President Joe Biden's $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill did not have the support of 30 GOP senators and 200 House Republicans in 2021, but in November, several of those members took "credit for the historic investment they actively tried to stop," according to The New Republic.
Per the report, Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and John Cornyn (R-TX), and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) all voted against the legislation, but took credit via social media once the bill had proven to successfully distribute "upward of $42 billion across America to expand internet access and help bring rural and isolated communities into the increasingly digital world."
Earlier this month, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) continued the pattern when she "'celebrated the impending arrival of' funding from a bill she voted against,'" according to Business Insider on March 18.
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The Colorado lawmaker took credit for $20 million funding her former Colorado district would receive after voting against the legislation, calling it a "swamp omnibus" and "monstrosity," earlier this month.
Business Insider reported the bill she is now celebrating includes "more than $20 million for the Colorado district she's now abandoning."
Although Boebert currently represents Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, the MAGA congresswoman is vying for re-election in Colorado's 4th Congressional District, is seeking a third term via Colorado's 4th Congressional District, from which Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) officially resigned.
In a press release distributed by her office last week, The Independent reported Monday that Boebert said, "These include important federal resources for new water storage, improving water quality, funding water treatment plants, building new water supply lines, reducing congestion on I-70, and building roads and bridges. I'm grateful to all the local stakeholders who brought these important projects to my attention and that worked with my team and I throughout this process to ensure that 10 out of 10 of our requests were successfully funded in public law. Can't wait for the ribbon cuttings and to see these priorities come to fruition."
When The Independent interviewed Boebert about publicly taking credit for the bill, the Republican lawmaker "bragged about bringing the money back to" her state, saying, "Sure did, I fought to get it in there, did I not. If I wasn’t working on it, then it wouldn’t have been in there."
The news outlet notes when Boebert was asked why she originally smacked down the legislation, she replied, "I didn't agree to the swampy way it came to the floor but I fought to get the stuff in the bills and it's there. And Colorado is going to benefit from it.”
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