We Ain't Diggin' It: Larry O'Donnell Wants to Honor Biden With a Named Tunnel ... in New York

It's not uncommon for American presidents to have buildings, roads, or even monuments named after them once they leave office. Of course, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson all decorate the National Mall in Washington, D.C.. Nine U.S. aircraft carriers have been named after presidents. Countless schools and libraries bear presidents' names. Maybe the funniest troll of all time -- before people knew what trolling was -- was giving National Airport in Washington, D.C., Ronald Reagan's name after he fired all of the air traffic controllers in 1981.

(We still love that one every time we fly out of or into there.)

But usually, presidents have to, you know, accomplish something significant to have their name memorialized by a building or road. The only buildings we can think of that should bear Joe Biden's name are a few nursing homes in Delaware and Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Don't tell that to MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell though. This week, the host sat down with Pete Buttigieg (easily the worst Transportation Secretary the United States has had since the position was established in 1966) to demand that Biden should have a tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey named after him.

We're not sure what Biden has to do with either state, but tunnels are notorious for making people traveling in them feel miserable, so maybe it makes sense.

Just when you think MSNBC couldn’t get any dumber, we have Lawrence arguing Biden should be honored with a New York tunnel. https://t.co/x0m8CzLYCo
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) December 26, 2024

The planned tunnel, known as the Hudson River Tunnel Project or the Gateway Tunnel Project has already started planning and has received more than $10 billion from the federal government. The estimated completion date is 2035, so it should be operational by 2060 or so (and a budget overrun of at least 100 percent).

Here is more from O'Donnell to Buttigieg:

'It should be called the Biden Tunnel. It is the most complex infrastructure project funded by Joe Biden. It will provide a third tunnel across the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey, one of the most important interstate links in the country. As the vehicular traffic has increased across the Hudson River over the last 50 years, there has not been one additional lane added to that crossing. New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan for 24 years in the Senate was a champion of the tunnel that never got built, so were some New York governors, New York City mayors, no one could get it done, no one. Then came Joe Biden. Construction began this year on the new tunnel. For the next 100 years, people will be driving through that tunnel and they will have no idea who did that.'