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Opinion | As red and blue politicians point fingers in Ohio, a green disaster continues to unfold
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Marisa Kabas: The Ohio train disaster isn't a red or blue catastrophe. It's a green one.

around the halls of the U.S. Capitol the day of last week’s State of the Union address, a stunt she carried out to accuse Biden of having waited too long to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon that crossed over the country.The quick heel-turn to environmental savior and critic of the attention the balloon got is a little too hypocritical, even by her standards.

But other loyal right-wing soldiers continue to follow Vance and Greene in blaming Democrats alone for the corporate greed and deregulation that have gotten boosts from both parties. Conservative commentator Stew Peters tweeted Monday: “East Palestine, OH is the most catastrophic event covered up in recent history. The toxicity of these chemicals is causing animals to die hundreds of miles away. It’s in the air, water and soil. EPA: ‘it’s safe’. Your ‘government’ is killing you.” On Thursday, that tweet had more than 18,000 retweets. And right-wing media personality Collin Rugg wrote: “No protests. No Greta. No Biden. No AOC. No Al Gore.

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