McConnell Blasts Biden for ‘Threatening To Veto’ Bipartisan Infrastructure Package After Supporting It

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is slamming President Joe Biden for saying he would not sign a bipartisan infrastructure package unless the Senate also passes a separate bill containing more of his priorities.

During a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday, McConnell said, “Less than two hours after publicly commending our colleagues and actually endorsing the bipartisan agreement, the president took the extraordinary step of threatening to veto it. It was a tale of two press conferences. Endorse the agreement in one breath and threaten to veto it in the next.”

“It almost makes your head spin…an expression of bipartisanship and then an ultimatum on behalf of your left-wing base,” he added.

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McConnell’s comments come after Biden announced that he had reached a deal with a bipartisan group of senators on a $953 billion infrastructure plan, as IJR reported.

“This deal means millions of good jobs and fewer burdens felt at the kitchen table and across the country,” he said at the White House. “But it also signals to ourselves and to the world that American democracy can deliver, and because of that it represents an important step forward for our country.”

The deal is half of Biden’s original $2 trillion proposed package and focuses on physical infrastructure.

It would spend billions to rebuild the nation’s roads, bridges, airports, expand access to high-speed internet, replace lead water pipes, install electric car chargers along highways, overhaul the nation’s electric grid, and electrify school and transit buses.

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