The Daily Populous Monday September 8th, 2025 day edition
Authored by rollingstone.com and submitted by rollingstone

Donald Trump is apparently trying to take credit for infrastructure projects funded by a bill former president Joe Biden signed into law — legislation that Trump vehemently opposed at the time as “a loser for the U.S.A.”

Now, The New York Times reported, the Trump administration is taking down blue signs that once touted projects “funded by President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law” and putting up red signs that read, in all caps: “President Donald J. Trump” and “Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure.” Those signs have been showing up at several major infrastructure projects funded by Biden’s bill, including bridges in Maryland and Connecticut as well as rail improvements in Seattle, Boston, and Philadelphia, and an Amtrak tunnel replacement project between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The signs also acknowledge (but in smaller font) that the projects are “funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” but do not mention Biden.

Not only did Trump oppose the infrastructure bill’s passage before he became president for a second term, he signed an executive order shortly after his inauguration demanding federal agencies “immediately pause the disbursement of funds” under Biden’s 2021 infrastructure law and 2022 inflation reduction act that invested in climate initiatives. A day later, the administration clarified that the order only applied to funds for programs that disincentivize investments in fossil fuels or encourage the use of electric vehicles.

The other portions of the infrastructure law, such as funding to modernize bridges, public transit, and highways, went untouched.

Rep. Joe Courtney, a Democrat whose district includes a portion of the Connecticut River Bridge that is being replaced, pointed out Trump’s hypocrisy. “That bridge would never have gotten where it is today without that bill, which he opposed,” he told the Times.

Republicans taking credit for projects funded by the Biden infrastructure legislation they opposed is not a new phenomenon. GOP Rep. Rob Wittman voted against the bill and put out a press release touting his vote opposing what he called the “Green New Deal in disguise.” But on X, formerly Twitter, Wittman later praised a $70 million expansion of the Port of Virginia in Norfolk.

He then deleted the tweet, his office told ABC News, because he did not want to give the impression that he voted for the bill. Trending Stories U.S. Open Crowd Booed Trump Repeatedly MTV VMAs 2025: See the Complete Winners List Rick Davies, Supertramp Co-Founder and Singer, Dead at 81 Ozzy Osbourne VMAs Tribute: Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Yungblud Bark at the Moon Person

“While Congressman Wittman voted against the infrastructure bill, he’s ecstatic that the Port of Virginia received the funding that he worked so hard over the years to secure,” a spokesperson told ABC News.

Wittman’s Republican colleagues, including Rep. Gary Palmer, Rep. Ashley Hinson, and Rep. Kay Granger, also have hailed Biden infrastructure funding that they voted against.

blxckhoodie999 on September 7th, 2025 at 21:45 UTC »

reminds me of a video i saw where some MAGA lady was lambasting the “biden tax agenda” and saying how democrats have made it impossible for the common american to live

..turns out it was trump’s tax agenda, penned in just before the expiry of his first term. when confronted with that fact, she shrugged it off saying it’s not true.

they will never learn.

MadBullogna on September 7th, 2025 at 21:16 UTC »

So, exactly what the GOP always does; Vocally oppose any legislation which actually has the potential to benefit cities, counties or states, (whether it be by jobs creation, infrastructure improvements, raising citizens quality of lives, etc), and then upon said legislation bearing fruit, pretend they and their party are the saviors who brought it to the masses.

E; and despite voting records being easily accessible, a large swath of their voters continue to purposely remain ignorant.

seKer82 on September 7th, 2025 at 21:12 UTC »

Hah republicans have been doing this for year. Take credit for the good you opposed and blame other for the bad you caused.

It will always work because they have ensured their base is too stupid to figure it out.