Thread by @LemieuxLGM

In both cases, the NYT's political desk is editorializing, and in the same direction

https://twitter.com/HollyAnderson/status/1344006646981414919

Congressional Democrats *actually support* $2,000 checks, and there is absolutely dispositive evidence that congressional Republicans don't give a shit about deficits; portraying the former as phony and the latter as authentic is a choice, not an accident

"Sidestepped." Oddly, no claims about "political theater" in McConnell refusing to hold a vote and speciously claiming he's open to new negotiations with the congressional term a few days from expiring

“Today, Sen. Storm Thurmond sidestepped a vote on the Civil Rights Act, indicating he would support legislation that applied more broadly, like to the owners of Ollie’s BBQ”