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.
The Delaware Memorial Bridge is installing a fender system to deal with the kinds of ships that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge:
https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-memorial-bridge-93-million-upgrade-ship-collision-protection/
I expect that there will be an NTSB directive to all maritime bridge owners to reevaluate their fender systems due to increased ship sizes.