On Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told a reporter that he was “taking some personal time” amid the train derailment crisis in East Palestine, Ohio, and threateningly took a picture of the reporter for asking him questions about the disaster. The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Jennie Taer had caught up to Buttigieg in Washington, D.C., to ask him questions about the train derailment. Buttigieg refused to answer her questions, told her he was taking “some personal time,” and took a picture of her after less than a minute of questioning. “I asked Secretary Buttigieg about the crisis in East Palestine

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