# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7956
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7956 "2023-02-17T21:16:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Congressman Warren Davidson of Ohio wants to impeach Pete Buttigieg over the Ohio train derailment. > > [https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1626554444539215874](https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1626554444539215874) No doubt he was equally quick to denounce Trump’s Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao concerning [the 2017 derailments in Iowa and Washington, the 2018 collisions in South Carolina and Wyoming, and derailments in Virginia and Indiana, and similar catastrophes in 2019](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents_(2010–2019)#2017) and [2020](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents_(2020–present)#2020)? > [@](#): > > [2017] > 10 March – _United States_ – A freight train convoying ethanol derails and bursts into flames as it crosses a trestle bridge near [Graettinger, Iowa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graettinger,_Iowa). At least 27 of 101 cars derail. […] > > 18 December - _United States_ - **[2017 Washington train derailment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Washington_train_derailment)** : Amtrak _[Cascades](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak_Cascades)_ passenger train #501, the inaugural run of the _Cascades_ service on a new rail line designed for higher speeds than the previous route, fails to slow down when approaching a 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) speed restriction and derails on a bridge over [I-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_5) in [Pierce County, Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_County,_Washington). Three people are killed and over 80 injured […] > > [2018] > 4 February - _United States_ - **[Cayce, South Carolina train collision](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayce,_South_Carolina_train_collision)** : [Amtrak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak) [_Silver Star_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Star_(Amtrak_train)) train #91 traveling from [New York City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City) to [Miami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami) collided with a [CSX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSX) freight train in [Cayce, South Carolina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayce,_South_Carolina), killing at least two people, injuring at least 100 others, and spilling thousands of gallons of fuel […] > > 19 May - _United States_ - A [CSX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSX) freight train is derailed when a bridge collapses under it at [Franconia, Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franconia,_Virginia) […] > > 17 June - _United States_ - A freight train consisting of 89 cars derails and causes an explosion outside of the city of [Princeton, Indiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton,_Indiana). Of the 23 derailed cars, 5 contain propane. Authorities evacuate homes within a 1-mile (1.6 km) radius of the derailment.[[…] > > 4 October - _United States_ - A [Union Pacific](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific) freight train loses its brakes and collides with the rear of a stationary train in [Granite Canyon, Wyoming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite_Canyon,_Wyoming).[_[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)_] Preliminary NTSB reports have put the cause at a kink or pinched air hose along with a communication failure between the head end and the train’s [end-of-train device](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-of-train_device). The crew of the runaway train were killed […] > > [2019] > 6 January – _United States_ – A Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derails in [Jefferson County, Georgia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Georgia) near [Bartow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartow,_Georgia), prompting the evacuation of all addresses within a 7-mile (11 km) radius of the crash site due to tanker leakage. No injuries from the derailment were reported; however, at least 26 people, including a firefighter and three law enforcement officers, were treated for chemical exposure […] > > 9 April – _United States_ – Several cars of a [Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware-Lackawanna_Railroad) train derail in [Dickson City, Pennsylvania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickson_City,_Pennsylvania) […] > > 16 April – _United States_ – Six cars of a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying trash derail in [Wyomissing, Pennsylvania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyomissing,_Pennsylvania). The train was traveling westbound from [Oak Island, New Jersey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island_Yard) to [Mingo Junction, Ohio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingo_Junction,_Ohio). The derailment backs up train traffic as far away as [Chicago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago) […] > > 17 August – _United States_ – About 140 cars from two BNSF Railway trains derail near [Walton, Kansas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walton,_Kansas) due to high winds from a storm […] > [@](#): > > [2020] > 1 January – _[United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)_ – A [BNSF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNSF) freight train strikes a landslide and derails near [Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonner%27s_Ferry,_Idaho). Both locomotives end up in the [Kootenai River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kootenai_River). Two crew are rescued by boat […] > > 13 February – _United States_ – Five cars of a 96-car [CSX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSX) freight train derail in Draffin, [Kentucky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky) due to a rockslide. The locomotives and train cars caught fire, causing evacuations of nearby communities. Two crew members from the train were taken to a hospital […] > > 27 March - United States - In [Deland, Florida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deland,_Florida), an Amtrak Auto Train derailed when 8 train cars tipped over, 1 person was injured […] > > 29 July – _United States_ – A freight train derails on a bridge in [Tempe, Arizona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempe,_Arizona). The wreck catches fire and the bridge collapses […] > > 11 October - United States - In [Lilburn, Georgia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilburn,_Georgia), a CSX train derails during heavy rains following [Hurricane Delta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Delta_(2020)), causing minor injuries to the two occupants of the locomotive […] > > 28 November - United States - In [Wellington, Colorado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington,_Colorado), a _[BNSF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNSF)_ Train collided with an empty train car and derailed with the train wheels of the empty train car which made the BNSF Train derail, 1 person was injured […] Oh, he didn’t? Somehow I thought not. (And I’m not even including the dozen or so regional or light rail accidents or ones involving automobiles in the same period.) Actually, I was a bit surprised myself to learn how not-rare train derailments and even hazmat-related mass evacuations following train derailments are in the US. Certainly, nobody who didn’t make any fuss about the several such incidents during the Trump years has any standing to be calling for Buttigieg’s head about the Ohio disaster. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018)._