As we reported earlier, investigators in Philadelphia had been looking into whether the Amtrak train’s speed was a factor in the derailment that left six dead and dozens injured.
More from WSJ: Amtrak appears to have been traveling at more than 100 mph in a 50 mph zone.
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) May 13, 2015
Train "appears to have been traveling at more than 100 miles an hour as it entered a sharp curve" http://t.co/Fh20NLx59x
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) May 13, 2015
Also:
https://twitter.com/TheBlazeNOW/status/598534763989860352
Partisan ghouls had already blamed the accident on the GOP and a lack of funding.
@ByronTau @elliosch Well, so much for the liberals' "Republicans caused crash by not funding infrastructure" theory.
— FloridaDame (@Fantine21) May 13, 2015
All the federal funding in the world won't eliminate human error. https://t.co/3prPKE6QvA
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) May 13, 2015
If reports of speeding are true, that doesn’t mean those who had initially blamed lack of infrastructure spending will let it go:
@RyanLGustafson @RBPundit Let's talk about speed and why Europe and Asian have efficient trains that go 300 kph.
— David Bourgeois (@dwbourgeois) May 13, 2015
@neontaster Heh, and WHY are they designed to handle those speeds and who funded those tracks? GOVERNMENT. I know, it's a four-letter word.
— David Bourgeois (@dwbourgeois) May 13, 2015
No matter what, some won’t give up the “lack of funding” scapegoat, and they now have a name:
Will science prove that @ChrisCuomo and @joeNBC are Amtrak Infrastructure Truthers?
— John Ocasio-Nolte (@NolteNC) May 13, 2015
Amtrak Infrastructure Truthers…
I like it!
— John Ocasio-Nolte (@NolteNC) May 13, 2015
It fits.