Obama gets Reagan wrong on infrastructure

Published April 30, 2012 4:00am ET



President Obama once again quoted “that great socialist,” Ronald Reagan, to call for more infrastructure spending, but he failed to recall the Reagan was the first president to veto a transportation bill in the 20th century.

“Ronald Reagan once said that rebuilding our infrastructure is ‘common sense’ — ‘an investment in tomorrow that we need to make today,'” Obama told the ALF-CIO today. “Ronald Reagan said that, that great socialist — Ronald Reagan,” he joked.

Already a print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account

Trusted reporting.Unlimited access.

Subscribe for full access to Washington Examiner coverage, expert political analysis, and subscriber-only journalism.

Get Unlimited Access

Already a member? Log in

Cancel anytime.