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McClellan chastises Trump for 'spewing racist lies" about vice president's ethnicity

Aug 01, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    80% Very Conservative

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    86% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -4% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : "I didn't know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black," Trump said, according to a USA TODAY account of the appearance.
28% : In a text to The Progress-Index Wednesday night, Democratic Rep. Jennifer McClellan said the comment Trump made Wednesday at the National Association of Black Journalists convention was reminiscent of the "birther" remarks he made about Barack Obama's racial identity and genealogy during the 2008 presidential election.
21% : During a 30-minute interview Wednesday at the convention in Chicago, Trump claimed to be confused over the ethnicity of his presumptive Democratic opponent.
21% : NABJ was already under fire from many of its members for inviting Trump over previous comments about African Americans.
10% : McClellan said the remarks fit an inflammatory pattern Trump has followed throughout his brief political career.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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