Pete Buttigieg, the Secretary of Transportation, visited East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday, February 23, as the community worked toward recovery after the derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals earlier in the month.Video posted by Secretary Pete Buttigieg shows part of a press conference he delivered during the East Palestine visit.“I’m here for the work and not for the politics,” Buttigieg said. He continued that there is a “national ideological layer that’s been added into all this” when residents were “just trying to figure out if they are going to be safe.”Former President Donald Trump, who visited the Ohio small town on Wednesday, criticized the Biden administration, saying their response has shown “indifference and betrayal” to the East Palestine community.Buttigieg responded to the criticism of the “timing” of the Department of Transportation visit, saying he was “starting to think some in Washington want that to be the main focus so that there aren’t too many questions about rail safety regulation, who is for and who is against.” Credit: Secretary Pete Buttigieg via Storyful