{"id":413975,"date":"2021-04-12T11:58:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T15:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=413975"},"modified":"2021-04-12T11:58:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T15:58:46","slug":"buttigieg-takes-back-claim-about-biden-infrastructure-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-takes-back-claim-about-biden-infrastructure-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg takes back claim about Biden 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\">16<\/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%2Fbuttigieg-takes-back-claim-about-biden-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=413975&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_2396715\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2396715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg takes a question from a reporter at a press briefing at the White House, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:52 AM PT \u2013 Monday, April 12, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg rolled back his claims that Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/american-jobs-plan\/\">American Jobs Plan<\/a> would create 19 million employment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview Sunday, the former Indiana mayor clarified he meant the economy would create 16.3 million jobs on its own and the Jobs Plan would create an additional 2.7 million.<\/p>\n<p>The administration has repeatedly used the inflated number over the past weeks in their push to convince Americans of the need for the $2 trillion package.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA report from Moody\u2019s Analytics that came out yesterday afternoon projects that the economy will create 19 million jobs over the next decade if Congress passes the American Jobs Plan,\u201d noted White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s the bottom line: the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AmericanJobsPlan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AmericanJobsPlan<\/a> is going to create millions of good-paying union jobs, many of which will not require a college degree. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M4CJUR5lIk\">pic.twitter.com\/M4CJUR5lIk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretaryPete\/status\/1381273908351995910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite initially exaggerating the plans potential impact, Buttigieg still insisted the administration\u2019s plan will be effective.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/biden-continues-to-push-infrastructure-plan-on-gop\/\"> Biden continues to push infrastructure plan on GOP<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg takes a question from a reporter at a press briefing at the White House, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Washington. 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