Joy Behar, the extremist co-host of The View said that victims of the Ohio toxic train crash had it coming to them for voting for former U.S. president Donald Trump.

During Thursday’s show, Behar, 80, declared: ‘I don’t know why they would ever vote for him, for somebody who, by the way, he placed someone with deep ties to the chemical industry in charge of the EPA’s chemical safety office.’

‘That’s who you voted for in that district,’ she said, pointing directly at the camera.

‘Donald Trump, who reduces all safety.’ The audience were audibly aghast when they heard Behar’s comments. ‘They need to look past the photo op and say who’s doing the job here,’ Behar added. As they headed to the break, co-host Hostin said, ‘I think this is Donald Trump’s fault.’

Alyssa Farah-Griffin was pointing out that Norfolk-Southern gives large donations to both parties, and added that central Ohio is ‘Trump country,’ which led to the comment from Behar about the district.

‘That’s called chutzpah! It’s his fault and then he shows up,’ said Behar, referring to Trump dropping in on the district, Daily Mail pointed out

While it is true that in 2018 the Department of Transportation (DOT) withdrew a proposed rule requiring trains carrying certain dangerous chemicals to use electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes, this rule would not have applied to the train that derailed in East Palestine on February 3.

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy announced on Thursday that if this particular rule were to have gone into effect, the mandate would have applied only to trains classified as high-hazard flammable trains.