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Home Front: Politix
Republican slams Pete Buttigieg for being more worried about racism in construction than the Ohio train derailment: J.D. Vance demands answers for terrified residents forced to flee their homes
2023-02-15
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Buttigieg accused construction sites of not hiring workers that look like the communities they're building for

  • He later said on Twitter the Transportation Department was working to 'support' investigations into derailment

  • 'He's more concerned about white construction workers,' Vance told DailyMail.com
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Posted by:Skidmark

#6  I'm sure Buffet's trains are exempt.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-02-15 19:04  

#5  Yes, you can't "outsmart" 20,000 pounds of cargo laden steel with "smart brakes."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-02-15 18:59  

#4  trains carrying certain dangerous chemicals to utilize electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes

ECP brakes will not prevent a melting roller bearing accident, nor did the $5 billion federally-mandated "Positive Train Control" system recently completed at railroad expense.
Posted by: Bobby   2023-02-15 16:03  

#3  Apparently, he's already blaming Trump for the derailment.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2023-02-15 15:17  

#2  Lefties love them some trains in the abstract way they lub ebbreyting.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-02-15 13:09  

#1  I know how to run trains.

Pete, we're talking about locomotives.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-02-15 13:07  

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