White House targets GOP leaders Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy in infrastructure push

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The White House is selling President Biden's $2.2 trillion infrastructure plan by projecting how much it will help each state — starting with Kentucky and California.

Why it matters: Tagging the homes of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) not only puts them on the defensive, but warns other Republicans they'll have to explain why this bridge or that highway isn't something they can approve.

“12% of Kentuckians live in areas where, by one definition, there is no broadband infrastructure that provides minimally acceptable speeds,” reads a White House fact sheet. “The American Jobs Plan will invest $100 billion to bring universal, reliable, high-speed and affordable coverage to every family in America.”

"In California, there are 1,536 bridges and over 14,220 miles of highway in poor condition," another fact sheet says. "The American Jobs Plan will devote more than $600 billion to transform our nations' transportation infrastructure."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-targets-gop-leaders-094509053.html

[PortTack]

1. K&R!!

[regnaD kciN]

2. Infrastructure "push" for McConnell and McCarthy...?

From which cliff are they going to give them that push?

[rickyhall]

3. Oh, I was thinking a real target on the turtle, my bad.

[NCjack]

5. I was hoping that Pres. Biden was preparing to "LBJ" them.

[crickets]

4. Great idea. I hope they swing by West Virginia while they're on the PR tour.

President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Cabinet members are expected to travel to sell the plan in the coming weeks, a White House official told Axios.

[SergeStorms]

6. Democrats have to learn...

that it's an exercise in futility trying to use logic to sway republicans. Republicans only respond to stimuli of the reptilian part of the brain, and many not even that. Logic and facts will find no purchase within the brains of these creatures.