{"id":417232,"date":"2021-04-13T09:58:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T13:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=417232"},"modified":"2021-04-13T09:58:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T13:58:26","slug":"senate-minority-leader-mcconnell-infrastructure-plan-is-lumped-up-list-of-leftist-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-minority-leader-mcconnell-infrastructure-plan-is-lumped-up-list-of-leftist-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Minority Leader McConnell: Infrastructure plan is lumped up list of leftist priorities"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fsenate-minority-leader-mcconnell-infrastructure-plan-is-lumped-up-list-of-leftist-priorities%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=417232&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_2397430\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2397430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., addresses the media at a COVID vaccination site at Kroger Field in Lexington, Ky., Monday, April 5, 2021. (AP Photo\/Timothy D. Easley)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 6:38 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, April 13, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) condemned Joe Biden\u2019s $2.5 trillion infrastructure plan while calling it a list of the left\u2019s priciest priorities.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking on the Senate floor Monday, the Kentucky lawmaker criticized Biden for only allocating 6 percent of funds to basic infrastructure projects like roads and bridges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not remotely targeted toward what Americans think they are getting when politicians campaign on infrastructure,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The massive spending bill includes $20 billion to apparently \u201creconnect neighborhoods cut off by historic investments and ensure new projects increase opportunity, advance racial equity, environmental justice and promote affordable access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also includes a $5 billion increase in funding for climate-focused research, a $10 billion investment for Civilian Climate Corps and $174 billion to \u201cwin the electric vehicle market.\u201d Not to mention, $40 billion to a new dislocated workers program and sector-based training.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell said the Biden administration is trying to change the very definition of infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut instead of coming up with a better bill, Democrats have decided it\u2019s the English language that has to change,\u201d he asserted. \u201cThey are embarking on an Orwellian campaign to convince everybody that any government policy whatsoever can be labeled infrastructure.\u201d<\/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>The top Republican noted, \u201cthese Trojan horse tactics have become a pattern.\u201d McConnell added, the so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/american-jobs-plan\/\">American Jobs Plan<\/a> could lead to the biggest tax hike in a generation and devastate the average American in need of economic recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would gut right to work, protecting for blue collar workers,\u201d McConnell stressed. \u201cThey even want to include a special state and local tax division to benefit wealthy residents of blue states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He insisted Republicans are \u201cdeeply interested\u201d in improving basic U.S. infrastructure and are calling on Biden along with Democrat lawmakers to approach it from a traditional standpoint if they wish to gain conservative support.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell warned if Democrats just declare \u201cour way or the highway, \u201cit will be clear they are choosing to create political controversies rather than make progress for American families.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/judge-in-chauvin-case-denies-motion-to-sequester-jurors\/\"> Judge in Chauvin case denies motion to sequester jurors<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., addresses the media at a COVID vaccination site at Kroger Field in Lexington, Ky., Monday, April 5, 2021. 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