Biden chastises GOP for targeting Republicans who supported infrastructure bill

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

(CNN)President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on Republicans to stop pursuing retaliation against 13 members of their party who voted to pass the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in the House last week, saying he's never seen things this way in Congress.

Some conservative House Republicans have discussed booting those GOP colleagues from committee spots, even though the effort faces little chance of succeeding. And former President Donald Trump has been privately criticizing the 13 Republicans who voted to pass the bill, questioning why they would give Biden a win when he's struggling in the polls, according to a GOP source.

"Well, I'm hoping, Jaime, that we can get back to a place where there's more civility in politics," Biden said in conversation with Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison during a grassroots town hall. "I really mean it. And I've never seen it this way."

He continued, "If they're a chairman of a committee, they're trying to strip them of that chairmanship. I've never seen it like this before. It's gotta stop for the sake of America. I know I get in trouble when I talk about bipartisan -- these people say, why in the devil would I like any Republicans? Well, it's important. ... Unless we can generate consensus in America, we're in trouble".

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/09/politics/biden-infrastructure-republican-retaliation/index.html

[SouthernDem4ever]

1. Joe, tell Merrick to pick up the lawbreakers

that will be a good first step towards a more civil govt.

[monkeyman1]

2. if that happened ,be no republican party left ? then what ?

[Talitha]

3. Make America Sane Again...

[ZonkerHarris]

4. Old School Democrats need to understand Republicans are traitorous scum now. That's their baseline

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. 17 GOP senators voted for this bipartisan bill