Biden’s Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg traveled to East Palestine today and was grilled for not coming there sooner.
Buttigieg’s response was to continue making excuses for his absence by hiding behind the NTSB’s investigation of the crash.
Watch:
"Was it a mistake not to come here sooner?"
BUTTIGIEG: "What I tried to do was balance two things: my desire to be involved and engaged and on the ground, which is how I'm generally wired to act, and my desire to follow the norm." 🤔 pic.twitter.com/KA0NPi72Oy
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 23, 2023
"Your first tweet…a week and a half after the accident happened. In hindsight, was that waiting too long to express anything hours after you had addressed the makeup of work crews on highway construction projects?"
BUTTIGIEG: "I could've expressed that sooner" pic.twitter.com/jjp4B1Wd65
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 23, 2023
It’s absolutely a bunch of malarkey for Buttigieg to claim he didn’t come to East Palestine earlier because of the NTSB investigation. Unless he went there and began ordering them around, they would have conducted their investigation like they do all of their investigations and it would have been fine.
Buttigieg didn’t go because he didn’t care. He’s only there now because it’s become a huge freaking deal and he’s being called out for ignoring it. But even in the face of this reality, he still claims he’s not there for the politics:
PETE BUTTIGIEG: "I'm here for the work and not for the politics…There's no question that there have been enormous amounts…of misinformation injected into this situation." pic.twitter.com/U8OytTUWUW
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 23, 2023
Bullcrap. We all know why he’s there and it’s not for the ‘work’.
By the way, here’s a funny photo of Buttigieg from earlier today. Dude totally looks like he’s playing dress up:
Mayor Pete literally looks like my 5 year old playing dress up pic.twitter.com/vUtFCfE4a4
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) February 23, 2023
Related to this, here’s Ted Cruz asking what it takes for Buttigieg to get fired:
What the hell does Pete Buttigieg have to do to get fired?
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Watch here:https://t.co/1GRxKgTI3i pic.twitter.com/JEE0rjCFNG
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 23, 2023
I’ll leave you with this:
PETE BUTTIGIEG: "Sorry, I lost my train of thought." pic.twitter.com/ynz6RD0buv
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 23, 2023