Finally, after 378 days, Joe Biden got around to visiting East Palestine, Ohio.
The town had been subjected to all sorts of concerns about environmental toxins since a train derailment on Feb. 2, 2023. Many of the residents there still have medical concerns.
But Biden couldn't be bothered to go to the town -- despite saying he would -- until now, until the 2024 election is underway, and he realizes he needs Ohio. That's despite going on all kinds of vacations since then, and even visiting Ukraine. He has shown where his priorities are.
Last September, Joe Biden said he hadn’t been to East Palestine, Ohio because he hadn’t “been able to break.” He had just spent most of August on vacation.
— GOP (@GOP) February 16, 2024
Joe Biden cares more about his vacation than the people of East Palestine. pic.twitter.com/BXK8lBgbxB
People in the area were not happy and they sounded off about how Biden's showing up was "too little, too late." Many sounded off, shouting, "Let's go, Brandon!"
Happening now in East Palestine, Ohio. The messages is simple, “Too Little Too Late Joe!” The people of East Palestine want Trump back in office; somebody who actually puts #AmericaFirst, not Joe Biden, who puts foreign countries and illegal aliens above American citizens! No… pic.twitter.com/zoD9wOlpwk
— Ben Bergquam - Real America’s Voice (RAV-TV) News (@BenBergquam) February 16, 2024
CNN reported that people were protesting Biden's motorcade and shouting obscenities at it as it went by.
Then finally, Biden was there to deliver remarks. He saw the site of the derailment and asked, "What do we got here?"
Biden shuffles over to the site of the toxic train disaster in East Palestine, Ohio — 278 days after it happened: "What do we got here?" pic.twitter.com/QOdkbVOCuK
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 16, 2024
Then when he spoke, It was anti-climactic, to say the least. Far too little, too late. Biden spoke for only about seven minutes. Seven minutes, after more than a year. He looked very bad and was slurring a lot. He also read from notes.
BIDEN: "I can already see this derailment won't define you. It just, uhh, it defines you in a different way..." pic.twitter.com/R92A3HEOgC
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 16, 2024
He claimed the derailment was caused by "an act of greed," shouting while he said that. I wonder if he thought he was talking about corporations and his excuse regarding inflation.
Biden starts yelling again in East Palestine: "While there are acts of GOD, this was an act of GREED" pic.twitter.com/GlbAcNUBkw
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 16, 2024
He had some real difficulty here.
Biden is malfunctioning again as he attempts to read the speech his handlers wrote for him pic.twitter.com/l35ilfq4uN
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 16, 2024
This video I find most offensive in some ways, where he talks about doing things together and leaving no one behind—when he has been conspicuously absent from the scene for more than a year.
After more than a year since the disaster struck, Joe Biden paid his first visit to East Palestine, OH.
— 🇺🇸 Larry 🇺🇸 (@LarryDJonesJr) February 16, 2024
During the visit, President Biden made a reassuring statement, saying, "We leave no one behind."
He has done exactly that, not only here but also in several other… pic.twitter.com/ussW6Rkfv1
He also looked completely lost behind the other officials.
Biden looks lost and confused (as usual) pic.twitter.com/vuzKBN8XQG
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 16, 2024
Biden is struggling today pic.twitter.com/YDa1Z5oRiA
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 16, 2024
His staff shut down any questions, when reporters asked why it took him so long.
While it took Biden more than a year to show up, former President Donald Trump showed up about two weeks later with clean drinking water.
Priorities.
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Citizens of Ohio Slam Biden As He's Set to Visit East Palestine 378 Days After Train Disaster
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