Former President Donald Trump on Saturday blasted the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package that Senate negotiators have spent months delicately putting together. Hours ahead of an expected vote to advance the bill, Trump called the legislation a “disgrace” and asked GOP Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky to push for a better deal.
In a statement from Trump’s Save America PAC, the former president accused Senate Republicans of acquiescing to the Democratic agenda and warned them to “think twice before you approve this terrible deal.”
“Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill is a disgrace,” Trump said in his opening message. “If Mitch McConnell was smart, which we’ve seen no evidence of, he would use the debt ceiling card to negotiate a good infrastructure package.”
Trump, who was unable to secure an infrastructure package while in office, said that lawmakers didn’t have enough time to fully read the legislation.
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