{"id":34603,"date":"2022-08-21T21:06:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T02:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/?p=34603"},"modified":"2022-08-25T09:33:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:33:32","slug":"republicans-break-democrats-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/21\/republicans-break-democrats-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans break, Democrats fix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats build, Extremist Republicans prefer rot<\/p>\n<p>It has become axiomatic that Democrats build infrastructure (this has been true of northern Democrats since the time of Lincoln, and those northern democrats voted for Abe).  This continues with the largest infrastructure bill ever, which is changing the face of our country for the better. Much of that infrastructure upgrade is required because of MAGA Republican neglect.  Republicans like bridges that collapse. Democrats build bridges to the future.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden Economic Recovery is developing at a rapid pace, outpacing previous Democratic administration recoveries such as the Obama-Biden recovery of 2009. In Minnesota, DFLers proposed important infrastructure upgrades and the extremist Republcian Senators who ruin everything good have put a halt to that.  Speaking of infrastructure, you should check out my Senator, DFLer Ann Johnson Steward&#8217;s infrastructure shorts, mainly on You Tube. (Note, in Minnesota, the word &#8220;ramp&#8221; is used for &#8220;elevated parking garage.&#8221;  We don&#8217;t often refer to highway ramps, but sometimes call them &#8220;metered ramps.&#8221;)<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was at the airport today and wanted to show you the awesome inspection work my employees did on the steel and concrete during construction of the new silver parking ramp! I\u2019m proud of their work and so lucky to work with such smart and highly-trained people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mpxpJycsPe\">pic.twitter.com\/mpxpJycsPe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ann Johnson Stewart (@AnnJSMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnJSMN\/status\/1560063393209487361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I checked out North Dakota\u2019s Capitol today \u2013 it\u2019s an interesting building but nonetheless where our neighbors were stripped of their reproductive rights &amp; bodily autonomy. I\u2019m proud that our rights are intact in Minnesota &amp; will continue working to keep abortion safe &amp; legal! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K6u71RdzsI\">pic.twitter.com\/K6u71RdzsI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ann Johnson Stewart (@AnnJSMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnJSMN\/status\/1560311305034162177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I attended the ribbon-cutting for the newly-renovated <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlymouthMN_gov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PlymouthMN_gov<\/a> Fire Station 3 yesterday morning and was so impressed with the facility! I had a wonderful ride-along with our firefighters in March and know just how fortunate we are to have them serving our community. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sdgQPweCwO\">pic.twitter.com\/sdgQPweCwO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ann Johnson Stewart (@AnnJSMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnJSMN\/status\/1558838474266001408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When I was up north last weekend, I found a DNR fish trap on the French River just outside Duluth \u2013 it\u2019s right near a DNR research station, and allows their staff to catch spawning fish swimming upstream and express their eggs for repopulation! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQSxIVcSyj\">pic.twitter.com\/DQSxIVcSyj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ann Johnson Stewart (@AnnJSMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnJSMN\/status\/1551606467828264960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BwQA4UgZUl0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, we all know and can clearly document that economic recoveries, which eventually do happen, are largely needed because of blatant and selfish robbing of the national treasury, along with abysmal fiscal mismanagement of our nation\u2019s economy, by Republican administrations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34604\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34604\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/21\/republicans-break-democrats-fix\/1422556520048_466116212_1280\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1422556520048_466116212_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1422556520048_466116212_1280\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Republican Infrastructure Project. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1422556520048_466116212_1280.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1422556520048_466116212_1280.jpg?fit=604%2C340&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1422556520048_466116212_1280.jpg?resize=500%2C281&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-34604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1422556520048_466116212_1280.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1422556520048_466116212_1280.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1422556520048_466116212_1280.jpg?resize=650%2C366&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1422556520048_466116212_1280.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1422556520048_466116212_1280.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1422556520048_466116212_1280.jpg?w=1208&amp;ssl=1 1208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican Infrastructure Project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vote Blue No Matter Whom!<\/p>\n<p>#DFL to the rescue!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats build, Extremist Republicans prefer rot It has become axiomatic that Democrats build infrastructure (this has been true of northern Democrats since the time of Lincoln, and those northern democrats voted for Abe). This continues with the largest infrastructure bill ever, which is changing the face of our country for the better. Much of that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/21\/republicans-break-democrats-fix\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Republicans break, Democrats fix<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6205],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BidenSignsInfrastrucuture.png?fit=421%2C504&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-907","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34603"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34632,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34603\/revisions\/34632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}