#Trent Conaway

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Conaway's comments echo some other members of the community, although Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has previously said the Democratic president had pledged him "anything you need" following the derailment, with DeWine admitting earlier he did not feel additional federal help was necessary. The governor later requested assistance from the CDC as well as the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Biden administration swiftly acquiesced while also sending a team from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Oddly, Conaway had struck a very different tune just four days ago, when he told MSNBC a visit from Biden "would actually be more harm than good" due to security concerns.

"I think it would just be a burden on our residents, honestly," Conaway explained to Katy Tur while also commending the quick response of the Environmental Protection Agency. (source)

The Republican mayor of East Palestine, Trent Conaway, first said he didn’t want Biden to come, but immediately afterwards Conaway went on Fox Propaganda News™ to say how he can’t believe Biden didn’t come.

In typical GOP hypocrisy form, Conaway will deride the federal government for giving “handouts” to people in need, but when it’s his town, the federal government can’t give him enough assistance fast enough.

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Wednesday’s RNC Speakers list

Speaker list, via HuffPost:

6-6:30PM

Rep. Brian Mast (FL)

Rep. Nancy Mace (SC)

Rep. Ronny Jackson (TX)

Ric Grenell, former Acting Director of National Intelligence

Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL)

Former Amb. Callista Gingrich

6:30-7PM

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich

Peter Navarro, former Director of U.S. Office of Trade & Manufacturing

Rep. Monica De La Cruz (TX)

Thomas Homan, former Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

David Lara, everyday American

Jim Chilton, everyday American

7-7:30PM

Gov. Greg Abbott (TX)

Sarah Philips, everyday American

Mayor Trent Conaway

Gov. Doug Burgum (ND)

Kellyanne Conway, former Counselor to the President

7:30-8PM

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (FL)

Retired Staff Sergeant David Bellavia, everyday American

Scott Neil, everyday American

Kimberly Guilfoyle

8-8:30PM

Rep. Michael Waltz (FL)

Christy Shamblin, Cherly Juels, and Herman & Alicia Lopez

Shabbos Kestenbaum, everyday American

8:30-9PM

The Neutra Family, everyday American

Sergeant William Pekrul, everyday American

9-9:30PM

Donald J. Trump, Jr.

Usha Chilukuri Vance

9:30-10PM

Vice Presidential Nominee Sen. JD Vance

See Also:

Monday’s List.

Tuesday's List.

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Mayor of East Palestine, OH Slams Biden Admin at RNC - Praises Trump for Being There When the People Needed Him (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Mike LaChance

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Tucker Carlson to Headline RNC in Milwaukee

Trump Family Members

Donald Trump Jr.

Eric Trump

Co-Chairman Lara Trump

Kimberly Guilfoyle

 Entertainers, Celebrities, & Industry Leaders

Matt Brooks, CEO of the Republican Jewish Coalition

Tucker Carlson, Television Host

Savannah Chrisley, TV Personality and Criminal Justice Reform Advocate

Franklin Graham, Renowned Faith Leader

Lee Greenwood, Country Music Star 

Alina Habba, Trump Campaign Senior Advisor

Diane Hendricks, Owner of ABC Supply 

Tom Homan, Former Acting ICE Director

Chris Janson, Country Music Star

Perry Johnson, Businessman 

Charlie Kirk, CEO of TPUSA

Sean O’Brien, President of TEAMSTERS 

Vivek Ramaswamy, Businessman  

Amber Rose, Rapper & Influencer

David Sacks, CEO of Yammer

Bob Unanue, CEO of Goya Foods 

Dana White, CEO of UFC

Steven and Zach Witkoff, Businessman

RNC Leadership

RNC Chairman Michael Whatley 

COA Chairwoman Anne Hathaway 

Host Committee Chairman Reince Priebus

GOP Officials & Candidates

U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) 

U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) 

U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) 

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) 

U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) 

U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT), NRSC Chairman 

U.S. Senator JD Vance (R-OH) 

U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) 

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) 

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) 

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) 

U.S. Senate Candidate Kari Lake (R-AZ) 

