Senator McConnell Criticizes New York Times Over It's Handling of Tim Cotton Op-Ed

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) criticizes the New York Times over its handling of an op-ed submitted by Arkansas Senator Tim Cotton recommending the use of force to quell unrest around the country in the wake of George Floyd's death. The op-ed, which ran with the headline "Send In the Troops," created a backlash among readers and staff at the paper and led to the resignation of the opinion editor, James Bennet. "Instead of attempting to defeat Senator Cotton's ideas, the left set out to ban him, to ban him from polite society," Senator McConnell says. close