Ohio train derailment: Rubio demands Biden fire Buttigieg

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) demanded that President Joe Biden ask for the resignation of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg over his handling of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment.

While focusing on the train derailment as an example of Buttigieg's "gross level of incompetence and apathy," Rubio alleged that it was only the latest example of a two-year pattern.

"For two years, Secretary Buttigieg downplayed and ignored crisis after crisis, while prioritizing topics of little relevance to our nation's transportation system," Rubio wrote in a letter to Biden.

"It is painfully clear to the American people that Secretary Buttigieg has little regard for the duties of the Secretary of Transportation," he added.