Claim: The National Transportation Safety Board's chair said an Obama-era rule the Trump administration nixed would not have prevented the derailment of a train in Ohio, as some partisan commentators inaccurately claim. The rule requiring a new electronic braking system for certain trains carrying hazardous cargo did not apply to that train.
Fact-check: NTSB Chair Contradicts Posts That Wrongly Claim Trump to Blame for Ohio Train Wreck - FactCheck.org
Verdict: the national transportation safety board's chair said an obama-era rule the trump administration nixed would not have prevented the derailment of a train in ohio, as some partisan commentators inaccurately claim. the rule requiring a new electronic braking system for certain trains carrying hazardous cargo did not apply to that train.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: D'Angelo Gore
Date published: 2023-02-28T19:08:15