Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday hit back against critics who argue that he only visited the site of a toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, because former President Trump had visited days beforehand.
“That’s bullshit,” Buttigieg said of the accusation in an interview with CNN. “We were already going to go.”
Buttigieg conceded to CNN that he should’ve visited the Ohio site sooner and that he didn’t anticipate the political implications of the incident.
But he hit back against his critics and argued that much of the responsibility that is ascribed to him is out of his hands.
“You think Tucker Carlson knows the difference between a T.J. Maxx and a Kohl’s?”
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