  We mapped the tweets of 520 US Congress members, focusing on analyzing their
engagement with two broad topics: first, the COVID-19 pandemic, and second, the
recent wave of anti-racist protest. We find that, in discussing COVID-19,
Democrats frame the issue in terms of public health, while Republicans are more
likely to focus on small businesses and the economy. When looking at the
discourse around anti-Black violence, we find that Democrats are far more
likely to name police brutality as a specific concern. In contrast, Republicans
not only discuss the issue far less, but also keep their terms more general, as
well as criticizing perceived protest violence.
