The Left is enjoying the moment, chuckling as residents
near East Palestine, Ohio, are gripped with fear after the toxic train
crash. To liberal America, these people deserve to live in fear, and
without a doubt—some hope a few die.
‘This is what they voted for’ is the mantra which explains
the woefully inadequate response from the Biden administration, which
dithered for nearly three weeks before releasing federal resources to
the area. It’s no coincidence that Biden authorizing the Federal
Emergency Management Agency to deploy to the site came from Donald
Trump’s announcement that he’d visit the town. East Palestine is Trump
country, as is neighboring Darlington, Pennsylvania, just across the
border, less than 10 miles from the crash site. Despite its recent
political leanings, Darlington is part of Beaver County, which has more
registered Democrats than Republicans.
Pete Buttigieg finally
showed up after spending some “personal time” piddling around DC. He and
the rest of this administration were not willing or prepared to deal
with what could be a severe environmental fiasco. And yet, liberals, to
no one’s shock, scoff at the crash, lecturing that these rural folks got
what they deserved, peppered with quips about how these Trump
supporters now care about the environment. The crash happened on Biden’s
watch, and if these were the adults, they’d do something about
it, but the gross incompetence that has eaten away at this government
like cancer reared its ugly head again.
Kids are getting sick, stricken by headaches, coupled with the
conspicuous absence of birds in the area. Foliage and grass in the area
have died, thousands of fish have perished, and residents feel abandoned
to their fate. The administration claims the water and air quality are
safe, yet updates on this vital information are infrequent; no one knows
whom to trust. Entire communities’ lives have been upended, and Joe
Biden and his band of overeducated, white, pompous progressives would
instead give these people the middle finger (via NBC News):
On Tuesday, the administrator of the
federal Environmental Protection Agency, Michael Regan, returned to East
Palestine to visit the spill site and told NBC News the agency is "here
to stay and we are not leaving until the job is done."
But
Pennsylvania residents say they are frustrated by a lack of information
about the lasting risks from the disaster and demand more transparency
from state and federal leaders, who they say are focused too narrowly on
recovery efforts within a 2-mile radius surrounding the derailment, a
designation set by the EPA.
“Nobody is doing anything to help
us,” said Patty Barber, who lives in Darlington, Pennsylvania, less than
one mile from the spill site. “Pennsylvania is being left out.”
[…]
As
of Monday, the EPA said, East Palestine’s municipal water was safe to
drink. Indoor air quality screenings from more than 550 homes did not
exceed safety standards, and air quality in the community remains
“normal,” the EPA said.
But residents who live outside the
immediate area say crucial information is hard to come by even as people
complain of various ailments, including bronchitis, headaches and other
symptoms associated with chemical exposure.
Many thousands of fish have died, and community members have talked about finding sick pets and wildlife.
[…]
"Not
to take anything away from the folks in East Palestine — they got the
worst of it — but that cloud did not stay there," said Sherry Strozza,
who lives about 3 miles away, in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
Strozza
said she has experienced headaches since the chemical spill and worries
about the safety of her dog and three horses. A yellow-white residue
now covers parts of her soil, which Strozza has not been able to test
despite repeated calls to state and federal environmental agencies and
local testing companies.
[…]
Leah Renee Markovitz, who
lives 25 miles from East Palestine in Clinton, Pennsylvania, said her
biggest concern is the health of her children, who have experienced
cold-like symptoms in recent weeks, and contaminated water leaching into
her well.
"Anywhere that the wind was blowing that day [of the derailment], all those people are an afterthought," she said.
Many
of her concerns were underscored Feb. 17 during a five-hour
Pennsylvania state Senate committee hearing. Eight community members
shared their worries and frustrations, with most saying they felt like
Pennsylvania had been abandoned.
[…]
In Darlington, Barber
said she still doesn't know if her house is safe. She and her family
didn't see birds fly over their rural home for about a week after the
train derailment, and the deer that normally drink from her ponds still
haven't returned, she said. The creek where her family likes to swim is
filled with dead fish.
“Is my house safe? I don’t know,” she said. “This is where I grew up. Where else would I go?”
It's punishment for supporting Republicans—that’s what’s at the core
of the Biden inaction. It’s either that or ineptitude, maybe a bit of
both, but Democrats only care about their side. I’m not saying that’s
wrong, but be honest about it. There are two Americas, two sides, two
camps, and we hate each other. We don’t have much in common. That much
was exposed when Pete donned Brooks Brothers-like disaster gear for one
of the most brutally transparent photo ops in recent memory. This crash
fell under the purview of the Department of Transportation—and this guy
would rather walk around DC not doing his job.
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