Boisterous supporters of former President Donald Trump shouted, “One year too late” as President Joe Biden’s long motorcade arrived in downtown East Palestine on Feb. 16.
It marked President Biden’s first visit to the eastern Ohio village that became a household name across the United States when a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed on Feb. 3, 2023.
Hours before President Biden arrived in East Palestine, a group of Trump supporters gathered on one side of the street in the center of downtown. They formed a line that stretched a block on Market St. Across the street, members of an organization working to get environmental and health support for East Palestine and its surrounding communities demonstrated….