Moroun family backed Mike Rogers as he defends blocking Gordie Howe bridge

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(Detroit Metro Times) For years, the billionaire Moroun family fought to stop the publicly owned Gordie Howe International Bridge from breaking their monopoly at the Detroit-Windsor border.

They poured millions into campaigns, bankrolled a failed ballot measure, and spread donations to friendly politicians, predominantly Republicans.

One of them was Mike Rogers, who is now the leading Republican candidate for U.S. Senate.

Despite what’s at stake for Michigan’s economy and international trade, Rogers is defending President Donald Trump’s threat to block the $4.7 billion bridge from opening, a move that would directly benefit the Morouns, who own the competing Ambassador Bridge. It could also damage Michigan’s economy and disrupt the flow of trade across one of North America’s busiest border crossings, economists and trade experts have warned. ..................(more)

https://www.metrotimes.com/news/politics-elections/moroun-family-backed-mike-rogers-as-he-defends-blocking-gordie-howe-bridge/

[GiqueCee]

1. Does the Orange Skidmark...

... even have the authority to block a bridge that was paid for by the Canadians? Of course, a cowardly Congress and Supreme Court have done little, if anything, to rein in other blatant transgressions of law committed by Trump, so to hope any of them would suddenly grow a backbone and say, "ENOUGH!" is a pitiful Pollyanna pipe dream.
And the slobbering greed of the Moroun clan is an obscenity all by itself. But we should expect nothing less from Republican filth.