Buttigieg hammered for remarks on White construction workers amid Ohio train derailment: ‘This is a new low’

Dagen McDowell blasts Buttigieg for talking about diversity on construction sites as Ohio residents face ‘Chernobyl’-like crisis

The Biden administration is facing scrutiny over the Ohio train derailment that ultimately prompted officials to conduct a controlled burning of toxic, cancer-causing gases as new details emerge surrounding the incident.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has faced mounting criticism for largely ignoring the derailment that happened earlier this month in East Palestine, involving about 50 train cars. On Monday, Buttigieg spoke at an event where he emphasized that infrastructure jobs in urban areas typically go to White workers from other neighborhoods.

“The people of East Palestine, Ohio, and folks across the country … do not live in this sphere that matters to Pete Buttigieg and the Biden administration and that is the politically delicious world of intersectionality,” FOX Business host Dagen McDowell said during “Outnumbered” on Tuesday.

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