U.S. Senate Candidate Jim Banks (R-IN) 

U.S. Senate Candidate Mike Rogers (R-MI) 

U.S. Senate Candidate Tim Sheehy (R-MT) 

U.S. Senate Candidate Sam Brown (R- NV) 

U.S. Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno (R-OH) 

U.S. Senate Candidate Dave McCormick (R-PA) 

U.S. Senate Candidate Hung Cao (R-VA) 

U.S. Senate Candidate Eric Hovde (R-WI) 

U.S. Senate Candidate Gov. Jim Justice (WV) & Babydog

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-4) 

U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (LA-1) 

U.S. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (MN-6) 

U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson (NC-9), NRCC Chairman 

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY-21), House GOP Conference Chair 

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL-1) 

U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz (FL-6) 

U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13) 

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (FL-19) 

U.S. Rep. Brian Mast (FL-21) 

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14) 

U.S. Rep. John James (MI-10) 

U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (NJ-2) 

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (SC-1)

U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson (TX-13) 

U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) 

U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt (TX-38) 

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) 

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) 

Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) 

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) 

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) 

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA)

Attorney General Brenna Bird (R-IA)

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R-NC)

Mayor Eric Johnson, Mayor of Dallas & Former Democrat 

Mayor Trent Conaway, Mayor East Palestine, Ohio 

Dr. Ben Carson, Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Kellyanne Conway, Former Counselor to President Donald J. Trump

Ric Grenell, Former Acting Director of National Intelligence 

Peter Navarro, Former Director of United States Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy

Mike Pompeo, Former U.S. Secretary of State 

Linda McMahon, Former U.S. Administrator of SBA  

Newt Gingrich, Former U.S House Speaker

Lee Zeldin, Former U.S. Rep. (NY-1)

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East Palestine Mayor Endorses Trump: 'Joe Was Too Busy To Visit'

By: Sarah Arnold East Palestine, Ohio mayor makes his case for why former President Trump is the true leader of the U.S. while taking shots at President Joe Biden and his shady son. Mayor Trent Conaway endorsed Trump for 2024 while speaking at the annual Lincoln Day Dinner alongside Eric Trump, Jr. He was recognized for stepping up to the plate as his small town was affected by a toxic train…

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The Democrats botched the Ohio disaster response – and handed Trump a victory | Michael Massing

“Where’s Pete Buttigieg?” someone shouted at a February 15 town hall meeting in East Palestine, Ohio. “I don’t know,” Mayor Trent Conaway replied. Twelve days earlier, a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals had derailed near the town. Three days later, the company announced it was going to carry out a controlled burn of vinyl chloride that would send dangerous gasses into the air,…

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The Democrats botched the Ohio disaster response – and handed Trump a victory | Michael Massing

“Where’s Pete Buttigieg?” someone shouted at a February 15 town hall meeting in East Palestine, Ohio. “I don’t know,” Mayor Trent Conaway replied. Twelve days earlier, a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals had derailed near the town. Three days later, the company announced it was going to carry out a controlled burn of vinyl chloride that would send dangerous gasses into the air,…

[brandedcities]

East Palestine residents confront town leaders, Norfolk Southern

"They're all scientists, they're sitting up here telling us nothing is wrong," one resident said in a heated exchange with Mayor Trent Conaway. "I want you to tell me why everyone in my community is getting sick!"

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August 19, 2020: trump against American Made Good Year Tire and Rubber. Calling on his [confederate maga loyalist] to stop buying Goodyear Tires and he threatened to remove them from his custom Presidential Limousine, despite previously railing against “cancel culture,”

FYI: The Presidential Limousine belongs to We The People... not trump.

Goodyear Tire and Rubber was founded in Ohio and after 125 years GTR is still in Ohio, still made in America by Americans.

Why then would trump want to put them out of business?

GTR has a Zero-Tolerance Policy against hate based Propaganda, including trump's “maga”

Goodyear Tire and Rubber held a Diversity Training Event. 1 event was on the GTRs Zero-Tolerance Policy and an employee posted a photo of a slide that shows what is and isn't acceptable

trump tweeted: “Don’t buy GOODYEAR TIRES - They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS."

