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2023-02-15 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
[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
Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 I know how to run trains.

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

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

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

#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||   2023-02-15 16:03|| Front Page Top

#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||   2023-02-15 18:59|| Front Page Top

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

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