U.S.NEWS – Federal disaster relief teams haven’t left the scene of a hazardous materials spill in a small Ohio village, yet the train derailment that unleashed poisonous chemicals in the town of East Palestine is already the subject of a coordinated – and effective – Republican campaign to portray the White House response as emblematic of its neglect of rural, working-class voters. Assembling storylines as varied as President Joe Biden’s unannounced visit to Ukraine, the commitment of a transportation secretary who is among the Democratic Party’s brightest stars, and the reemergence of the GOP standard-bearer after a lackluster return to the political stage.
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