Mitch McConnell, who helped Joe Biden get his 1 trillion dollar infrastructure bill, will be standing with Joe Biden as he does a victory lap celebrating the 2021 bill.
Joe Biden’s victory lap will land him in Kentucky, where he’ll be joined by McConnell and one other Republican on stage.
Here’s more via The Hill:
President Biden will travel to Kentucky on Wednesday to tout infrastructure investments and his broader economic plan, and he’ll be joined by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the White House said Sunday.
Biden will head to Kentucky one day after the a new GOP House majority is sworn in to speak about “how his economic plan is rebuilding our infrastructure, creating good-paying jobs that don’t require a four-year degree, and revitalizing communities left behind,” the White House said.
McConnell is expected to attend, as is Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R), Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), White House deputy communications director Herbie Ziskend tweeted.
DeWine last week announced more than $1 billion in funding through the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law to replace the Brent Spence Bridge, which connects Kentucky and Ohio.
The event reflects how the White House is hoping to emphasize bipartisanship and its willingness to reach across the aisle as the new session of Congress gets underway, with Republicans narrowly in control of the House and Democrats holding a slim majority in the Senate.
McConnell just keeps selling out doesn’t he. First the 2021 infrastructure bill and now the 2022 Ominibus bill which undercuts new House Republicans.
Just as a reminder, here are the names of the Republican Senators who voted for the infrastructure bill:
Roy Blunt
Richard Burr
Shelley Moore Capito
Bill Cassidy
Susan Collins
Kevin Cramer
Mike Crapo
Deb Fischer
Lindsey Graham
Chuck Grassley
John Hoeven
Mitch McConnell
Lisa Murkowski
Rob Portman
James E. Risch
Mitt Romney
Dan Sullivan
Thom Tillis
Roger F. Wicker
The same names we see over and over.