Youngkin blasts Biden's 'unbelievable’ decision to not visit Ohio after train derailment: 'needs to lead’

Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va., slammed President Biden for not visiting Ohio aft nan toxic train derailment that near an full metropolis successful fear, but alternatively walking to Virginia to talk astir healthcare.

On Feb. 3, a train carrying 50 obstruction cars, pinch immoderate carrying vinyl chloride, derailed successful East Palestine, Ohio. A controlled merchandise of nan hazardous chemicals was conducted aft nan derailment to forestall a awesome explosion, but residents began reporting rashes, lung issues, bronchitis and fears of a early crab dispersed from nan exposure.

During an quality connected "Sunday Morning Futures" pinch Mario Bartiromo, Youngkin said that amid Biden's caller travel to Ukraine and expected recreation to Virginia, it is "really unbelievable that he has yet to spell to Ohio and support these group that request nan help."

"Well, Joe Biden’s been to Ukraine, now he’s coming to Virginia. He has yet to spell to Ohio," Youngkin said. "And he wants to talk astir healthcare, why doesn’t he spell someplace wherever group really person existent wellness concerns that are driving them to interest astir not conscionable nan day-to-day impacts of this horrific train crash, but nan semipermanent impacts pinch crab threats, etc." 

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Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is simply a rumored contender for nan 2024 statesmanlike race. (Al Drago)

"This is simply a infinitesimal for leaders to lead," Youngkin told Bartiromo. "And Joe Biden needs to lead here, and I conscionable deliberation it’s really, really unbelievable that he has yet to go to Ohio and support these group that request nan help."

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Following nan crash, nan Biden management turned down Gov. Mike DeWine's, R-Ohio, petition for national disaster assistance.

Dan Tierney, a spokesperson for DeWine, told Fox News Digital that nan Federal Emergency Management Agency claimed Ohio was not eligible for disaster assistance, arsenic nan organization continues to retrieve from nan incident.

People surviving adjacent nan tract of an Ohio train derailment that resulted successful nan controlled merchandise of toxic chemicals fearfulness returning home. (Gene J. Puskar)

The president precocious claimed that he has nary plans to recreation to Ohio, but alternatively participated successful a Zoom gathering to talk nan incident. "Are you readying to recreation to East Palestine, Ohio?" a newsman asked.

"At this point, I'm not. I did a full video, I mean, um, what nan hell, on…" Biden said arsenic he struggled to find his adjacent words. 

"Zoom?" a reported tried to thief nan president decorativeness his sentence. 

"Zoom!" Biden said. "All I tin deliberation of each clip I deliberation of Zoom is that opus successful my generation, ‘Who’s Zooming who?'"

Former President Trump, pinch Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, greets supporters while touring Little Beaver Creek and h2o pumps during a sojourn to East Palestine, Ohio, pursuing nan Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern freight train derailment connected Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, successful East Palestine, Ohio. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

"Wait, wait, wait, fto maine reply nan question. The reply is that I've had a agelong gathering pinch my squad and what they're doing. You know, we were location 2 hours aft nan train went down. Two hours. I've spoken pinch each azygous awesome fig successful some Pennsylvania and successful Ohio. And truthful nan thought that we're not engaged is simply not there. And initially, location was not a petition for maine to spell retired earlier I was heading complete to Kyiv. So, I'm keeping very adjacent tabs connected it. We're doing each we can," Biden added.

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Former President Trump, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio., and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg each visited nan metropolis arsenic civilians effort to retrieve from nan toxic crash, but nan president has yet to make immoderate akin plans. 

Fox News' Thomas Catenacci and Adam Sabes contributed to this report.