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Buttigieg Confirmed as a Liar
A member of the Biden administration called claims by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in which he blamed former President Donald Trump misinformation.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy took to Twitter to implore the public to PLEASE STOP SPREADING MISINFORMATION
While it is true that in 2018 the Department of Transportation (DOT) withdrew a proposed rule requiring trains carrying certain dangerous chemicals to use electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes, this rule would not have applied to the train that derailed in East Palestine on February 3.
On Thursday, Norfolk Southern corroborated those comments pointing that the train in question was not considered a high hazard flammable train.
Therefore, the braking rule cited by Buttigieg would not have applied to the East Palestine train.
What is more, Buttigieg has been the Transportation Secretary for two years now. So if he is, in fact, worried about alleged constraints regarding areas of rail regulation, he has had time to address these concerns.
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