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Biden praises McConnell, touts infrastructure law in Kentucky
The Hill ^ | 01/04/23 2:02 PM ET | BY BRETT SAMUELS

Posted on 01/05/2023 12:11:56 AM PST by RandFan

President Biden on Wednesday made an appeal to the value of bipartisanship during a trip to Kentucky, providing a stark split-screen moment with the chaos unfolding in the House back in Washington, D.C.

Biden delivered remarks in the shadow of the Brent Spence Bridge, which connects Kentucky and Ohio over the Ohio River, to tout investments from the bipartisan infrastructure law he signed in late 2021 that would improve local traffic and commerce.

But the speech was more broadly a nod to the president’s belief in collaboration and reaching across the aisle at a time when Republicans have been unable to muster the votes with their new majority to elect a Speaker in the House.

“I wanted to start off the new year at this historic project here in Ohio and Kentucky with a bipartisan group of officials because I believe it sends an important message, an important message to the entire country,” Biden said. “We can work together. We can get things done. We can move the nation forward if we just drop a little bit of our egos and focus on what’s needed in the country.”

Biden was joined by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), recently retired Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) to announce new funding for the bridge.

Biden repeatedly praised McConnell...

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: uniparty
Notice there was no Rand Paul ...

By the way, Rand has been trying to get funds for this bridge since at least 2010 trying to cut war funding and foreign aid to provide for it so I find this all a bit rich.

1 posted on 01/05/2023 12:11:56 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

McConnell isn’t even smart enough to realize he is being laughed at and mocked by Biden. He thinks they respect him. What a simp...


2 posted on 01/05/2023 12:13:15 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: All

Rand famously said : “We’re building bridges over there (Afghanistan) and not over here”

Or something like that...


3 posted on 01/05/2023 12:14:19 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

I told you they were butt buddies


4 posted on 01/05/2023 12:27:17 AM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: RandFan
Notice there was no Rand Paul ...

We face an uphill battle. We're against all Democrats and half of the Republicans.

5 posted on 01/05/2023 12:38:06 AM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: RandFan


uniparty

and assbat mccarthy completes the circle


6 posted on 01/05/2023 1:10:59 AM PST by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: RandFan

7 posted on 01/05/2023 3:02:06 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Right_Wing_Madman; RandFan
This is why the "all Democrats and half 85% of the Republicans" hate Trump and don't want him in the mix.

He isn't "one of them" and they know it. McConnell most certainly is.

8 posted on 01/05/2023 3:12:57 AM PST by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: DesertRhino

How idiotic that McConnell is being taken to the shed by another old fool who doesn’t even know where he’s at or what day it is. We see the uniparty blatantly on parade and spitting in our face


9 posted on 01/05/2023 4:17:32 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: RandFan
Biden repeatedly praised McConnell...

Nothing more needs said......

10 posted on 01/05/2023 4:52:37 AM PST by eeriegeno (Checks and balances??? What checks and balances?)
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To: DesertRhino
McConnell isn’t even smart enough to realize he is being laughed at and mocked by Biden. He thinks they respect him. What a simp...

I'm sure old Mitch's buttons were busting at the "honor"

11 posted on 01/05/2023 4:56:02 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Gun laws empower criminals. Guns empower the people.)
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To: RandFan
It's a pity that what is happening to McCarthy didn't happen to the Turtle.

Ousting RINOs is going to be a slow process taking multiple election cycles. We made a good start in 2022.

12 posted on 01/05/2023 4:56:24 AM PST by HandBasketHell
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To: HandBasketHell

Yes you have done a good job with the House GOP.

The senators are a bit more tricky to dislodge.


13 posted on 01/05/2023 5:05:44 AM PST by RandFan
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Biden praises McConnell, touts infrastructure law in Kentucky

Just a couple of old-time crooked politicians and poster boys for TERM LIMITS!

14 posted on 01/05/2023 8:36:30 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Ultra MAGA in Biden's Post Constitutional United Socialist States of Amerika!)
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To: RandFan


15 posted on 01/05/2023 8:56:07 AM PST by Iron Munro (Michael Byrd: "Well, she wasn't gonna' shoot herself, was she?")
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To: The Sons of Liberty

“and poster boys for TERM LIMITS!”
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They aren’t going to write laws that limit their terms.


16 posted on 01/05/2023 10:19:46 AM PST by xenia ( “The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it” George Orwell)
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They aren’t going to write laws that limit their terms.

Absolutely correct! Not unless they are FORCED to do so.

17 posted on 01/05/2023 2:09:42 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Ultra MAGA in Biden's Post Constitutional United Socialist States of Amerika!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Not unless they are FORCED to do so.
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How are you going to do that?


18 posted on 01/05/2023 2:35:12 PM PST by xenia ( “The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it” George Orwell)
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