‘You’re not forgotten‘: how the right racialized the Ohio train disaster
by Ed Pilkingtonin New York and Nina Lakhani in East from Environment | The Guardian on (#697ZT)
Fox News, Trump and JD Vance claim Biden overlooked East Palestine's plight, citing residents' whiteness as the reason
Until 2 February it was business as usual in the small rural community of East Palestine, Ohio. The local paper carried obituaries and sporting results, interspersed with stories of a homecoming queen, an abusive puppy mill and the driver in the Toughest Monster Truck Tour who was arrested for human trafficking.
The next day it all went up in flames.
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