Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg clashed with Florida Republicans on Twitter Tuesday following the toxic train derailment in Ohio
clashed with Florida Republicans on Twitter on Tuesday following the toxic train derailment in Ohio.
He fired back at Florida Sen. Marco Rubio who tweeted that Buttigieg should be fired following his response to the disaster. "First @SecretaryPete was m.i.a. on the derailment. Then he lies to media claiming my 2021 letter calling for more track inspections was a letter calling for deregulation. He is an incompetent who is focused solely on his fantasies about his political future [and] needs to be fired," Rubio wrote.
"During the initial response phase, I've followed the norm of staying out of the way of the independent NTSB," Buttigieg said in a quote tweet. "Now that we're into the policy phase, I'll be visiting – and I need your help. Will you work with us to toughen accountability standards on freight railroads?"
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: Sen. Rick Scott walks to a closed-door, classified briefing for Senators at U.S. Capitol Building on February 14, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Buttigieg also copy-pasted the same tweet from his exchange with Rubio with the Transportation Department's call for safety reforms.
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