GOP blame the Democrats for the bridge collapse

Not long after the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed when a barge went into it….

When Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited the bridge collapse area Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-N.J.] suggested without evidence that the visit was politically motivated and that Buttigieg was preoccupied with diversity policies.

Utah state Rep. Phil Lyman [R] shared another account’s post online that attacked Port of Baltimore Commissioner Karenthia Barber, a Black woman whose biography says she owns a consulting practice that takes on work related to DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion] saying “this is what happens when you have Governors who prioritize diversity over the well-being and security of citizens.” Hung Cao, a Republican candidate in Virginia, said similar comments.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene [R-Ga.], a far-right member of Congress who has promoted baseless and debunked claims, took to Twitter to question whether the collision was “an intentional [terrorism] attack.”

Sen. Rick Scott [R-Fla.] attempted to connect the incident to broader questions about “the potential for wrongdoing or the potential for foul play given the wide-open border.”

Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union blamed it on the coronavirus lockdown.

I am surprised a Republican didn’t outright blame the Democrats for the bridge collapse citing bad construction – even though the bridge was built in the 1970s – even though president Nixon was president when they first started to build the bridge.