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turbinetree

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Wed Oct 21, 2020, 11:55 AM Oct 2020

House GOP vows to investigate Biden for campaigning on Amtrak [View all]

Published 1 min ago on October 21, 2020
By Brad Reed




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.”

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.”

The GOP lawmakers also requested “a written response on how the Biden campaign charter train remained in compliance with Amtrak guidance and procedures on COVID-19.”

Read the whole letter here (PDF).

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/house-gop-vows-to-investigate-biden-for-campaigning-on-amtrak/

I just wonder if these four assholes remember how the corrupt team leading his party had a fucking campaign rally on the white house grounds................you know in violation of the Hatch Act.................fuck them

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Good god... kwolf68 Oct 2020 #1
Lemme Guess: The Hatch Act, Right? The_Counsel Oct 2020 #2
Well Played Sir Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #6
Joe's not an elected official Mossfern Oct 2020 #27
That's one of the dumbest letters I've ever read. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #3
Oh for f*ck's sake PatSeg Oct 2020 #4
They have ceded all legislating to the Dems. maxsolomon Oct 2020 #12
Exactly PatSeg Oct 2020 #17
They are just jealous they didn't think of it...after all they have AF1..prop.. asiliveandbreathe Oct 2020 #5
At first I thought this must be from The Onion. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #7
I really expected Borowitz Orangepeel Oct 2020 #10
Honestly, that is what I thought PatSeg Oct 2020 #18
Trump's campaign super spreader events disrupt flights/ traffic everywhere he goes PA Democrat Oct 2020 #8
Huh? Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2020 #9
GOP House Reps didn't do jack about Barrett. maxsolomon Oct 2020 #15
Just speaking of the GOP in general Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2020 #19
major poutrage! Roland99 Oct 2020 #11
What a joke. sinkingfeeling Oct 2020 #13
Oh YEAH? Well...well...well... MY Dad's gonna sue YOUR Dad! Aristus Oct 2020 #14
Hey dudes: You can't only care about the coronavirus when it suits you to use it as a weapon/tool MagickMuffin Oct 2020 #16
Exactly Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2020 #20
Thought it was the Onion. jeffreyi Oct 2020 #21
Biden campaign response: demmiblue Oct 2020 #22
Perfect! Nevilledog Oct 2020 #23
Yes! I was just trying to formulate my reply along those lines. tanyev Oct 2020 #25
This is how you know they're losing BADLY Eid Ma Clack Shaw Oct 2020 #24
I wonder if "Rose Garden" rings a bell for these assholes. Vinca Oct 2020 #26
Fishing expedition Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 #28
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