I would say this website turns self-righteous hindsight bias into an art (& I would be correct) but at this point I don't even think a lot of folks who are aggressively engaging in such bias are applying it to memories that are factually correct.

I mean, maybe I'm wrong, but my personal recall of October is not that McConnell passed a bill that Pelosi turned down. I also recall that the 1.8 T deal was discussed between Mnuchin & Pelosi. & Trump lost interest at one point--entirely calling off stimulus talks altogether.

There are a lot of moving pieces here. The 1.8 T bill had a liability shield that Democrats found too much of a poison pill. There was also, of course, hope we would win the Senate and could get a better bill.

I think in some sense you could make an arg that, *w/ hindsight*, you think that bill was the best we could get & we should have fought for it (& you think sacrificing liability was worth it). But I also think people are describing the negotiations in a factually incorrect way