- Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg lashed out at his critics in a wide-ranging interview with CNN senior reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere.
- Buttigieg called both Trump’s visit and the attention to his boots “maddening,” criticizing the ex-president for having done “a lot try to gut not just rail safety regulations, but the EPA, which is the number one thing standing between that community and a total loss of accountability for Norfolk Southern and then show up giving out bottled water and campaign swag?”
- He also rejected the accusations that he was “pressured” by Trump’s visit to East Palestine. “That’s bull—-,” he said. “We were already going to go.”
