#AmtrakCrash Because Lack of Funding?

by Kim D.

Left: Amtrak derailment proves we must spend more $$$$!! Right: Uh, the train was speeding at 2x the limit when it crashed. Left: $$$$$!!

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) May 13, 2015

Last night, a tragic Amtrak train derailment left seven dead and hundreds injured.

The train left Washington on Tuesday with 238 passengers and five crew members aboard, heading for New York. But it never made it, derailing around 9:30 that night in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia.

With the smoke barely cleared and without a chance to determine how this tragedy occurred, lefties have taken to Twitter and have it all figured out. Despite a huge stimulus passed in 2009 to improve infrastructure, the left is not letting a good crisis go to waste - let's blame Republican budget cuts!

#Amtrakcrash Fed commission warned in 2013 of decaying #NorthEastCorridor infrastructure, some "over a century old" http://t.co/5iaOxe8VW5

— Tom Frank (@ByTomFrank) May 13, 2015

Broken rails are leading cause of train derailments. http://t.co/lGGjnN7MbX #trainderailment #railsafety #infrastructure #amtrakcrash

— Jo Lown (@JLownLaw) May 13, 2015

Anyone who still thinks infrastructure in this country isn't a priority needs to wake up. #Amtrak #amtrakcrash @HouseDemocrats @HouseGOP

— Ian Mitchell Cardoni (@iancardoni) May 13, 2015

#gop is partially 2 blame for #amtrakcrash by low funds 4 infrastructure. Same w/bridge collapses. They keep cutting funds but urgent need

— sunflowerhippo (@sunflowerhippo) May 13, 2015

Now that some more information about the crash comes trickling in, perhaps we should wait for a full investigation to determine if lack of funds or excessive speed was responsible. 100 miles per hour in a 50 mile speed zone could be the culprit.

This is not good. #amtrakcrash #Amtrak188 https://t.co/X3pbqPrvf3

— David Earl (@DavidEarlLive) May 13, 2015

Liberal response to every tragedy/problem, even before knowing the cause, is more money is the answer. #amtrakcrash #LiberalLogic #Amtrak188

— Texas Mike (@myanof) May 13, 2015