WHINY New York Times: Senate’s Credibility Will Be Ruined If It Fails to Pass Gun Control

According to the Eyes of the New York TimesThe Legislative Branch has joined the Judicial branch, having lost all credibility — except if it supports liberal views. The Supreme Court is focusing on abortion in light of the recent opinion leak. Roe v. Wade; for the U.S. Senate, it’s gun control, in the wake of two awful massacres.

Times congressional reporter Jonathan Weisman reported under this front-page headline Tuesday: “Senate Chasing an Ever-Elusive Gun Law Deal.” The online headline was more revealing: “Gun Talks Put Senate’s Tattered Credibility on the Line.”

As usual, Democratic blowhard and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had a starring role, agonizing over Republican reluctance to do something about guns (click “expand”):

The decision of the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer of New York, to try for a negotiated compromise on new gun laws in the wake of the latest pair of mass shootings may prove to be a high-stakes bet on representative democracy itself, made at a time when faith in Congress — and the Senate in particular — is in tatters in both parties.

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Schumer has heightened the expectations of a bipartisan agreement on school safety, gun safety and mental health. Not only will the spotlight be on Republicans as to whether they will attend the table with good faith but also on how the Senate is able to address a national pressing issue such as gun violence. Its impact and trauma are so evident.

Weisman insisted that “action on guns…is supported on both the left and the right.” He portrayed the potential results of right-wing resentments as scarier than the left-wing variety (court-packing):

Already, some liberals are pressing to expand the Supreme Court and do away with the filibuster, arguing that Senate Republicans’ partisan treatment of nominees has unfairly stacked the court and that compromise with the Republican Party is impossible.

Some conservatives question the foundation of representative democracy. nominating Republican candidates for the coming midterm elections who have falsely declared the 2020 election stolen and indicated a willingness to warp the outcome of future elections.

And in truth, though Americans’ faith in Congress is minute, most do not even know how bad the Senate has become….

Weisman quoted moderate Republican Mitt Romney (UT) on background checks, but the 1,700-word story was suffused with Democratic frustrations with Republicans: “To get to 60 votes on a gun bill, Democrats would need unanimity on their side and 10 Republicans, not the four who began negotiating last week.”

Weisman actually seemed to be straining to appear bipartisan, but his relay of a tirade from left-wing Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) shattered the façade:

Many Democrats don’t believe that Republicans will negotiate with good faith., Even after Uvalde’s heartbreak.Republicans argue that individual liberty should be protected more than collective gun violence response. Then, they push for criminalization of abortions, stated Senator Elizabeth Warren (Democrat from Massachusetts).

“This is about A set of extreme-right beliefs that advocate aggressive government action when they advance their agenda and leaving the government behind when that’s what gets them as far as they want to go,” she said, adding, “These are not people of principle.”

On May 27, Weisman co-wrote a story on the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, including this snotty sentence: “On gun control, climate change, taxation and pandemic safety mandates, Republicans have seemingly decided individual rights trump a collective, societal response, regardless of the cost.”