{"id":622592,"date":"2021-08-08T14:35:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T18:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=622592"},"modified":"2021-08-08T14:35:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T18:35:22","slug":"chris-christie-says-trump-wants-to-tank-infrastructure-bill-because-hes-not-the-one-who-passed-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-says-trump-wants-to-tank-infrastructure-bill-because-hes-not-the-one-who-passed-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Christie Says Trump Wants To Tank Infrastructure Bill Because He\u2019s Not The One Who Passed It"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fchris-christie-says-trump-wants-to-tank-infrastructure-bill-because-hes-not-the-one-who-passed-it%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=622592&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\/2021\/08\/IMG-4948-e1628444867504.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie claimed Sunday that former President Donald Trump wants to tank the infrastructure bill because \u201che didn\u2019t do it himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, he\u2019s saying \u2018tank the bill,\u2019 I suspect because he didn\u2019t do it himself,\u201d Christie said on ABC News\u2019 \u201cThis Week.\u201d \u201cThe bottom line on the infrastructure bill is that Republicans and a number of Republicans in the Senate, have said \u2018ok, we\u2019re willing to go out and do this\u2019 and the reason they\u2019re willing to do this is because there\u2019s broad public support for much of what they\u2019re talking about in the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former president criticized the seventeen Senate Republicans who voted in favor of moving the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill forward for a final vote and warned that it will be a \u201cvictory\u201d for Democrats in a July 28 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\/news-cmuankxgdh0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHard to believe our Senate Republicans are dealing with the Radical Left Democrats in making a so-called bipartisan bill on \u2018infrastructure,\u2019 with our negotiators headed up by SUPER RINO Mitt Romney,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThis will be a victory for the [President Joe] Biden Administration and Democrats, and will be heavily used in the 2022 election. It is a loser for the USA, and a terrible deal, and makes Republicans look weak, foolish, and dumb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t do it Republicans \u2014 Patriots will never forget!\u201d he continued. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/29\/donald-trump-erupts-republicans-move-forward-bipartisan-infrastructure-deal-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Erupts After Republicans Move Forward With Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal)&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we start doing what Yvette [Pena-O\u2019Sullivan] wants to do, the Republicans are going to walk, they will. They\u2019ll say I\u2019m walking because I support universal broadband, bridges, tunnels, airports,\u201d the former New Jersey <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/06\/chris-christie-donald-trump-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">governor<\/a> told host George Stephanopoulos.<\/p>\n<p>In January, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/14\/economic-recovery-chamber-commerce-bipartisan-policy-center-infrastructure-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pena-O\u2019Sullivan<\/a>, the executive director of the Laborers\u2019 International Union of North America (LIUNA), argued that the bill must be passed through bipartisan leadership and stressed that adding climate solutions into the legislation will not help in terms of gaining support from both sides of the aisle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a key moment for Democrats to decide, do they really want bipartisanship or don\u2019t they? Republicans disagree with you, we just do, the same way you disagree with us on certain things. We\u2019re not going to support that, but we will support the stuff that\u2019s in that infrastructure bill, at least a large number will,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/30\/bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-clears-senate-vote-chuck-schumer-mitch-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate<\/a> voted on the bill two days later, earning the bipartisan support of 66 senators and allowing its progression to a final vote. The lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/06\/senate-fails-wrap-infrastructure-bill-talks-collapse-chuck-schumer-bill-hagerty-kyrsten-sinema\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">failed<\/a> to wrap up on the bill on August 6 after talks to expedite the process failed, however, Democratic lawmakers appeared to remain confident that the legislation can reach a final vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we weren\u2019t able to agree on additional amendments today, I also look forward to us reconvening on Saturday and proceeding under regular order to finish what will be historic legislation both in its bipartisan nature and the impact it will have on this country,\u201d Democratic Arizona Sen. Krysten Sinema said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump called for a $2 trillion infrastructure bill during his presidency and supported the House of Representatives\u2019 passage of a bipartisan $1.5 trillion infrastructure legislation in July 2020, The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/house-passes-1-5-trillion-infrastructure-bill-11593638962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie claimed Sunday that former President Donald Trump wants to tank the infrastructure bill because \u201che didn\u2019t do it himself.\u201d\u201cWell, he\u2019s saying \u2018tank the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-622592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}