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Democrats start blitz to sell infrastructure
The Hill ^ | 11/10/21 | Julia Manchester, Tal Axelrod

Posted on 11/11/2021 12:04:14 AM PST by Libloather

Democrats are readying a full court press to sell President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure package to voters and protect their most vulnerable members in next year’s midterms.

On Tuesday, Biden participated in a virtual grassroots event with Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison where the two discussed infrastructure legislation. The committee projected images highlighting the infrastructure plan on a hotel in downtown Baltimore ahead of Biden’s visit to the Port of Baltimore on Wednesday.

State parties are also getting in on the action, promoting the package and targeting Republicans who voted against it.

Wisconsin’s Democratic Party and the state’s labor leaders held a press conference Wednesday to sell the plan to Wisconsin voters and hit incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) for his vote against the legislation. Meanwhile, the North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania Democratic Parties held virtual press calls to sell the legislation.

“It is part of our job to let people know exactly what Congress did for them in making this extraordinary investment,” said Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.). “We have a lot of educating to do.”

**SNIP**

The loss in Virginia last week sent shivers down Democrats’ spines, echoing the 2009 loss the party suffered in that year’s gubernatorial race. On top of that, Democrats are trying to sell signature legislation - a recently passed infrastructure bill and a sprawling social and climate spending bill still being negotiated - just like they did with the Affordable Care Act in 2009 and 2010.

Those struggles come amid dwindling approval ratings for President Biden, whose figures are below those then-President Obama suffered from in 2009. Obama's dismal approval ratings helped spark the Tea Party movement in 2009, while backlash against Biden is fueling a nascent but mushrooming groundswell among Republicans and independents over education issues.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; Local News
KEYWORDS: democrats; elections; infrastructure; porkulus
Shovel-ready election deflection.
1 posted on 11/11/2021 12:04:14 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

They will claim things are really bad because they couldn’t get this bill passed.
(6 months over 5% inflation? Sound transitory to you? Me neither)


2 posted on 11/11/2021 12:07:18 AM PST by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
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To: Libloather

Everything these aholes are doing, is screwing our country up more and more.

So they get crushed in the 2021 elections.

Their response?

DOUBLE DOWN.


3 posted on 11/11/2021 12:15:22 AM PST by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: Libloather

Let the lying begin!
Wait a minute… I thought the plan was already wildly popular. Why the need to sell it?


4 posted on 11/11/2021 12:32:27 AM PST by j.havenfarm (20 years on Free Republic, 12/10/20! More than 3700 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

FTA-—Wisconsin’s Democratic Party and the state’s labor leaders held a press conference Wednesday to sell the plan to Wisconsin voters and hit incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) for his vote against the legislation.


5 posted on 11/11/2021 12:35:11 AM PST by Liz (le Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Libloather
Trump wanted infrastructure. They didn't want it then. They think we FORGOT about that.
6 posted on 11/11/2021 2:35:42 AM PST by 4Liberty (Let's go Brandon 👏 ...👏 ...👏👏👏 https://youtu.be/qr_F_XQrukM?t=1)
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To: Libloather

Brand new roads and bridges with three digit tolls.

How much money to automate the ports? Oh, zero. Ok, shiny new machines with lounge chairs for the “work to the rule” unions.

Liars gonna do what liars do.


7 posted on 11/11/2021 2:43:51 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Libloather

F-Joe Biden.


8 posted on 11/11/2021 3:58:14 AM PST by Joe Boucher (Kimber .45 )
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To: Libloather

What was passed was only a modest amount of infrastructure. But it you like waste and graft, money given to special interest groups, you will love this bill. Lots of thou shalts too. Tax by the mile pilot, mandated technology which doesn’t exist to disable a car if the car’s computer believes you might be impaired, etc, etc.


9 posted on 11/11/2021 5:03:56 AM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: Libloather; Liz

“We have a lot of educating to do.”

They always do as their ideas SUCK, no one wants them, they’re expensive and harmful to everyone but the DNC & Unionistas who will be getting scads of kickback dollars!

How stupid do they think TAXPAYERS are? Obviously, very! Grrrr!


10 posted on 11/11/2021 6:22:38 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Libloather
“It is part of our job to let people know exactly what Congress did for them in making this extraordinary investment,” said Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.). “We have a lot of educating to do.”

They are going to have a hard time "selling" and educating us on projects that will not even be identified for years. So they are selling us a bunch of false promises.

11 posted on 11/11/2021 6:30:03 AM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: 1Old Pro

This is the entire purpose of the bill:

Promote DemonicRats and their policies, and demonize Republicans and their policies.

Demonic propaganda = infrastructure.


12 posted on 11/11/2021 7:04:56 AM PST by CoastWatcher
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To: rigelkentaurus

This is just a redo of the “shovel ready” jobs gambit.

The percentage of dollars that actually build physical stuff is probably well under ten percent.

The rest disappears.

Follow the magic!


13 posted on 11/11/2021 7:10:09 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Libloather

“Democrats start blitz to sell infrastructure”

When I first saw this headline, I thought it was about them selling our infrastructure to China.


14 posted on 11/11/2021 7:41:34 AM PST by EastTexasTraveler
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Amen.


15 posted on 11/11/2021 9:50:04 AM PST by Liz (le Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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