'This is pathetic: WaPo calculated how many died from the virus during time it took to read the $1.9 trillion bill aloud

Doug P. | 10:13 AM on March 05, 2021

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson caught a lot of attention this week after moving to have the Democrats’ CARES Act read aloud in the Senate:

Listening to the clerks read the Democrats' $1.9T bill, it’s amazing how many times you hear the year 2022, 2023 and beyond. I thought all this COVID relief spending was needed *now*.

— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) March 5, 2021

$1.9 trillion in additional debt is $5,800 per person. Added to the $4 trillion of earlier relief bills, its a debt burden of $18,000 per person. This relief isn’t free.

— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) March 5, 2021

And right on cue, the Democrats were again reminded why they can always count on the mainstream media to find a favorable spin on their behalf. This particular example comes courtesy of the Washington Post, who got their calculators out for this forced doozy:

https://twitter.com/pbump/status/1367596823947464713

It took almost 11 hours to read the bill, so the WaPo lowered their estimate:

They finished earlier than expected. Final estimated toll: 880.https://t.co/4dCZXsvn7H

— Philip Bump (@pbump) March 5, 2021

Maybe next these “journalists” could add up how many died during the several weeks Democrats squabbled over the porky details in the bill.

SMH, they're not even trying to hide the bias anymore. This is pathetic, even for you, @pbump. https://t.co/w9dymG1kNv

— Sister Toldjah 😁 (@sistertoldjah) March 5, 2021

We didn’t see this approach when Democrats were wasting time: