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Initech

(99,913 posts)
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 01:06 PM Oct 2020

House GOP vows to investigate Biden for campaigning on Amtrak

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden earlier this month took an Amtrak train ride to campaign in key Rust Belt states — and Republicans are vowing to get to the bottom of it.

Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on Wednesday sent a letter to Amtrak CEO William Flynn asking him for information on Biden’s train trips, which they implied without evidence caused delays in the delivery of needed medical equipment during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

“We are concerned that the Biden campaign’s use of Amtrak’s charter train redirected Amtrak’s scarce resources during a time of record losses, employee layoffs, and service cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the Republicans wrote. “We question whether the Biden campaign’s use of Amtrak caused delays of freight trains at a time when supplies are crucial.”
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The Republicans then requested that Flynn provide the total cost to Amtrak of hosting the Biden campaign, and also “whether the Biden campaign’s charter train delayed any Amtrak trains or disrupted any Amtrak services.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/house-gop-vows-to-investigate-biden-for-campaigning-on-amtrak/


I swear Joe could breathe in someone's direction the wrong way and these fucking morons would launch an investigation.
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House GOP vows to investigate Biden for campaigning on Amtrak (Original Post) Initech Oct 2020 OP
Damn... I thought it was the onion...... Claustrum Oct 2020 #1
Why not investigate Trump for people dying for going to his idiot rallies? Initech Oct 2020 #12
Unless it's a dedicated line Amtrak usually secondary to freight underpants Oct 2020 #2
True, elleng Oct 2020 #4
I live in IL very near the tracks that run cross country east and west Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #8
This is going to be there MO from now on..they've got nothing else Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #3
Fascinating that Republican fantasy scandals get media attention unblock Oct 2020 #5
Investigate the House GOP. IllinoisBirdWatcher Oct 2020 #6
My brother lives in that district. Initech Oct 2020 #11
Meanwhile .... VMA131Marine Oct 2020 #7
effing aholes... stillcool Oct 2020 #9
Should backfire FBaggins Oct 2020 #10
How many of these imbeciles were at Dear Leader's Republican acceptance speech at the White House? WyattKansas Oct 2020 #13
But they're not going to investigate Trump campaigning Marius25 Oct 2020 #14

Claustrum

(4,845 posts)
1. Damn... I thought it was the onion......
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 01:07 PM
Oct 2020

So it's not ok for Biden to campaign on an AmTrak trip but everything is ok for Trump to use the white house as background in his convention.......

Initech

(99,913 posts)
12. Why not investigate Trump for people dying for going to his idiot rallies?
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 01:43 PM
Oct 2020

That's the investigation I would like to see!

Thekaspervote

(32,606 posts)
8. I live in IL very near the tracks that run cross country east and west
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 01:15 PM
Oct 2020

Last edited Wed Oct 21, 2020, 02:09 PM - Edit history (1)

With family in Chicago and Phoenix I’ve ridden Amtrak lots. Passenger trains ALWAYS are secondary to freight. Tracks (and the maintenance of them) are owned by BNSF and other freight rail carriers. Amtrak pays them to use their tracks so Passenger trains are held up while freight takes priority on the tracks.

Thekaspervote

(32,606 posts)
3. This is going to be there MO from now on..they've got nothing else
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 01:11 PM
Oct 2020

So ridiculous..slowed PPE supplies ...the biggest road block to supplies was your idiot king

unblock

(51,974 posts)
5. Fascinating that Republican fantasy scandals get media attention
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 01:12 PM
Oct 2020

"Hey, there's zero evidence of anything, but if pigs could fly and horses crapped rainbows, then there might be a tiny scandal that's still nothing compared to what Donnie routinely does, so lets get this in front of voters eyes ASAP!"

Initech

(99,913 posts)
11. My brother lives in that district.
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 01:42 PM
Oct 2020

And unfortunately it looks like he's going to win. I'm seriously convinced Fresno has Stockholm Syndrome and they've fallen for their kidnappers. In this case it's Devin Nunes.

VMA131Marine

(4,123 posts)
7. Meanwhile ....
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 01:14 PM
Oct 2020

When the President goes anywhere on his campaign trips he shuts down roads and stops aircraft flying nearby, completely disrupting travel in the vicinity.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
9. effing aholes...
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 01:21 PM
Oct 2020

they can't help themselves. Got to gin up something...anything.
Rick Crawford
Bob Gibbs
Scott Perry
Lloyd Smucker

FBaggins

(26,696 posts)
10. Should backfire
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 01:26 PM
Oct 2020

It will no doubt draw attention to the fact that Hunter Biden used to be on the Amtrak board of directors.

Which means that he wasn't entirely unqualified to serve on another board...

... and Bush put him there. And he stepped aside when his father became VP

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
13. How many of these imbeciles were at Dear Leader's Republican acceptance speech at the White House?
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 02:14 PM
Oct 2020

Wha! Wha! Wha! Screeching and howling noises pierce everywhere... Etc. etc. etc.

These dimwits are determined to be the poster children in favor of legalized abortion.

 

Marius25

(3,213 posts)
14. But they're not going to investigate Trump campaigning
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 02:15 PM
Oct 2020

from the White House?

The hypocrisy of Republicans is truly off the charts.

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