Just as Republicans in Congress would take credit for aid they voted against, state leaders who criticize “handouts” are reaping the benefits of government assistance.
Republicans who criticized the infrastructure law are now spending it like there is no tomorrow…
The ink had barely dried on the COVID relief package Democrats passed in the spring when some of the same Republicans who voted against the legislation began touting its benefitsin their districts, an example of the party’s efforts to have it both ways—to reflexively bash Joe Biden and the Democrats while claiming credit for the popular parts of their agenda. Now, as they lambast the president for what they describe as “out-of-control spending,” they’re taking a similar tack: Decrying the American Rescue Plan and other initiatives in their attacks on Biden over inflation, even as they embrace the resources such plans have afforded.
Despite his criticism of the administration’s focus on equity, DeSantis has complained that Florida should have actually gotten more money from the infrastructure bill. Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., who voted against the infrastructure bill, has touted it back home, telling his constituents that it will finally allow Alabama to complete a critical road project.
-https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/12/republican-governors-covid-relief-plan-money
-https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-s-big-infrastructure-ambitions-are-now-states-n1284258
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