President Bidenβs Department of Transportation is being slammed on social media over a meme promoting his Build Back Better agenda with some people accusing the department of improperly lobbying.
The meme, posted by the Department of Transportation on Friday, is in the form of a popular meme format where a man and a woman are texting each other in bed from different places.
“What are you thinking about?” the woman asks the man.
“Iβm thinking about how the new infrastructure law is going to make getting from place to place so much better over the next decade and how when combined with the Build Back Better Act, it will create millions of new jobs,” the man responds.
“Same,” the woman says back with a smiley face emoji.
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Advertisementβ TransportationGov (@USDOT) November 26, 2021
The meme was criticized by many online from those who didnβt find it funny as well as from those who suggested the department had improperly lobbied for specific legislation, in this case the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better bill being debated in Congress.
“This appears to be lobbying,” former California Assemblyman and Vice-President of the Texas Public Policy Foundation tweeted. “I didn’t think federal agencies were allowed to be so blatant in promoting specific legislation. The Secretary of Transportation can, of course, but the DOT’s official website? Seems unusual.”
This appears to be lobbying. I didn’t think federal agencies were allowed to be so blatant in promoting specific legislation. The Secretary of Transportation can, of course, but the DOT’s official website? Seems unusual.
β Chuck DeVore (@ChuckDeVore) November 27, 2021
Please for the love of God tell me this is a Babylon Bee Tweet
β Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) November 27, 2021
Trying to get all the way through this meme pic.twitter.com/7bJuXgpmnr
β Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) November 27, 2021
38 state wipe out. https://t.co/wbfovuQKF0
β Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) November 27, 2021
Why is an official government Twitter account making propaganda memes to support an infrastructure bill from the sitting president? https://t.co/ytystjPcaM
β Cameron Dixon πͺππͺΆ (@praxisofman) November 27, 2021
This is an excerpt from Fox News.
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