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It's Tuesday morning. I'm Olivia Reingold, and this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

The big thing to watch for today is the Senate GOP counterproposal to President Joe Biden's

infrastructure plan. They're expected to present that offer to the White House

today. But first, the latest on some internet drama with potential to have real repercussions

for the once frontrunner of the New York City mayoral race.

You might think that a man who once said this...

Critical race theory is simply a new attempt at segregation.

And a man who once said this...

I grew up the son of immigrants, and I had many racial epithets used against me as a kid.

Might not have a lot in common.

But one of those guys, Stephen Miller, the former Trump advisor, behind controversial immigration

policies like the so-called Muslim ban, has been tweeting up a storm for Andrew Yang, the guy

who in the long run wants to give you a thousand dollars a month, but for now wants to be New York City's next mayor.

Yang, who was immediately a frontrunner in the New York mayoral race, is now dropping in the polls.

The latest numbers which dropped yesterday from Picks 11 News and Emerson College show Yang now in second place, tied with Scott Stringer,

the city's comptroller who's fighting sexual misconduct allegations. Now, Brooklyn Borough President

Eric Adams is in the lead, pulling a few points ahead of both Yang and Stringer. And now,

Yang has a new problem to face admiration from Miller,

a Trump world figure reviled by the left for his hardline takes on immigration.

Over the past week, Playbook has counted 10 tweets from Miller in favor of Yang, like this one from over the weekend, saying, quote,

at Andrew Yang is right to focus on the fast-growing crime menace in NYC, time to empower the NYPD to make New York safe again. Another sandwiched between a retweet in support of the Keystone

...