Goodyear: We ask our Personnel to “refrain from workplace expressions in support of [politics] that fall outside the scope of Racial Justice and Equality Issues.”

We have “always wholeheartedly supported both Equality and Law Enforcement and will continue to do so.”

maga, Blue Lives Matter and All Lives Matter

On the surface these slogans seem innocent, but they were not created to bring US together or to build Equality, Respect or Tolerance.

They were created out of Spite and Hate by white supremist

Jan/6/21 Proves This

Jump Ahead 3 Years...

February 3, 2023: East Palestine, Ohio - After Rail Operator Norfolk Southern 100 Car Train Derailed, it Broke Out into a Massive Fire, leading Officials to Issue Evacuation and Shelter-In-Place Orders to nearby Residents.

Michael Graham, a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board said "The Fire spanned about the Length of the Train. The Fire has been Reduced in intensity, but Remains Active and the two main tracks are still blocked."

February 4, 2023: Trent Conaway, Mayor of East Palestine Issued an Emergency Proclamation, stating the village "Has Been or Is immediately Threatened by a Natural/Man-Made/Technological Hazard and or Nuclear or Conventional Attack. The Train was Carrying Hazardous Materials."

Norfolk Southern Spokesperson said 20 of the Cars Were Classified as Carrying Hazardous Materials.

HMs are defined as Cargo that could Pose any kind of Danger "Including Flammables, Combustibles, or Environmental risks."

Graham said "At this time we're working to verify which Hazardous Material Cars, if any, have been Breached, 14 Cars that derailed were carrying Vinyl Chloride "and [were] Exposed to the Fire,"

Conaway added "As of right now air quality, even 1 street back is OK,"

Vinyl chloride is Used To Make the Polyvinyl Chloride, a hard plastic resin which is Associated with Increased Risk of Liver Cancer and other Cancers.

and

There's still concern about other possibly Hazardous Materials. Per Officials with Federal National Cancer Institute

Conaway said surveillance from the air showed "an entanglement of cars" with fires still burning and heavy smoke continuing to billow from the scene as officials tried to determine what is in each Car from the labels outside.

February 8, 2023: Officials in Ohio and Pennsylvania said Residents Can Return Home five days after a massive train derailment in East Palestine.

The fire from the chemical release is no longer burning, and crews are removing wreckage.

February 22, 2023: trump was back in Ohio, of course at the site of the Train Derailment to criticize President Biden’s Administration ’s for the handling of the railway disaster and pretend he gives a damn about Ohioans without an apology to the people of Goodyear.

trump's main reason for going was to make an entrance of course... Here I am, I care, where's Biden, he doesn't care.

However, if you look at the President's absence logically you'll realize this wasn't a regular accident, this event involved Hazardous Materials and Fires

Kind of like January 6, 2021 Insurrection when word has it the Secret Service wouldn't let trump go to his confederate maga loyalist at the Capital

You're not doing your job if you allow the President of the United States to go where there's known and unknown danger

February 25, 2023: It seems the decision for President Biden not visiting East Palestine was the right decision

Debra Shore, of the EPA said Norfolk Southern was ordered to halt transporting contaminated toxic waste after hearing concerns from People in a number of States

Disposal plans including locations and transportation routes will now be subject to EPA review and approval.

EPA testing confirmed vinyl chloride, phosphene, benzene and a range of other volatile organic compounds and particulate matter are in the soil and water

Independent Experts say they are likely contaminated with dioxins, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance and other similar dangerous compounds

The Experts and some Senators have requested EPA test for these, but they've resisted

Mary Mertz, Director of The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said they estimate more than 43,000 animals have died in and around East Palestine roughly three weeks after the train derailment.

