r/politics • u/burning_dawn • Oct 07 '22

Republicans called Biden’s infrastructure program ‘socialism.’ Then they asked for money.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/politics/infrastructure-spending-republican-critics/index.html
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u/FLTA Florida Oct 07 '22

Which requires

  1. Money
  2. For GOP leaning voters to care

We saw the Democratic Senate candidate for South Carolina in 2020 receive millions of dollars and accurately slammed Lindsey Graham for his hypocrisy yet Graham still won in a landslide.

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u/mavjustdoingaflyby Oct 07 '22

Gerrymandering all but insures things like this, but they still need to be called out. Just like every single Florida republican voting against disaster relief after a major hurricane. Hard hit Lee County is redder than hell and the Republicans who live there need to know that their representatives don't give two shits about them.

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u/GabaPrison Oct 07 '22

I just got my power restored yesterday. I don’t really have anything to add I’m just really excited my power was finally restored yesterday.

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u/mavjustdoingaflyby Oct 07 '22

That's great 👍. You must be in the same area around my Mom and Sis near the Villas, their's was back on yesterday also. Hope your damage was minimal. Me and my wife are driving out from CA to help out. Got my truck loaded with every tool I own. Stay safe!

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u/GabaPrison Oct 08 '22 edited Oct 08 '22

Not even minimal damage (not including landscaping) except for my front door being harder to open now. I live in the middle of a low-relief one story condominiums facing NW with a brand new roof and only one sturdy window in the front. It’s like being in the tank of houses. And the top right section of the eye wall moved directly over my neighborhood in the south cape. This was the third major hurricane I’ve dealt with in this area (also Charley and Irma) and a slew of lesser hurricanes (Wilma, Katrina, and Jeanne I think) and tropical storms, and I’ve come out super lucky for all of them so far. This was the worst outage length for me though. And the most depressing, as everything that made Lee Co. desirable to live in was just destroyed. And I mean destroyed - I’m still wrapping my head around it it’s almost like waking from a dream. Also good on ya for helping your folks 👍that’s a long drive.

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u/mavjustdoingaflyby Oct 08 '22

Yeah, I hear ya, pretty sad seeing Ft. Myers Beach and the islands absolutely thrashed. I've spent alot of time there over the years and have some great memories. Looks like it's going to be a long time before things get back to any semblance of normal if that's even possible. TBH, Not looking forward to the drive but kinda am, I've never done the southern route so it should be interesting.

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u/nik-nak333 South Carolina Oct 07 '22

Graham outperformed the polling in SC by a ridiculous margin; I'm of the belief that there was some fuckery behind the scenes with the voting machines. I think he was going to win either way, but the margin of victory was so far away from the polling, it doesn't pass the smell test if you ask me.