Many East Palestine Residents Question Intentions of Biden's Visit A Year After Toxic Train Derailment

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : President Biden's visit "is a bit late," she said, adding that she welcomes his arrival "as long as he is coming and actually wanting to do something to help East Palestine and the surrounding areas, and not just to take pictures of himself being here.""Whether it be if Trump was president or Biden, I feel the same way.
63% : In its Jan. 31 statement announcing that President Biden would visit East Palestine in February, the White House stated 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.
62% : "When I announced that I was coming, they changed their tune," President Trump said on Feb. 22, adding that his presence "opened up the dam" for the Biden administration to act.
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% : While President Biden was returning to the White House from his trip to Poland and Ukraine, where he pledged hundreds of millions more in aid for the war-torn country, President Trump arrived with Trump-brand bottled water, cleaning supplies, and words of encouragement.
54% : "While the East Palestine area is not in a dire emergency situation currently, from my understanding, if an emergency declaration is signed, it will open up pathways for additional support, such as long-term healthcare Medicare coverage for any residents with potential adverse health conditions now and in the future."
53% : Officials from federal and state agencies have repeatedly said tests show that the air and water are safe in East Palestine and surrounding communities.
53% : Mr. Buttigieg finally appeared in East Palestine on Feb. 23, a day after President Trump.
51% : "Buttigieg should've been here already, President Trump said on Feb. 22.
49% : He did not announce his intentions to visit the village until President Trump scheduled his trip.
46% : Before a press conference, President Trump toured Little Beaver Creek, where local officials provided insight into the derailment's environmental impact.
41% : President Trump wrote on Truth Social.
36% : President Trump noted that the Federal Emergency Management Agency initially said it wouldn't dispatch aid to East Palestine, but reversed course upon learning that he would visit East Palestine.
28% : On Feb. 15, President Trump chastised President Biden for visiting East Palestine more than a year after the derailment.
27% : "East Palestine Mayor Trent Conaway is a conservative Republican who has endorsed President Trump and has said he previously invited President Biden to the region.
9% : While the Biden administration received widespread criticism for what many residents and leaders in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania deemed a slow response to helping in the derailment and burn's aftermath, President Trump visited East Palestine on Feb. 22, 2023, less than three weeks after the train veered off the tracks.

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