• While finally visiting the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, after the catastrophic train derailment that occurred there nearly three weeks ago, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made an unfortunate pun that amused Twitter users.
• While the Biden administration official addressed the residents of the Ohio town as well as the press on Thursday, he apparently forgot his point mid-sentence and admitted to his audience that he lost his “train of thought.”
• The fact that Buttigieg uttered the common phrase while being in town to discuss the train derailment sent Twitter into a tailspin of mocking reactions from his critics, many of whom added their own puns to the mix.

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