Republicans Directly Responsible for Miami Bridge Collapse

[Agent Zero]

Who wouldn't have thought that Trump's minions, as well as republicans in Congress, and the Republican governor of Florida would come out of this with bloodied hands?

South Florida is full of Cuban Americans, many of whom are Republican.Including the owners of the company that killed those six people.

Company that built collapsed FIU bridge has powerful friends | Miami Herald

But MCM, now under scrutiny after the bridge collapsed onto Southwest Eighth Street, crushing cars and their occupants, is no mom-and-pop outfit. It has powerful friends in the nation’s capital and has scored lucrative military contracts, including one worth tens of millions at the Guantánamo Bay military base.Florida lawmakers have feted the company on the floor of Congress, in statements and in fund-raising events.So well-positioned was the Miami construction firm that it was among several firms that met last year with a powerful Chinese investor looking for U.S. acquisitions. None other than Paul Manafort, the president’s now-indicted former campaign chairman, had a role in the Chinese investor’s hunt.Pedro — a former lawyer who gave up his law license in 2001 as part of a “disciplinary resignation,” according to a Florida Supreme Court filing otherwise devoid of details — has been the biggest giver, accounting for more than half of the federal total. He represented the brothers last June in a meeting between Vice President Mike Pence and leaders in the Cuban community before President Donald Trump’s Miami speech on Cuban policy. He also hosted GOP fundraisers for Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign, in 2015, and Carlos Curbelo’s congressional campaign, in 2014.

[MisterVeritis]

Who wouldn't have thought that Trump's minions, as well as republicans in Congress, and the Republican governor of Florida would come out of this with bloodied hands?

South Florida is full of Cuban Americans, many of whom are Republican.Including the owners of the company that killed those six people.

Company that built collapsed FIU bridge has powerful friends | Miami Herald

This is the part of the story you didn't tell:

"It’s called the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program, or TIGER, and since 2009, Congress has authorized $5.6 billion in nine rounds of grants. These grants do not come through the normal method of federal infrastructure funding via the Highway Trust Fund, and require significant non-federal commitment such as private and philanthropic funds.
In May 2014, a report by the U.S. General Accountability Office in May 2014 criticized DOT’s TIGER program, zeroing in on poor documentation of how it evaluated and selected projects."

This started out as the Obama "shovel-ready" stimulus. We need to end all such politically-motivated programs.

[Agent Zero]

This is the part of the story you didn't tell:

"It’s called the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program, or TIGER, and since 2009, Congress has authorized $5.6 billion in nine rounds of grants. These grants do not come through the normal method of federal infrastructure funding via the Highway Trust Fund, and require significant non-federal commitment such as private and philanthropic funds.
In May 2014, a report by the U.S. General Accountability Office in May 2014 criticized DOT’s TIGER program, zeroing in on poor documentation of how it evaluated and selected projects."

This started out as the Obama "shovel-ready" stimulus. We need to end all such politically-motivated programs.

Obama wasn't pushing these guys getting the contract, was he? That was Trump's minions.

[Agent Zero]

This is the part of the story you didn't tell:

"It’s called the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program, or TIGER, and since 2009, Congress has authorized $5.6 billion in nine rounds of grants. These grants do not come through the normal method of federal infrastructure funding via the Highway Trust Fund, and require significant non-federal commitment such as private and philanthropic funds.
In May 2014, a report by the U.S. General Accountability Office in May 2014 criticized DOT’s TIGER program, zeroing in on poor documentation of how it evaluated and selected projects."

This started out as the Obama "shovel-ready" stimulus. We need to end all such politically-motivated programs.

So that's why Manafort was lobbying the Chinese to invest?

I wonder how much money Putin has in that bridge?

[MisterVeritis]

Obama wasn't pushing these guys getting the contract, was he? That was Trump's minions.

Like all politically squishy types, you missed the point. People like you made politically-motivated decisions to fund this enormous project where a much smaller project would have been sufficient and appropriate. You guys love to rape the taxpayers and spend our money.

It is time to find and end all of those 'special' programs.

[MisterVeritis]

So that's why Manafort was lobbying the Chinese to invest?
I wonder how much money Putin has in that bridge?

Is that what you believe the story says? LOL.
I sure hope you are not even mid-level...
That was mean of me to say. I take it back.

[MisterVeritis]

Obama wasn't pushing these guys getting the contract, was he? That was Trump's minions.

Who was the President in 2013?

"The Department of Transportation picked up about $11 million of the tab in 2013 for the FIU project, through a U.S. Department of Transportation discretionary grant program designed to reward innovation in areas stuck in slow growth."

[Crepitus]

Like all politically squishy types, you missed the point. People like you made politically-motivated decisions to fund this enormous project where a much smaller project would have been sufficient and appropriate. You guys love to rape the taxpayers and spend our money.

It is time to find and end all of those 'special' programs.

So of course a republican (with tRump connections no less) was standing by to take advantage and do the actual raping of said taxpayer.

As usual.

[MisterVeritis]

So that's why Manafort was lobbying the Chinese to invest?

The story says Manafort was indirectly involved in July 2017. I suppose he was arranging the meeting because that is what Manafort does for a living.


So well-positioned was the Miami construction firm that it was among several firms that met last year with a powerful Chinese investor looking for U.S. acquisitions. None other than Paul Manafort, the president’s now-indicted former campaign chairman, had a role in the Chinese investor’s hunt.


The billionaire founder of China Pacific Construction Group, which calls itself China’s largest private builder, was shopping for a U.S. presence, and Munilla was one of the companies that met with the global builder in July 2017. Ultimately it wasn’t a good fit, according to a person familiar with the meetings.

The meeting came about, McClatchy has learned, when former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, himself a real estate developer, reached out to the New York-based global architectural firm Perkins Eastman. The firm had worked with prominent Chinese companies in the past, although it had no relationship with Manafort. He was helping China Pacific shop for a possible takeover and arranged the meetings in New York between China Pacific and its potential acquisitions.

[MisterVeritis]

So of course a republican (with Trump connections no less) was standing by to take advantage and do the actual raping of said taxpayer.

As usual.

Actually, no. This project was selected and funded in 2013 under Barack Hussein O's regime. The purpose of the story was to tie the unaware low-information voter in knots.

That said, all of these "special political programs" started under The Dear Leader, Barack Hussein O, should be shut down.