A Year On, Biden Announces First Visit to Ohio Village Hit by Toxic Train Derailment

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : Local residents have speculated that President Biden has avoided a visit because it is an area where President Trump is beloved.
67% : Mr. Trump's visit and Mr. Buttigieg's arrival a day later were among the conversation topics among locals gathered around the bar area at The Original Roadhouse after Trump departed the village.
59% : "East Palestine residents, and Trump supporters who traveled to the village from across Ohio and Pennsylvania, praised the former president for taking the time to pay a visit.
58% : Norfolk Southern trains resumed their routes through East Palestine, and federal and state officials said testing showed that the air and water were safe.
55% : In its Jan. 31 statement, the White House said that "under President Biden's leadership," the Environmental Protection Agency deployed a team of trained emergency response personnel to help local and state emergency and environmental response efforts.
14% : Columbiana County is a region where President Trump decisively defeated President Biden in 2020.

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