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Posted on 01/29/2022 3:08:47 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Joe Biden and his Democrat allies wasted no time trying to make political hay out of a bridge collapse in Pittsburgh, a city Biden had just arrived in to discuss his infrastructure bill:
The collapse happened just hours before President Biden traveled to the area to speak at a previously scheduled event about the $1 trillion infrastructure bill he signed into law last year.
"We have been so far behind on infrastructure for so many years it's just mind-boggling," Mr. Biden told a group of elected officials and first responders during a visit to the collapse site. "...We used to be number one in the world."
Earlier, Mayor Ed Gainey told reporters the collapse highlights the need for the federal funding.
"With him coming today to talk about this infrastructure bill, to discuss why this funding is so important, today is significant," the mayor told reporters.
One problem: The bridge has already been to that infrastructure well earlier.
Here's a rather amazing tweet thread from a Pittsburgh local:
The bridge that just collapsed in the city of Pittsburgh was set to be restored in 2016. Instead of replacing the completely rusted out supports, they diverted the money to bike lanes, green energy programs and lanes for self driving cars. — 🅱️LACK (@libertyismetal) January 29, 2022
Instead of repairing the bridge with what likely would have been the Obama-era shovel-ready 2009 infrastructure funds for "roads and bridges," known as the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act," the cash went to bike lanes and green boondoggles, and too bad about the actual structure that was decaying and deteriorating. Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg loves those bike lanes. Bridges that stay up? That is for someone else to take care of. And of course, no one did.
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I was wondering why the press wasn’t doing much with this story.
Whoops!
Elections have consequences as resources are not infinite. Do we prioritize, metaphorically, buying food for horses or buying food for unicorns and flying reindeer? Horses can only be neglected for so long.
once ahgain, democrats cannot manage public funfs, without stealing.
The bridge that just collapsed in the city of Pittsburgh was set to be restored in 2016. Instead of replacing the completely rusted out supports, they diverted the money to bike lanes, green energy programs and lanes for self driving cars. — 🅱️LACK (@libertyismetal) January 29, 2022
Of course “they” did.
PIKERS!
CALTRANS has diverted $100,000,000.00 FRom needed highway repairs to build a high speed train to nowhere!
Somebody ought to ask pissaki how those bike lanes are working out...
True. But he prefers the "Hershey Highway" best.
The bleeding hearts of various stripes on the Left are responsible for more deaths than any other political group in history. They range from the pacifists who enabled Hitler’s rise, to the environmentalists who killed millions by outlawing DDT and even destroyed a space shuttle and its crew by pushing for “environmentally friendly foam” on the external fuel tank. In fact, the environmentalists have probably caused more deaths and destruction than any other group, via their “green” initiatives.
And that right there is why you never give the prog so much as 15 cents.
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Both bicyclists on Forbes Avenue in January enjoy the new bike lanes a lot.
LOL...
Bikers ride and people died.
No sympathy for the local political clowns should be expressed.
They stole the repair funds now let them live with the consequences.
Bike paths and bribe money more important then all those people lives crossing that and any other bridge needing repair.
“We have been so far behind on infrastructure for so many years it’s just mind-boggling,” Mr. Biden told a group of elected officials
Question to biden: Who has been in office for 50 years as senator and VP and now president? Why have you done nothing?
I’m surprised it wasn’t diverted to SEPTA.
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I immediately assumed the rats blew up the bridge in time for Brandon’s visit.
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