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There is a formula for GOP rule with an inevitable consequence which is...
GOP Potus (former) - Trump deregulates industry ridding it of prior safety standards and brags about it... calling the "effect" that will follow (crashes) "great" ...
Add in that Ohio has:
- GOP Governor
- GOP Senate
- GOP House
Add in :
- GOp Country where train derailed
- CEO of train company is a GOP donor
So on to the Result :
GOP governor admits Biden reached out to him instantly but he refused help, keeping this a State issue to handle. The GOP governor then makes the following decisions:
- Keep the Feds and their help out
- DO NOT declare this a Disaster at the crucial beginning which prompts a more intense response. Governor states 'I am not seeing a problem'
- Governor admits it is up to him and the State to determine HOW to handle the crash ('I am not seeing a problem') and the Feds job to determine 'why it happened' but if and when he wants Federal help in the State he will 'call them back'.
Conclusion :
GOP supporters see the formula above and conclude this is ALL the fault of Democrats
And for gravy on top, have that former POTUS, Trump, who deregulated the Train industry show up and blame the Democrats, while acting like a hero for bringing the citizens about $5000, worth of Trump water, which was one of his companies that went bankrupt in 2010 and stopped bottling, so this is warehouse stale, and probably toxic by now, adding insult to injury. The guy most responsible for upending the locals lives, and likely costing them years off their lives now, thinks 2 bottles of water per citizen = compensation for his act.
THAT is the GOP formula writ large folks. "Sorry we are destroying your communities and health for big corporate profits. Take these two bottles of decades old water as compensation'.
GOP Potus (former) - Trump deregulates industry ridding it of prior safety standards and brags about it... calling the "effect" that will follow (crashes) "great" ...
Add in that Ohio has:
- GOP Governor
- GOP Senate
- GOP House
Add in :
- GOp Country where train derailed
- CEO of train company is a GOP donor
So on to the Result :
GOP governor admits Biden reached out to him instantly but he refused help, keeping this a State issue to handle. The GOP governor then makes the following decisions:
- Keep the Feds and their help out
- DO NOT declare this a Disaster at the crucial beginning which prompts a more intense response. Governor states 'I am not seeing a problem'
- Governor admits it is up to him and the State to determine HOW to handle the crash ('I am not seeing a problem') and the Feds job to determine 'why it happened' but if and when he wants Federal help in the State he will 'call them back'.
Conclusion :
GOP supporters see the formula above and conclude this is ALL the fault of Democrats
And for gravy on top, have that former POTUS, Trump, who deregulated the Train industry show up and blame the Democrats, while acting like a hero for bringing the citizens about $5000, worth of Trump water, which was one of his companies that went bankrupt in 2010 and stopped bottling, so this is warehouse stale, and probably toxic by now, adding insult to injury. The guy most responsible for upending the locals lives, and likely costing them years off their lives now, thinks 2 bottles of water per citizen = compensation for his act.
THAT is the GOP formula writ large folks. "Sorry we are destroying your communities and health for big corporate profits. Take these two bottles of decades old water as compensation'.

