"Why did it take you 10 days to care?"

IT took US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg ten days to take to Twitter to send a message about the derailment, much to the ire of his political opponents. Buttigieg initially tweeted: “In the wake of the East Palestine derailment and its impact on hundreds of residents, we’re seeing lots of newfound or renewed (and welcome) interest in our work on rail safety, so I wanted to share more about what we’ve been doing in this area:

“We are making historic investments on rail safety through funding in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, work that accelerates this year and continue in the years to come.

“The infrastructure law created a new program that provides $3 billion dedicated to eliminating at-grade rail crossings to reduce crashes and save lives. We will announce awards for the first round of projects this summer.

“Our priority is to prevent transportation incidents, but when they do occur and hazardous material is involved, we want first responders to be prepared. We recently awarded $32.4 M in grants to strengthen local efforts to respond to hazmat incidents.”

Keyboard warriors pile in No sooner than Buttigieg had sent out his tweet, then keyboard warriors were quick to say what they thought.

‘Drunk News Anchor’ typed: “Well, to be fair to Pete here, he still doesn't care. He just wanted to tweet.”

‘Stephanie Whitmer’ showed her alligence: “Trump would have been to the site. Checked on the families that were miss placed (sic) and made sure they were okay. That’s what we expect from you and Biden. Pretend that you care from ground zero not television.”

‘Real Defender’ added: “Why did it take you 10 days to care? Asking for every single American.”

‘Kimberly Morin’ questioned in capital letters: “How about, instead of tweeting bullsh*t no one cares about, you haul your pathetic arse down there and HELP THOSE PEOPLE.”

‘Lord Brian Urso’ was direct: “Why did it take you 10 days to even make a response to East Palestines (sic) tragedy? You should have BEEN THERE DAY ONE...but no you were elsewhere talking about "racism" and how there are too many WHITE construction workers. You are a disgrace”

A rare positive tweet came from ‘Crystal White’: “I like your posts as they're more reality based than most. Your plans for the future look great & decades over due... but what about the now? What is being done for the ppl of E.Palestine & Ohio & those downriver from this disaster?”