Buttigieg Says South Bend Prepared Him For Ohio Train Derailment
During a Tuesday interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded to critics saying he has neglected the train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, by claiming that he “dealt with a lot of disasters” during his time as Mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Notably, Buttigieg was notorious for his failure to handle crises during his time as mayor. In fact, South Bend was said to have the ”worst pothole situation in the state” during Buttigieg’s time as mayor, according to a 2019 report from the South Bend Tribune. Buttigieg made the comments during an interview with