Republicans Humiliated For Celebrating Investment Projects They Voted Against

Multiple Republicans were called out this past week for lauding infrastructure investment projects that are breaking ground in their states, even though the Republicans championing these investments all voted against them. The investments come from President Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, and the fact that the projects are beginning is good news for Biden - and he's been calling out Republicans for not supporting them when it actually mattered. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what's happening.

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Throughout this past week, we have had multiple Republicans go out there and brag to their constituents about all these wonderful new infrastructure investments that are coming to their cities and their states. And they're gonna bring jobs, they're gonna bring awesome new services like broadband in Alabama. And these Republicans are out there bragging about these accomplishments to their constituents saying, look at me. I am your elected official, and here's what I'm delivering to you. The only problem is that when you have Tommy Tuberville come out and do this, or John Cornin come out and do this, or Nancy Mace come out and do this, is that none of those people actually voted for the legislation to bring those projects to their states.

They all voted against the more than $1 trillion infrastructure package passed by President Biden. They didn't want it. They didn't need it. To hell with this Bidens, right? We don't want your, your projects. And then when they realize what projects are coming their way, they get out there on Twitter post it and say, oh my God, look what we're getting. Boy, I'm excited. I hope you are. Now to his credit. Uh, when Tommy Tuberville tweeted out about the, you know, uh, uh, space Command Center in Alabama, he's like, oh my God, this is a great, wonderful Biden retweeted it and said, see at the groundbreaking and, uh, kind of put Tuberville in his place. And everybody on social media, by the way, has done a wonderful job of calling out these idiots for boasting about the projects coming to their states, even though they all voted against them.

But again, let me read this. Senator Tommy Tuberville lauded the news on Tuesday celebrating the law's impact on Alabama's rural community. Senator John Coen Cornin also tweeted an article boasting about Texas receiving a whopping 3.3 billion for broadband more than any other state in the nation. Representative Nancy Mace on Wednesday hosted a press conference celebrating the law's allocation of nearly 26 million to a Charleston, South Carolina regional bus hub featuring electric buses. So she actually held a press conference, right? She's not just putting on Twitter. She's like, everybody, y'all come here, come here, come here. Let me, let me tell you this. Like everybody around catch cameras, here's what we're getting. You voted against it, you piece of all of you, because you know, these are good things. You wouldn't be boasting about them if they weren't good things, good things that your people in your state like, but the people in your state need to know that you didn't want 'em. Not because you don't like good things, not because you don't want these people to have nice things, but because you're so gosh darn tribal that you are unable to support good legislation if it comes from the mouth of a Democrat.

That's why there's no hope for

This country. And I don't mean to be so bleak, but there is no hope as long as we have lawmakers who say that, wow, this is a good piece of legislation. My people will love it. This is great, it's gonna help millions of people, but God bless it, I can't vote for it because a Democrat did it. As long as we have anyone, a single person in DC that has that mentality, this country's effed, like there's nothing we can do.