After a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, of February 3, 2023, officials burned five tankers containing 115,000 gallons of toxic vinyl chloride over East Palestine, residents.
There were signs of pollution and residents became ill. The smell was everywhere.
Not until September 2023, seven months after the residents first cried for help and after a lot of shaming, did President Biden issue an executive order, sending FEMA executive Jim McPherson to East Palestine. He was there to assess the community’s unmet needs. The report was done and never released.
New documents from FEMA obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show extensive coordination between FEMA, the White House, the National Security Council, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice. They all voiced serious concerns about health, toxins and the unmet needs of East Palestine.
One email reveals that the FEMA coordinator was told not to engage with residents.
In public, they said there were no concerns.
Investigator Leslie Pacey with the Government Accountability Project sued to get these documents. FEMA refused to turn them over.
“There’s White House officials and National Security Council officials discussing the dangers of the cancer cluster potential and the health issues and discussing whether or not to release the unmet needs report to the public and to the media.”
They never released the “Unmet Needs Report” to the public or the media. Additionally, he FEMA coordinator sent by Biden wouldn’t meet with residents.
FEMA’s public message regarding residents’ health concerns following the East Palestine train derailment was different from what they were telling the White House and other agencies. NewsNation’s @RichMcHugh dives into what FEMA documents reveal.
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Our guberment at work for “WE the PEOPLE”, NOT!!!!!!!!!!! These bureauCRAPS are the SCUM of this Country!!!!!!!!!!
The entire regime at the federal level is compromised. Both “parties” are complicit in more crimes than can be counted.
Between the Executive and Legislative branches, I’d say we have one legitimate politician — Massey. All the rest are compromised. Every GD one of them.
Time for a clean sweep.
You can’t hate democrats enough.
Biden was a moron and his administration was totally corrupt. But don’t forget to also blame idiot Governor DeWine who rushed into setting the vinyl chloride on fire instead of waiting for more rational alternatives to be offered. This dumbass poisoned the entire region with his rash acts.
Absolutely agree. But, Buttgig and Biden hold equal lmeasures of guilt.