>>1689955leftist media never says how shitty leftist policies are, just as rightie media rarely discusses the failure of right-leaning politics. The difference is you're allowed another opinion and criticism on the right. The left, well, you are laughable 'de-personed' when you call out the left.
As to your question: Optics.
Trump would have objectively done a superior job with infrastructure. This is 100% pork for political favors, public sector unions, etc and will never do half of what it discusses. Amtrak loses a billion yearly so they're going to give it more money. Politicians don't have actual solutions other than to throw more money at something and blame their enemies for being bigots when they point out any facts surrounding it.