āSickening that Republicans are now blaming Joe Bidenās infrastructure bill for this bridge accident. The sheer gall and naked opportunism and idiocy,ā epidemiologist says
RepublicansĀ are facingĀ criticism for attemptingĀ to blame theĀ BaltimoreĀ Bridge collapse on PresidentĀ Joe Bidenās infrastructure bill.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on Tuesday after a cargo ship crashed into it.Ā Six construction workers are presumed dead.
South CarolinaĀ RepresentativeĀ Nancy Maceappeared on the rightwing channel Newsmax on Tuesday when she was asked why there are still old bridges and roads in theĀ USĀ after theĀ passing of legislation to upgrade them.
I used to think in absolutes like that, but hereās another one: that accident was so rare, that there is no point in preparing for exactly that. Yes, there should be responsibility, especially if it was preventable, but infrastructure needs to look beyond any specific accident
Itās more important to see what we can do about accidents like that, in a much wider sense, since those will happen.
Actions like these could help, even before we figure out what happened with the ship and whether there are ways to reduce the chances in the future or to recover from such outages
Iām sure theyāll look at ways to improve disaster response and communication, although it seems like that worked really well. This was a textbook example of how a quick response saved lives and a good lesson on reinforcing that