Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Difference between revisions

Following the bill's passage by Congress in November, Trump criticized it as containing "only 11% for real Infrastructure", calling it "the Elect Democrats in 2022/24 Act", and attacked Republicans who had supported it, saying in particular that McConnell had lent "lifelines to those who are destroying" the country.<ref name=":0" /> Various House Republicans also criticized the 13 Republican representatives who voted for the bill.<ref name="Elbeshbishi">{{cite news |last1=Elbeshbishi |first1=Sarah |date=November 8, 2021 |title=House GOP members who voted for infrastructure bill face backlash from Republican colleagues |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/11/06/house-gop-members-who-voted-infrastructure-bill-face-backlash/6318451001/ |access-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109180553/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/11/06/house-gop-members-who-voted-infrastructure-bill-face-backlash/6318451001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lauren Boebert]] described them as "RINOS" ([[Republican in Name Only]]).<ref name="Elbeshbishi" /> [[Mary Miller (politician)|Mary Miller]] called them "spineless" and said they helped enact a "socialist takeover".<ref name="Elbeshbishi" /> [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] called them "traitors" and "American job & energy killers", who "are China-First and America-Last", because they "agree with Globalist Joe [Biden] that America must depend on China to drive" electric vehicles.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Cameron |date=November 9, 2021 |title=GOP rep shares threatening voicemail after infrastructure vote |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/580666-gop-rep-shares-threatening-voicemail-after-infrastructure-vote |access-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109202326/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/580666-gop-rep-shares-threatening-voicemail-after-infrastructure-vote |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gary Palmer (politician)|Gary Palmer]] was criticized for touting funding for the Birmingham Northern Beltline that he added to the bill, while neglecting to mention that he voted against the final bill.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Koplowitz |first1=Howard |date=November 16, 2021 |title=Palmer roasted for 'hypocrisy' of securing Northern Beltline funding, voting against it |work=[[AL.com]] |url=https://www.al.com/politics/2021/11/palmer-roasted-for-hypocrisy-of-securing-beltline-funding-voting-against-it.html |access-date=November 16, 2021 |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117003004/https://www.al.com/politics/2021/11/palmer-roasted-for-hypocrisy-of-securing-beltline-funding-voting-against-it.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Paul Gosar]] was also criticized for taking credit for the bill's funding for [[Kingman Airport (Arizona)|Kingman Airport]] despite voting against it.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Wade |first1=Peter |date=December 13, 2021 |title=Paul Gosar Takes Credit for Covid Funding He Bashed as a 'Democrat Spending Bonanza' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gosar-takes-credit-american-rescue-plan-1271047/ |access-date=December 14, 2021 |archive-date=December 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214155056/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gosar-takes-credit-american-rescue-plan-1271047/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Several Republican governors who condemned the bill, including [[Kristi Noem]] of [[South Dakota]] and [[Greg Gianforte]] of [[Montana]], accepted the funding and directed it to various programs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rappeport |first1=Alan |date=December 15, 2021 |title=Republicans Who Assailed Biden's Stimulus Bill Are Embracing the Money |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/us/politics/biden-stimulus-bill-republicans.html |access-date=December 15, 2021 |archive-date=December 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215100611/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/us/politics/biden-stimulus-bill-republicans.html |url-status=live }}</ref>