I don’t have the time to point out ALL of the falsehoods and misleading statements in this dumpster fire piece, but through the first twelve paragraphs this is what I found in this stunning piece of #fakenews 1/ https://twitter.com/janemayernyer/status/1249448889092124672
This article comes at you fast. @JaneMayerNYer does her best Mao impression, and tries to rewrite history. She claims McConnell, along w/ the eViL cOrPoRaTiOnS, are the culprits for the delayed relief package. This is false
From RealClearPolitics on 3/21 Schumer goes on Wolf Blitzer and said he was “very optimistic” a deal would be reached
A day later @SpeakerPelosi drunkenly stumbles into DC and tells Chuck, “I got libs in my caucus, so we’re not letting this crisis go to waste.” Chuck organizes the talking points, and he drops his support.
McConnell holds a vote. Senate Dems vote no. But when the lib elites saw there 401k plummet, even they called action, rather than the posturing.
The miscalculation by @SpeakerPelosi was particularly brutal. Even the lib media pushed against Pelosi taking advantage of a global pandemic to further legislate the liberal agenda.
Republicans voted three times, all in favor of getting aid to Americans. Democrats finally caved the third time, days later, and voted for essentially the same bill they claimed to detest.
I know that was a detour, but bear with me. Here @JaneMayerNYer *attempts* to bolster her claims by appealing to authority. Her claim is McConnell is “disappointing” Kentuckians, but the person upset is not really an authority on that...
Reason being is that David Harpe is actually a “Senior Aide” to a Kentucky State Senator. That senator is a Democrat. @JaneMayerNYer did you even vet your fucking source? What the hell is going on in the @NewYorker?
Another attempt to rewrite history, and on so many levels
Tom Cotton sounded the alarm on coronavirus almost two weeks earlier than Chris Murphy. Rather than make constructive suggestions, Murphy just blamed Trump for it.
I have no fucking clue what part of her ass @JaneMayerNYer pulled out that Trump didnt act for “two months” given he declared a Public Health Emergency same day as @WHO and formed the task force, all before Murphy ever tweeted about it
I really love the disingenuous framing of this. The source self identifies as “a longtime Republican” but @JaneMayerNYer refers to elected Rs as “McConnell’s Party.” Aside from that who is Stuart Stevens?
Well, turns out he’s a fucking moron. He worked for a Bill Weld super PAC. Now he promotes his new “I realized hating Trump is profitable” book. So he’s a grifter, never Trump, and again is somehow considered an appeal to authority by Jane and Co.
Bill Kristol is never Trump, and, by your own admission, not a conservative, let alone an R, so he’s not exactly an authority on Republicans. @JaneMayerNYer and the @NewYorker should be ashamed of themselves for publishing this heap of shit
I was only 12 paragraphs in. Had I read more, I would have gone into psychosis. There are false/misleading claims, terribly sources trotted out as authority, and attempts to rewrite history. This article is an insult to the English language and intelligence
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