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Joe Biden admitted he couldn’t remember speaking to the mayor of East Palestine, Ohio, this week, but insisted he’s “talked to everyone there is to talk to.”
When asked Friday on ABC’s “World News Tonight” whether he had spoken to the mayor of East Palestine since the disaster took place on Feb. 3, Biden said he “can’t recall.”
“I can’t recall whether I’ve — I don’t think I’ve talked to the mayor. I’ve talked to everyone else there, multiple times,” Biden said.
"So do you plan to travel [to East Palestine] and have you talked to the mayor?"
BIDEN: "I can't recall…I've talked to everyone there is to talk to" pic.twitter.com/kvVbtlmIKo
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 24, 2023
“I’ve talked to both the senators, both governors, I’ve talked to everyone there is to talk to, and we’ve made it clear that everything is available,” he added.
Likewise, when asked earlier in the day if he planned to ever visit East Palestine, Biden dismissed the notion before going into a nonsensical tangent about Zoom calls.
“At this moment not. I was, I did a whole video, I mean, uh, you know, the uh, what the Hell? On Zoom. All I can hear every time I think of Zoom is that song of my generation, ‘Who’s Zoomin’ Who?’”
Q: “Are you planning on traveling to East Palestine?”
BIDEN: “At this moment not. I was, I did a whole video, I mean, uh, you know, the uh, what the Hell? On Zoom. All I can hear every time I think of Zoom is that song of my generation, 'Who's Zoomin' Who?'” pic.twitter.com/tFo4zHhEkk
— ALX
(@alx) February 24, 2023
East Palestine Mayor Trent Conaway blasted Biden’s visit to Ukraine this week amid the disaster, calling it “the biggest slap in the face.”
“That tells you right now he doesn’t care about us,” the mayor said.
The Mayor of East Palestine just ended Joe Biden’s career on live TV for traveling to Ukraine instead of Ohio.
What a brutal flamethrowerpic.twitter.com/0AQq6a5rJ4
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 21, 2023
“He can send every agency he wants to, but I found out this morning that he was in Ukraine giving millions of dollars away to people over there and not to us…on Presidents’ Day in our country, so I’m furious.”
Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump visited East Palestine this week to offer basic supplies and moral support for he residents — and he did speak to the mayor.
President Trump chatting with the Mayor of East Palestine, Ohio
pic.twitter.com/jgVLeWhLMY— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 22, 2023