As Ohio faces what has been described by many as a chemical “Chernobyl” event, Biden administration Transportation Secretary and failed gay Democratic 2020 Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is complaining that there are too many white construction workers.
A train carrying vinyl chloride and other toxic chemicals derailed on February 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, resulting in fires and a massive plume of black smoke that lasted for numerous days and could be seen from several miles around.
Three days after the derailment, emergency crews decided to conduct a “controlled burn” of the dangerous chemicals supposedly in order to prevent a larger and more hazardous explosion.
The controlled burn ultimately caused hydrogen chloride and toxic substances such as phosgene to be released into the surrounding area, prompting the mandatory evacuation of all citizens of East Palestine within a one-mile radius.
Time to call in @PeteButtigieg for questioning for what is happened to the great people of Ohio train derailment & toxic chemical spill!
The media won't talk about this ecological disaster/public health crisis, but I will – and we *will* get answers
People’s lives are in danger! pic.twitter.com/X0mBWWzTBn— Anna Paulina Luna (@VoteAPL) February 13, 2023
Eyes are on Buttigieg, who is in charge of safeguarding America’s infrastructure, as the embattled state of Ohio struggles to grapple from the disaster.
However, the LGBTQ+ Transportation Secretary has yet to make any mention of the fallout from the chemical disaster.
Speaking at the National Association of Counties Conference in Washington, D.C. today, Buttigieg instead complained that there are not enough non-white construction workers.
Buttigieg made no mention of the Ohio train derailment while speaking at a conference this morning but did find the time to say that there are too many white people who work construction. pic.twitter.com/q4WNcq10h9
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) February 13, 2023
Speaking to the audience, Buttigieg urged counties to work with contractors and community colleges on “building a workforce that reflects the community.”
“We’ve heard way too many stories from generations passed of infrastructure where you’ve got a neighborhood, often a neighborhood of color, that finally sees the project come to them, but everyone in the hard hats on that project, looking like…uh, uh, doing the good paying jobs, don’t look like they came from anywhere near the neighborhood,” the Transportation Secretary said.
“You can build community wealth that will help close wealth gaps in this country if we can tear down those barriers, but that happens at the delivery level,” Buttigieg added.
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Stillamisfit
February 13, 2023 at 2:51 pm
I wonder how the multiple “objects” will figure into this potential catastrophe. Talk of more black workers is just another stupid distraction. The State Dept is telling Americans to get out of Russia. When Americans start dropping, watch for “intel” to immerge that Russia seeded our atmosphere with carcinogens and we will charge into Ukraine and start WW3. How else could they distract from the laptop and the Twitter files???
tom reynolds
February 13, 2023 at 4:02 pm
Don’t forget the stolen elections. If you speak of them or protest them you will be arrested and jailed. If you are white and don’t want to be replaced you will be called a racist.
B. Clinton
February 13, 2023 at 4:56 pm
Mayor Pete is mindless the Dems will nominate him and steal the election for him
Rosie46
February 14, 2023 at 2:22 pm
Biden and Buttigig – poster “children” for abject failure and cluelessness.
Rosie46
February 14, 2023 at 2:20 pm
You and Stillamisfit are totally right on. CCP got a two-fer – distract from the Biden crime family invesigations and let the CCP surveil our military installations. He was well-paid for committing treason, along with Milley (would tell the CCP if Trump was going to make a move) and Austin. They should be imprisoned and their treason trial scheduled.
pancake rachel corrie
February 14, 2023 at 7:44 am
He wants all the village people
taz8233
February 14, 2023 at 4:39 pm
What makes you think he hasn’t already tried them all? Apparently they went too deep with their butt-luvin and damaged his brain.
Should the taxpayers in any community, whether red or blue, be forced to pay 50% over cost to a black business just because they are from the community? What about the finished work? Should we not care about a company’s history in quality workmanship?
John R
February 13, 2023 at 2:54 pm
The really pathetic thing is that when I started in the hvac industry in the early 80’s most roofers and plumbers were black. They were excellent tradesmen and we worked with them all of the time. As the years have gone by and no side wanted a closed border these jobs have been taken by immigrants. Now these good jobs are undesirable to most blacks, I know, I have taught the trades in school for a long time. I’ve always been amazed how the local black pols have pushed hard for an open border at the expense of their own communities.
Jim G
February 13, 2023 at 3:50 pm
Wait! What! I thought this country was built by non whites
CPO Bill
February 13, 2023 at 4:05 pm
Butt boy is a stupid piece of schiff!
;^)
February 14, 2023 at 9:01 am
He needs to roll over and show his best side!
Camille Gilliam
February 14, 2023 at 11:11 pm
I agree with you about him being stupid. I’m not going to talk about the rest, that is his problem.
All he is trying to do is stir up more issues. We do NOT need those kinds of problems when we need the main one taken care of NOW. He doesn’t know what he needs to do and he probably hasn’t been to the site.
I wonder how much he even knows about building bridges, my uncle was from Indiana and made concrete beams for bridge floors, they are the only company that can dry them in 24 hours. I bet he doesn’t even know that a company can do it that fast.
