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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

Donald Trump and Pete Buttigieg, the Transportation Secretary,

visit East Palestine at Ohio, the rural town that is the site of the terrible train derailment

more than two weeks ago.

We'll tell you about their dueling messages and what, if anything, it means.

Plus, Vivek Ramaswamy, the biotech entrepreneur, gets into the Republican race for president.

Does he have a chance?

And South Carolina Senator Tim Scott gives a speech in Iowa suggesting that he, too,

may soon join the ranks of presidential candidates for the Republican nomination for president.

Welcome, I'm Paul Gigo and I'm joined today by my peerless peers, Kim Strassel and Alicia Finley.

Welcome to you both.

Let's talk about the unfortunate town of East Palestine first, Mayor Pete, as we used to call him.

Pete Buttigieg has been the President of the Treasury Secretary for a couple of years,

coming under criticism for not having visited the town until now, despite the trauma of that train derailment.

He finally showed up this week and let's listen to what he had to say.

Well, to be clear, our department was on the ground within hours, helping with the response and the investigation.

Again, I respect the separate role of NTSB, but we have been on the ground literally from day one

to make sure that we're doing our part to support.

I do think that it's important to speak out about that and I could have spoken out sooner and I'm making sure that we are focused on the actions that are going to make a difference.

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