Quote Originally Posted by Khorasaurus View Post
It's not that they're Republicans. Snyder is a Republican and he's the number one proponent of the bridge. It's that they're corrupt and Maroun shrewdly paid off Republicans because it's easy for them to pretend their opposition has something to do with government spending [[even though the bridge will cost Michigan taxpayers basically nothing...)

Also note that the Democratic White House/USDOT are dragging their feet on this project, which makes no sense whatsoever.
It makes sense because a Republican is spearheading the effort much to the dismay of his own MI Party.