rubio, and appears to be relying on distortions and misleading claims to make it seem as though he’s been a great champion for rail safety — only to be thwarted by the evil Big Train lobby and their Republican enablers:

Before you emerged from hiding 10 days after the worst rail accident in over a decade the last time we heard you talking about rail was when you were lobbying for the rail company “deal” that screwed workers out of paid leave while I was fighting for workers

Please resign now https://t.co/7ZfBZHeTJL

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) February 22, 2023

“The facts don’t lie,” Buttigieg asserts, to his usual chorus of clapping-seal applause from online liberals. But political actors do lie. Note the sleight of hand allegedly at play here:

Here is the letter in question. Notice they were advocating for a solution that has proven to produce a “superior safety outcome”.

Pete B. trying to deflect blame by framing this proposal as reducing safety is incredibly dishonest. https://t.co/OJAa31dT2u pic.twitter.com/sz2BiwH6B5

— AG (@AGHamilton29) February 23, 2023

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