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Just before 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, the container ship DALI struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, causing it to collapse. Eight people were reportedly on the bridge at the time it collapsed, and at least six people remain missing as a search is still underway.
Joe Biden has spoken about the incident and is already saying he wants the federal government to bear the cost of rebuilding the bridge.
„It’s my intention that federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge,“ he said, „and I expect to — the Congress to support my effort.“
It seems a bit premature to be talking about rebuilding the bridge and discussing how it will be paid for while people are still missing, but that’s Joe Biden for you.
But what gets me is the way he tried to connect himself to the tragedy, by claiming that he took the train over the bridge many, many times.
„At about 1:30, a container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which I’ve been over many, many times commuting from the state of Delaware either on a train or by car,“ he said. „I’ve been to Baltimore Harbor many times. And the bridge collapsed, sending several people and vehicles into the water — into the river.
