Can Biden's infrastructure pitch overcome the cultural divide?

“We believe that this will help to establish a real record of accomplishment that people will be able to see in their lives,” White House senior adviser Mike Donilon said. “And so it’ll be a full-court effort all across the country.”

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That push, the White House said, includes visits not only to states that Biden won last year, but also to red states and rural areas that would see benefits, too. The deal was negotiated by a bipartisan group of 10 senators, and Democrats hope to amplify the fact that some Republicans are also touting the achievement.

Much of the work of promoting the infrastructure package, White House officials say, is ready made, considering the popularity of infrastructure among voters who drive to work, who want clean drinking water and who need speedy Internet.

“A lot of this sells itself,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said during Monday’s news briefing at the White House. “Communities never needed to be persuaded that their bridge needed to be fixed or that the airport needed an upgrade or that their ports needed investment. They’ve been trying to get Washington to catch up to them.”

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