{"id":1250595,"date":"2022-01-28T11:07:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T16:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1250595"},"modified":"2022-01-28T11:07:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T16:07:31","slug":"biden-to-tout-infrastructure-progress-in-pittsburgh-as-a-pittsburgh-bridge-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-tout-infrastructure-progress-in-pittsburgh-as-a-pittsburgh-bridge-collapses\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden to Tout\u00a0Infrastructure Progress in Pittsburgh as a Pittsburgh Bridge Collapses"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fbiden-to-tout-infrastructure-progress-in-pittsburgh-as-a-pittsburgh-bridge-collapses%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=1250595&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bridge-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">President Biden planned to be in&nbsp;Pittsburgh to tout the progress of infrastructure legislation on Friday, just as a Pittsburgh&nbsp;bridge collapsed before seven o\u2019clock the same morning.<\/p>\n<p>Ten people were <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburgh.cbslocal.com\/2022\/01\/28\/frick-park-bridge-collapse-latest-updates\/\">injured<\/a> and several taken to the hospital after a bridge collapsed in a neighborhood just east of downtown&nbsp;Pittsburgh, according to&nbsp;KDKA. The injuries were not life-threatening.<\/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>Several cars were involved in the collapse.<\/p>\n<p>AP&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/human-chain-formed-to-help-after-pittsburgh-bridge-collapse\/\">reported<\/a> rescuers \u201cformed a human chain to help rescue multiple people from a dangling bus\u201d while other&nbsp;rappelled \u201cnearly 150 feet.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/59nykhhIjs\">pic.twitter.com\/59nykhhIjs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pittsburgh Public Safety (@PghPublicSafety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PghPublicSafety\/status\/1487060095590612995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: A bridge along Forbes Avenue near Frick Park has collapsed. (\ud83d\udcf7: Jeremy Habowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tBmXgKOsnM\">https:\/\/t.co\/tBmXgKOsnM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QebLGfSRa9\">pic.twitter.com\/QebLGfSRa9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KDKA (@KDKA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KDKA\/status\/1487034804403154947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The White House&nbsp;claimed,&nbsp;per Punchbowl News, that Friday\u2019s visit to Pittsburgh was to champion Biden\u2019s massive infrastructure bill that was signed into law in March:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The president will talk about how his Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is already strengthening in our supply chains and critical infrastructure \u2013 our roads, bridges, ports, airports, and more \u2013 giving us an edge in producing more in America and exporting it to the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the collapse of the bridge,&nbsp;White House press secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1487059781877698567?s=20&amp;t=F2noCuEdUv8SmjFDTVvBpw\">tweeted<\/a> the White House was aware of the bridge\u2019s collapse and noted they are communicating with local officials.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki told reporters on Thursday Biden would visit Pittsburgh to talk about \u201ccontinued\u201d infrastructure plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile he\u2019s visiting Pittsburgh, he\u2019s going to talk about our continued plans to out-innovate, out-build, and outcompete the world with the sort of competitiveness legislation that he has long championed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gettr.com\/user\/wendellhusebo\">Gettr<\/a>&nbsp;@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden planned to be in\u00a0Pittsburgh to tout the progress of infrastructure legislation on Friday, just as a Pittsburgh\u00a0bridge collapsed before seven o\u2019clock the same morning. 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