McConnell vs. the Republican Party

The news article is written by David Leonhardt of the New York Times. This article is about Senator Mitch McConnell and the supposed things he has done to criticize his own political party. The article talks about what McConnell has done and how his actions reflect his views on the Biden administration, Trump, and the current events that are happening across the country. The clear purpose of this article is to make McConnell seem like the antagonist. This article is very one sided and seems to be siding on bringing up all the negative and crude things in his past and present. I wouldn't say the authors really think this way about McConnell, rather this is the view they, the media, would like the general public to uphold... possibly to get him out of office seeing he's held his position since 1985? The audience for the article is people who are interested in politics and who have strong opinions on the politicians in this year's government, preferably Republicans. This is a news article in the way of an online article.