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Lindsey Graham Berates Agriculture Secretary in Heated Clash Over Border

Jul 22, 2021 View Original Article
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    -24% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -38% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -57% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Graham asked Vilsack if "the Southern Border" is secure.
44% : Vilsack said, "It can be a hard question" in which Graham replied, "It's not today," citing the latest Customs and Border Protection figures, which state that more than a million arrests have been made at the U.S.-Mexico border so far this year.
38% : Vilsack said he did so during his last stint as Agriculture secretary in the Obama administration, which was from 2009-2017 but has not talked to Border Patrol this year.
32% : Graham asked Vilsack if he has ever talked to Border Patrol about the "pull factors" behind illegal immigration.

*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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