Trump calls Democrats ‘obstructionists’ as he asks for their help in infrastructure push

Published June 7, 2017 6:05pm ET



President Trump on Wednesday dismissed Democratic lawmakers as “obstructionists” while simultaneously calling on them to work with him on a new infrastructure effort.

As he called for both parties in Congress to work to build “the roads, bridges, tunnels and waterways of tomorrow,” the Republican president said Democrats “honestly have really been obstructionists.”

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