RightStuff1944
February 13, 2023 at 4:40 pm
ButteFace will soon be gone. He is simply using a [small] crisis to forge on with the Democrat takeover of your life and private property. He has no business specifying what color laborers’ skin has to be. Typical low-life Democrat tactic.
Alan Towson
February 13, 2023 at 5:13 pm
There are too many white Transportation Secretaries
Capitalismczar
February 13, 2023 at 5:53 pm
Why isn’t the House impeaching these clowns?
Doug Litchfield
February 13, 2023 at 6:09 pm
Talk about clueless imbeciles that have infiltrated the the house of cards. You get hazmat specialists from the nearest vicinity who are trained in dealing with toxic chemicals. For crying out loud, they will all be clad in yellow suits and one would never know their ethnicity. It’s nimrods like butt boy who need to be kept away from any command center.
madmemere
February 13, 2023 at 7:32 pm
Sound like buttface is talking out his “ear” again; obviously no connection between brain and tongue in this dude.
Drosack
February 13, 2023 at 8:03 pm
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America Crusader
February 13, 2023 at 8:21 pm
Mayor Pete wants as many black construction workers to report to his bedroom as soon as possible.
Misty Drivel
February 13, 2023 at 9:24 pm
Guess we know what color C ocK he sucks.
Katie
February 13, 2023 at 10:22 pm
Why are these imbeciles in government always talking about white, black, hispanic, etc. What ever happened to talking about qualifications?
Crankshaft
February 14, 2023 at 12:15 am
Too many “White” construction workers?? Just how in Hell would adding more “Black” construction workers possibly fix this problem?? Mayor b**tplug has his head up his you know what!!
John Sherwood
February 14, 2023 at 3:38 am
Just another Stupid Comment by the Stupid Biden Administration.Do you mean to tell me that we are not able to find a 10 year old to replace this IDIOT!!!
Ron
February 14, 2023 at 5:46 am
This is what happens when you fill a quota instead of putting people in positions they are qualified for!!!! Mayor Pete is WAY out of his league to run the transportation dept. It doesn’t matter what color people are as long as they’ve had the proper training to do said job!!!! Do you want a plumber cleaning up a toxic spill just because he/ she fits a certain criteria!!!! Or do you want someone who was properly trained on how to safely remove toxins from the area!!! Me personally I’m hiring the most qualified no matter their race or gender!!!! Mayor Pete was put in a position he has no freaking clue how to run!!!!!!
SHRW
February 14, 2023 at 9:25 am
Is it possible that he has sniffed too many toxic chemicals? Clearly his brain is not functioning properly.
El-Tejas
February 14, 2023 at 9:59 am
This is typical of the sort brain trusts Biden surrounds himself with. The next administration must do a clean sweep of all Biden nominees and appointments. Perhaps they should consider beating the crowd and start resigning now. Or at least start sending our their resumes to perspective new employers.
FlyingEagle
February 14, 2023 at 1:49 pm
Butt boy must be SMELLING Hidin Biden’s Rear Quarters. This BOY can Demand all he wants but it ain’t gonna Help 1 Ioda. Butt igieg go tell Y’alls Husband he wants U.
juan
February 15, 2023 at 6:38 am
That homo just pushed for more of what’s destroying our country, hiring people on the basis of color or sexual preference rather than qualifications! EVERYONE in this administration is either black or gay and don’t know crap about the jobs they were handed to them! Now we have a bunch of unqualified retards running every aspect of government!
It’s not racist it’s fukin common sense!
Wasn’t it Dr Martin Luthier King Jr. the one that said people should be hired for their qualifications and Not Their Color? Wasn’t he BLACK?
Our country has been sold out by a bunch of corrupt politicians who are being paid to do as much damage to the United States as they possibly can and they have been doing it in record time!
That poor town has generations of problems coming their way because this what has to be the Biggest Environmental Disaster Ever Seen In The United States! And guess what It doesn’t matter what f-in color you are!
This disaster is being covered up by the media and it’s guaranteed it’s the government that ordered that. Where’s FEMA? Where’s Biden? I thought this government cares about people of color! Then why are they not in the town where People of Color Live? Why isn’t FEMA and The Red Cross Helping The People Of That Town? They Know Damn Well It’s Not Safe! The Governor should have already called a State of Emergency! Biden should be calling this an National Emergency! Those chemicals are flowing down hundreds of rivers and streams right into the Ocean! That HUGE Cloud of toxic chemicals didn’t just stay there! That Cloud of Chemicals is traveling around the world! No water is safe to drink in that town or any town down river for a thousand miles! By the way I wonder how many people know that they used hydrogen chloride as a Chemical Weapon During WWI
This is from the arms control association.
“Blood agents. Blood agents interfere with the body’s ability to use and transfer oxygen through the bloodstream. Blood agents are generally inhaled and then absorbed into the bloodstream. Common forms of blood agents include Hydrogen Chloride and Cyanogen Chloride”.
But they are telling people it’s safe to go home and breathe that crap in!
And mr “I haven’t done my job AT ALL Buttigieg” came out with THERES TO MANY WHITE PEOPLE IN CONSTRUCTION!!!!
WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER?
Mark Donovan
March 2, 2023 at 10:06 am
Only a total moron would look at this disaster and see a racial issue.
This is our federal government today. This person is totally incompetent but checks the right boxes.