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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nicola Slawson

First Thing: how the right racialized the Ohio train disaster

Former president Donald Trump stands in the background as Senator JD Vance speaks about the recent derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste.
Former president Donald Trump stands in the background as Senator JD Vance speaks about the recent derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste. Photograph: Alan Freed/Reuters

Good morning.

Three weeks into the Ohio train disaster, a new set of headlines has started to billow up from rightwing outlets and commentators. Now the tragedy of East Palestine has morphed into a racialized lament for the “forgotten” people abandoned by the uncaring “woke” Biden administration.

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