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J. D. Vance: “The Biden administration radically underestimated the risks…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 41:21

But on the broader issue, you know, what we've learned over the last couple of months is something that I suspected but frankly could never prove, which is that The Biden administration radically underestimated the risks to the people of East Palestine and that their Environmental Protection Agency wasn't being honest with the American people about what the consequences of that train derailment were. So, yes, we want that to be investigated. We want the Biden administration officials to be investigated about whether they were, you know, hedging, whether they were lying, whether they were doing something malicious. (41:21–41:35)

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Asserts that the Biden administration underestimated risks and was not honest about the East Palestine train derailment consequences.

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