He overwhelmingly won the county in which East Palestine is located during the 2020 election and carried the crucial swing state by single digits. The White House deflected blame, saying it was the Trump administration that did away with many environmental rules, miring the issue in a decade of regulatory finger-pointing. “East Palestine is overwhelmingly white and politically conservative,” Carlson said on a recent segment on his Fox News show. “The guy needs to do his job.”While skeptics suggest Republicans are taking an easy shot at a high-profile Democrat – and potential presidential candidate – the GOP narrative has put the Biden administration, including Buttigieg, on the defensive. Buttigieg visited East Palestine on Thursday, his first visit to the site since the early-February incident.
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