After ignoring the problem for nearly two weeks, the Biden administration is rejecting a request for federal aid for East Palestine, Ohio after the Norfolk Southern train derailment and subsequent release of toxic chemicals.
According to a federal class action lawsuit against Norfolk Southern, more vinyl chloride was released into the environment in East Palestine in the course of a week than all industrial emitters do combined in a typical year.
And in response to that, the administration that spends $60 million a week sheltering the children of illegal aliens suddenly canât spare a dime to help a town located in a county where fewer than 27% of the population voted for Biden.
As the Daily Wireâs Ryan Saavedra reported:
Bidenâs administration rejected a request for federal disaster assistance from Ohio Governor Mike DeWine in response to the train derailment in East Palestine earlier this month.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) told Ohio that the Biden administration was rejecting its request for federal assistance because the agency said the incident did not qualify.
Dan Tierney, a spokesperson for DeWine, told Fox News that Ohio was able to get some assistance through the Department of Health and Human Services that can assist residents who need medical care as a result of the fallout from the derailment and toxic burn.
FEMA has an annual budget exceeding $25 billion, and the Biden administration recently announced more than $3 billion in additional funding for two FEMA programs to boost âclimate resilience.â
Ohio Senator JD Vance told reporters that âThere's some tension between declaring a federal disaster and having FEMA come in, then shifting the liability of this accident to the federal government, as opposed to the train company that actually caused the problemâ - while DeWineâs office said they were told they didnât quality due to âlack of damage to residential propertiesâ and because Norfolk Southern has âagreed to pay some expenses.â
Matt Palumbo is the author of Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers: How the Left Hijacked and Weaponized the Fact-Checking Industry and The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros
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