What Happened?
- A cargo ship, the Dali, crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore around 1:30 am on Tuesday, causing the bridge to collapse into the Patapsco River.
- A search-and-rescue effort is underway, and at least six people are unaccounted for.
- President Biden has directed his team to make federal resources available for the search-and-rescue and rebuilding efforts.
- The Francis Scott Key Bridge is critical for travel and the economy in the Northeast Corridor, with over 30,000 vehicles crossing it daily.
What is the Conservative media saying?
- The federal government would pay the entire cost of rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge. [washingtontimes.com, townhall.com, breitbart.com]
- President Biden expects Congress to support the spending for rebuilding the bridge. [washingtontimes.com, townhall.com]
- The government is going to rebuild the bridge before determining if the owner should pay any damages for the accident. [washingtontimes.com]
- President Biden stated that the federal government will not wait to determine liability, and will instead pay for the bridge reconstruction to get it reopened as soon as possible. [townhall.com, breitbart.com]
- Breitbart News’s John Carney reported that the bridge’s collapse will create risks to the U.S. economy of additional inflation, diminished productive capacity, and larger government deficits. [breitbart.com]
What is the Liberal media saying?
- Several conservative figures and outlets speculated about the cause of the bridge collapse without evidence. [motherjones.com]
- Biden said that it will take “some time” to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge, but that he is directing the federal government to “move heaven and earth” to reopen the port and rebuild the bridge “as soon as humanly possible”. [nbcnews.com, huffpost.com]
- Congress has done it before following a similar disaster, but a decline in bipartisanship since then makes it a more challenging ask. [huffpost.com]
Sources:
- washingtontimes.com
- townhall.com
- breitbart.com
- nypost.com
- motherjones.com
- nbcnews.com
- huffpost.com
- independent.co.uk
- theguardian.com
Links:
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/
- https://townhall.com/
- https://www.breitbart.com/
- https://nypost.com/
- https://www.motherjones.com/
- https://www.nbcnews.com/
- https://www.huffpost.com/
- https://www.independent.co.uk/
- https://www.theguardian.com/
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