Walz mocks Trump over crowd size at Arizona rally Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Friday mocked former President Trump as he and Vice President Harris drew yet another significant crowd during a campaign stop in Arizona. Walz, addressing a crowd of roughly 15,000 people in Phoenix, admired the audience and noted the campaign drew a similar crowd in Detroit a day earlier. “But Arizona — just couldn’t leave it alone, could you?” Walz said. “It’s not as if anybody cares about crowd sizes or anything.” The Harris campaign has throughout the week drawn larger crowds than Democrats had managed at any point previously in the election cycle, a sign of the enthusiasm behind the vice president’s White House bid after President Biden ended his candidacy. The size of Harris’s crowds and resulting media coverage appeared to irk Trump, who typically draws thousands of people to his campaign rallies. “Oh, give me a break,” Trump said during a Thursday press conference when asked if he was worried about the size of Harris’s crowds.
So she cast a vote for efficiency to be increased so workers don't have to waste as much time. I thought conservatives liked efficiency?
Republicans lose their mind over inflation. Democrats pass(by themselves) Inflation Reduction Plan. Inflation rate goes down. Republicans lose their minds about solution to the problem they were upset about. Also, what this ultimately amounts to, is hey, I'm gonna pass a law to give you money. You say cool, thank you. Also, I'm gonna use a tiny piece of that money on crack. And I then pass (or propose) a new law that says you can't use the money for crack. Sounds good to me.
Hmmmm... The Republicans taking credit for federal funding they voted against Rep. Nancy Mace celebrated a public transit project in her district that was made possible by the infrastructure law, which she called a “socialist wish list” and a “fiasco.” Billions of dollars in infrastructure funding are flowing into cities and towns nationwide, nearly three years after Congress passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill approving the cash. And some vulnerable House Republicans are tacitly taking credit for the local funds, despite opposing that bill. Those moves will test how much voters care about federal dollars’ ability to create local jobs and investments and how much credit they’re willing to give lawmakers who are playing both sides of the issue. Only 13 House GOP lawmakers voted for the 2021 law to fund roads, rails and bridges, a deal shaped in large part by Senate negotiators whom conservatives mistrust. Some of those 13 left Congress after facing threats from the right and vociferous criticism from former President Donald Trump, who said they should be “ashamed of themselves.” The vast majority of Republicans opposed the bill due to the huge price tag, and many simply didn’t want to give President Joe Biden a win. But almost three years later, the slow-moving machinery of the federal purse is kicking into gear. Highway projects in Iowa have already opened, more than a billion dollars have been pledged for a power plant upgrade in California and millions have been slated for a public transit project in South Carolina. There’s still a ways to go on most projects, but announcements and preparations have started across the country. Those battleground Republicans who opposed the law are careful not to tout their personal involvement in it on Capitol Hill — instead, they’re showing up at opening ceremonies and praising the actions of local leaders. “Since House Republicans have no record of accomplishments, they are trying to falsely take credit for ones that aren’t theirs,” said Viet Shelton, a spokesperson for House Democrats’ campaign arm. “This is exactly the sort of hypocritical behavior that the public hates, and the DCCC will be sure to remind voters of Republicans’ do-nothing agenda between now and November.” Two years ago, at-risk Democrats feared voters wouldn’t care about one of their signature legislative accomplishments, since most projects funded by the bill were still years from breaking ground. Now that more efforts have solidified, Biden’s party is enraged to see Republicans trying to reap the benefits — and GOP members are hoping voters might credit them without delving too deeply into their voting records. Here’s a breakdown on the infrastructure funds flowing into districts of some of the most vulnerable GOP members who opposed the bill: Mariannette Miller-Meeks: Iowa District 1 Nearly $470 million in investments have been promised to Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ (R-Iowa) district from the bipartisan infrastructure law, which she voted against. She has touted that money, from attending a ribbon cutting for a key highway interchange to touting the modernization of locks and dams on the Mississippi River in her district, which she called “critically important” to Iowa’s economy — thanking the Army Corps of Engineers for their work. “We all agree that the country is in a dire need of a clean transportation bill that addresses failing infrastructure. The bill would have had large bipartisan support had Republicans been allowed to be engaged in the process and if it was not vastly overloaded with pet projects,” Miller-Meeks said in a statement to POLITICO. “Although I was unable to support the massive partisan legislation as a responsible steward of taxpayer dollars, I do support Community Funding Projects, which goes through regular Appropriations Committee order with bipartisan input,” Miller-Meeks added. “I will always fight to ethically bring federal dollars back to my district.” Nancy Mace: South Carolina District 1 Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) district will receive $34 million from the infrastructure law, which she called a “socialist wish list” and a “fiasco.” But she celebrated the announcement of a nearly $26 million federal grant for a public transit project in her district in 2023, which was made possible by the infrastructure measure. David Valadao: California District 22 In addition to money slated specifically for Rep. David Valadao’s (R-Calif.) district, the Biden administration also allocated $1.1 billion to California’s last remaining nuclear power plant as part of the infrastructure law’s $6 billion fund for nuclear energy. The Diablo Canyon plant, which supplies a significant amount of power statewide, is not in Valadao’s district, but the move to prevent its closure won his praise last year — he touted it as “lowering costs, creating jobs, and strengthening our national security.” House Democrats’ campaign arm sought to turn that praise into a political liability for him at the time, since Valadao had opposed the infrastructure law behind the cash that helped keep the plant open. However, Valadao’s support for Diablo Canyon long predated the infrastructure bill’s passage; in 2021, for example, he cosponsored an unsuccessful bill to keep it open. And Democrats themselves are divided over Diablo Canyon’s future. Most state lawmakers in the party supported a 2018 plan to close the plant by 2025. Michelle Steel: California District 45 Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) celebrated an $8.3 million funding allocation for Newport Harbor dredging as “long overdue and will improve the safety of our community while protecting our homes and businesses.” She even name checked the infrastructure bill, which she voted against, in her press release. She had advocated for the project as a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors before her time in Congress. Redistricting shifted the coastal project into a different district that Steel currently represents. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/10/house-republicans-infrastructure-funding-vote-no-00162361
You think inflation is a partisan concern? What planet are you living on? Inflation affects everyone, and the economy is rated as the #1 concern among voters. Inflation is largely caused by government over-spending, which is what the "Inflation Reduction Act" contributed to. They simply labeled it that to fool stupid people. And there are many critics of the CPI used to calculate inflation, that it understates it. If you look at the monthly inflation over the past 10 years, it just went from insane to high.
The main reason for the inflation is greedy capitalism. CEO’s got drunk on the earnings they received during the pandemic. It was disguised as a supply chain solutions issue, even though that got shored up a long time ago. The CEO’s prostitute themselves to the shareholders and continuing record profits to make the group even more money is always the bottom line. Grocery stores are pushing to merge to start a monopoly, which will cause even more price gouging. This stuff has very little to do with policy. American capitalism has got out of control and the country is basically an oligarchy
Too many words. "Blame Joe Biden" is much easier to say and write. And for many tube sock for brains, it's easier to repeat.
Costs go up and they get passed along to the consumer, but, for some reason, when costs go down, prices don't go down at nearly the same level. Things that make you go hmmmm.
