Joe Biden will finally visit East Palestine today, which is over a year since the devastating train derailment and toxic cloud that covered the city. He has refused to come to the city until now and residents aren’t happy about it.
Here is one business owner explaining how residents feel about this:
"I've had several people call me and ask me if I could block the entrance of the town so that he can't come," says one East Palestine, Ohio, business owner on Biden's visit today — 378 days late.
"It's been over a year — and now he wants to come because it's election time." pic.twitter.com/KIzSVJHDag
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 16, 2024
The citizens of East Palestine have every right to protest Biden’s final arrival today because, as this businessman suggests, he’s only showing up because it’s an election year. It’s absolutely disgusting that he’s waited this long to come and I would imagine we’re going to hear some FJB chants as he enters the city.