WashPost’s Bump Makes Wild Push for COVID Stimulus; His Own Paper Undercuts Him

NewsBusters ^ | 3/5/2021 | Joseph Vazquez

[JV3MRC]

Washington Post national correspondent Philip Bump made a wild argument to try to pressure Congress to pass a massive $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that his own newspaper said may be “mismatched.”

Bump’s March 4 story, updated March 5, kicked off with a gross headline: “While the Senate read the coronavirus relief bill, nearly 900 Americans may have died from the virus.” Bump decried how the Senate vote on the bill was delayed because “Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) decided to force the chamber to read the 628-page bill in its entirety.” Bump praised how the bill included “financial support for millions of Americans, as well as billions of dollars meant to bolster vaccine distribution and testing — tools which could bring the pandemic to an end more quickly.”

Bump must have missed that The Post published a story that undercuts his entire argument: “As Senate rushes $1.9 trillion bill through Congress, Biden faces doubts over whether it’s still the right package.” The 10:36 a.m., March 4 Post story said the following:

"The economy is doing better, coronavirus cases have plateaued at a high but much-reduced level, and Biden has said there would be vaccines for every American adult by the end of May. For policy experts and even members of Biden’s own party, the improving picture is raising questions about whether the stimulus bill is mismatched to the needs of the current moment."

Bump should read his own newspaper before publishing propagandized stories.

[eyeamok]

Every Last piece of Legislation should be read aloud without pause on the Senate floor and also in the House, and it should be Read by it’s Primary Sponsor.

[kiryandil]

Philip Bump is a lying POS Democrat newspuppet.

[VeniVidiVici]

Shit Bump forgets that Pelosi has been holding this up since, what, last July?

But now Johnson is holding it up because they’re reading it.