{"id":1014225,"date":"2021-11-15T09:13:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T14:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1014225"},"modified":"2021-11-15T09:14:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T14:14:03","slug":"joe-biden-taps-ex-new-orleans-mayor-mitch-landrieu-to-steer-1-2-trillion-infrastructure-spend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-taps-ex-new-orleans-mayor-mitch-landrieu-to-steer-1-2-trillion-infrastructure-spend\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Taps Ex-New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to Steer $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Spend"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-biden-taps-ex-new-orleans-mayor-mitch-landrieu-to-steer-1-2-trillion-infrastructure-spend%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1014225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The White House announced late Sunday night Mitch Landrieu, a former New Orleans mayor, has been tapped by President Joe Biden to oversee his $1.2 trillion infrastructure&nbsp;plan. The bill authorizing the historic spend is expected to be signed Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A Biden administration statement outlined Landrieu, 61, will act as senior advisor to the president under the title of infrastructure coordinator of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Landrieu will be tasked with coordinating investments that will create millions of jobs while overhauling the nation\u2019s infrastructure from roads and bridges to airports and ports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLandrieu will oversee the most significant and comprehensive investments in American infrastructure in generations,\u201d the White House said, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/biden-names-mitch-landrieu-to-oversee-1t-infrastructure-plan\/\">reported<\/a> by UPI.<\/p>\n<p>Landrieu\u2019s experience as mayor of New Orleans from 2010-2018 and lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 2006-2010 was cited by the administration as preparation for the job although no mention was made of his personal&nbsp;Civil War-era monument removal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2017\/05\/20\/new-orleans-removes-famous-lee-circle-monument-as-mayor-derides-critics\/\">crusade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18749682\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-801421530.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18749682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-801421530-915x1024-1.jpg\" alt width=\"915\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Mitch Landrieu speaks during the United States Conference of Mayors at the Fountainebleau Hotel on June 26, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThese monuments celebrate a fictional, sanitized Confederacy,\u201d Landrieu said in defense of his anti-monument drive. \u201cIgnoring the death, ignoring the enslavement, ignoring the terror that it actually stood for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his term,&nbsp;Landrieu drew a backlash when he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/texas\/2017\/04\/24\/new-orleans-begins-removing-civil-war-era-monuments\/\">called<\/a>&nbsp;for the removal of four Civil War-era Confederate statues in New Orleans he deemed a \u201cpublic nuisance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New Orleans City Council eventually backed Landrieu\u2019s decision, which drew criticism and even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/texas\/2017\/05\/11\/mitch-prison-supporters-new-orleans-civil-war-monuments-protest-removals\/\">protests<\/a>&nbsp;from people who wanted the monuments preserved.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18749818\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-678748314.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18749818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-678748314-1024x724-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A New Orleans city worker wearing body armor and a face covering as he measures the Jefferson Davis monument on May 4, 2017 in New Orleans, Loiusiana. (Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The former mayor also hit the television news circuit to bash President Donald Trump during his time in office, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2018\/05\/07\/banner-calling-outgoing-mayor-worst-ever-spotted-successors-inauguration\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018 he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/video\/2018\/03\/29\/landrieu-dog-whistle-maga-slogan-sent-shiver-spine-african-americans\/\">called<\/a>&nbsp;Trump\u2019s \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d campaign slogan a \u201cdog whistle\u201d for southerners, especially African-Americans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In a statement, Landrieu thanked Biden for the new appointment. He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>Our work will require strong partnerships across the government and with state and local leaders, business and labor to create good-paying jobs and rebuild America for the middle class. We will also ensure these major investments achieve the president\u2019s goals of combating climate change and advancing equity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Under the bill, the government will invest $55 billion to expand access to clean drinking water, $65 billion to ensure every American has access to high-speed Internet, $110 billion in new funding to repair roads and bridges and support major transportation projects and $89.9 billion in funding for public transit, the largest federal investment in public transit history.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has named coordinators to oversee other major initiatives of his administration, the Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/581501-biden-taps-mitch-landrieu-to-spearhead-implementation-of\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He tapped Jeff Zients to coordinate the administration\u2019s COVID-19 response and named Gene Sperling to oversee the implementation of the sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan that Biden signed into law in March.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran diplomat Elizabeth Jones was added last month to coordinate the relocation of Afghan refugees.<\/p>\n<p><em>UPI contributed to this report<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House announced late Sunday night Mitch Landrieu, a former New Orleans mayor, has been tapped by President Joe Biden to oversee his $1.2 trillion infrastructure\u00a0plan. 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