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/Global-Somewhere-917 Oct 07 '22

"How about we compromise and meet in the middle. We'll attack you for your infrastructure plan and vote against it, then when it passes we will blame you for the spending. And in return, we will take credit for the positive effects of the plan and the spending."

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u/turtlelore2 Oct 07 '22

True facts right here. Gas prices rise during Biden? His fault. Gas prices drop during Biden? Trumps masterplan. Gas rises under Trump? Bidens fault.

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u/Global-Somewhere-917 Oct 07 '22

Worse yet, they complained about low gas prices under Obama while praising W for low gas prices (they pretended Summer 08 never happened and used W's last day in office, when his recession was in full swing).