Greene also faced criticism from fellow Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger for her remarks.
"The important thing for Democrats to take from this, this is a good thing. Take the victory lap, sell this as a jobs bill, sell this as economic stimulus, and also realize you have to really lean into this victory," Jolly added."Because there will be zero Republican votes on the Build Back Better legislation, you have to get your caucus in line for that final vote.""Infrastructure=communism is a new one.
"Also I'm assuming that the 'Republicans' being in quotes implies that if you don't believe in Jewish space lasers, and believe in roads, you aren't a real Republican," Kinzinger added. Eight of the Republican defectors—Don Bacon of Nebraska, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Andrew Garbarino of New York, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio,of New York, Tom Reed of New York, Christopher H. Smith of New Jersey, and Fred Upton of Michigan—are part of the Problem Solvers Caucus, a group of bipartisan lawmakers who helped to negotiate the bill.
Four others—Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Don Young of Alaska, David B. McKinley of West Virginia, and Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey—appeared to buck their party to follow down the traditionalist GOP route of backing infrastructure funding above partisan politics. The final defector, Nicole Malliotakis of New York, said she voted for the infrastructure to"weaken" progressives and their efforts to push through Biden's larger social spending package.
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