‘Sickening that Republicans are now blaming Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill for this bridge accident. The sheer gall and naked opportunism and idiocy,’ epidemiologist says
Republicans are facing criticism for attempting to blame the Baltimore Bridge collapse on President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on Tuesday after a cargo ship crashed into it. Six construction workers are presumed dead.
South Carolina Representative Nancy Maceappeared on the rightwing channel Newsmax on Tuesday when she was asked why there are still old bridges and roads in the US after the passing of legislation to upgrade them.
The Delaware Memorial Bridge is installing a fender system to deal with the kinds of ships that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge:
https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-memorial-bridge-93-million-upgrade-ship-collision-protection/
I expect that there will be an NTSB directive to all maritime bridge owners to reevaluate their fender systems due to increased ship sizes.