{"id":401515,"date":"2021-04-08T21:28:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T01:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=401515"},"modified":"2021-04-08T21:28:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T01:28:27","slug":"mcconnell-still-banking-on-dem-defectors-to-block-infrastructure-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-still-banking-on-dem-defectors-to-block-infrastructure-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell still banking on Dem defectors to block infrastructure plan"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fmcconnell-still-banking-on-dem-defectors-to-block-infrastructure-plan%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=401515&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 id=\"attachment_2395527\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2395527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:10 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, April 8, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Democrats\u2019 infrastructure plan \u201cgoes way beyond what the idea means to working Americans.\u201d McConnell shared his criticism in a tweet Thursday along with a clip of him speaking about the topic in Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican lawmaker acknowledged there was broad bipartisan support for tackling the issue. However, he said the $2 trillion proposal laid out by the Biden administration was a trojan horse for tax hikes and bad liberal policies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrats\u2019 \u201cinfrastructure\u201d proposal goes way beyond what working Americans would call infrastructure. It tries to use a bipartisan issue as a Trojan horse for tax hikes and miscellaneous liberal policies. <\/p>\n<p>We need to tackle infrastructure in a more targeted way. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GWlADEG2SD\">pic.twitter.com\/GWlADEG2SD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell\/status\/1380221119798652929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McConnell has remained hopeful there will be enough Democrats who don\u2019t support the plan so it could get reworked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have very narrow majority in the House and a really, really narrow majority in the Senate,\u201d McConnell noted. \u201cHopefully, there will be some Democrats that share our views that we ought to tackle infrastructure in a more modest way, targeted at the problem and credibly paid for, rather than adding it to the national debt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell reiterated he supports an infrastructure overhaul, but only considers that to include items like roads, bridges and broadband.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/fla-gov-desantis-to-sue-federal-govt-over-hindering-cruise-lines-from-resuming-operation\/\">Fla. 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