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East Palestine mayor rips Biden for not visiting Ohio train site, but eagerly giving 150 Billion to Ukraine, plus 'surprise' visit

The mayor of East Palestine has ripped President Biden for heading to Ukraine for a surprise visit instead of the scene of Ohio’s toxic train derailment. Mayor Trent Conaway accused Biden of abandoning his domestic responsibilities after the 80-year-old president popped over to Kyiv on Monday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “That was the biggest slap in the face,” Conaway…

[reportwire]

East Palestine Mayor slams Biden for Kyiv visit as "slap in the face"

Trent Conaway, mayor of East Palestine, Ohio, ripped President Joe Biden for visiting Kyiv, Ukraine, as his village faces the fallout of a train derailment triggering a toxic chemical spill. Conaway was asked Monday during a TV appearance on Fox News‘ Jesse Watters Primetime whether he was surprised to hear that the president was in Kyiv on Monday morning. “Absolutely. That was the biggest slap…

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East Palestine Mayor Slams Biden for Kyiv Visit as 'Slap in the Face'#East #Palestine #Mayor #Slams #Biden #Kyiv #Visit #Slap #Face

Trent Conaway, mayor of East Palestine, Ohio, ripped President Joe Biden for visiting Kyiv, Ukraine, as his village faces the fallout of a train derailment triggering a toxic chemical spill. Conaway was asked Monday during a TV appearance on Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetime whether he was surprised to hear that the president was in Kyiv on Monday morning. “Absolutely. That was the biggest slap…

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Trump plans to visit the town of East Palestine, Ohio, where the derailment occurred, next week, as he announced on his Truth Social platform on Saturday morning. 

The Biden administration has faced anger from local residents and criticism from many elected Republicans over its response to the incident, which neither Biden nor Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited.

However, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Michael Regan visited the site on Thursday.

The derailment on February 3 released highly toxic chemicals into the air, water, and ground, leading to significant concern about the long-term effects on the local community.

Trump shared an article on Truth Social about his planned visit to Ohio, where those affected by the derailment said: "Great people who need help, NOW!"

"Biden and FEMA said they would not be sending federal aid to announce I was going; he announced a team would and he would also be there, which is good news because we got them to say, "The people of East Palestine need help; see you on Wednesday," as I wrote in another post. 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) confirmed on Friday that it will provide assistance to Ohio after reportedly telling Governor Mike DeWine's office that the state was not eligible for emergency help.

The White House also announced on Friday that they were "deploying a team of medical personnel and toxicologists to conduct public health testing and assessments" from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Ohio has long been viewed as a swing state in presidential elections, though the state last voted for a Democratic candidate, Barack Obama, who won re-election.

Trump has already declared his intention to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024; he won Ohio in both 2016 and 2020.

Thomas Gift, founding director of the Centre on U.S. Politics at University College London, U.K., told Newsweek on Saturday that the Biden administration's approach to the East Jerusalem derailment could have political implications.

"Criticism of Biden's flat-footed response to the Ohio tragedy is well-deserved," Gift said. "Even if just as a symbolic show of support, the fact that it took a senior administration official roughly two weeks to visit the site isn't excusable given the scale and magnitude of the incident."

Gift told Newsweek that while "it's hard to talk politics in the wake of such a tragedy, it's also particularly head-scratching that the White House could be so delinquent in Ohio of all places."

"If Democrats end up losing the key swing state, there's no doubt there will be endless finger-pointing--and reasons--on who failed to see this coming," Gift added.

President Biden's administration has defended its response amid the criticism, saying it "mobilized a robust, multi-agency effort to support the people of East Palestine, Ohio."

Then, Regan, the cabinet has yet to visit East Palestine in the wake of the derailment.

East Palestine Mayor Trent Conaway told a community meeting this week that it took almost two weeks for anyone in the White House to contact him. Republican Senator J.D. Vance pushed back against Buttigieg's comments about the Trump administration loosening train safety rules.

"Stop blaming Donald Trump, a guy who hasn't been president for three years, and use the federal government to do the things necessary to help people in this community," Vance said.

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Norfolk Southern skips meeting with residents

Nearly two weeks after a toxic train derailment occurred near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, impacted residents hoped to voice their concerns to the rail company involved. Immediately before the event, East Palestine Mayor Trent Conaway told his residents that the company, Norfolk Southern, backed out of the meeting – citing safety concerns. Frustrations mounted during the hours-long informational…