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