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Did Trump confuse West Virginia with Virginia during the debate?

  • Bias Rating

    46% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    4% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : When when referencing late-term abortions, Trump said the following:"You can look at the governor of West Virginia -- the previous governor of West Virginia, not the current governor, he's doing an excellent job, but the governor before -- he said the baby will be born and we will decide what to do with the baby, in other words we will execute the baby.
54% : During the debate, Trump said that he is proud the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022 because it leaves the decision up to the states.
38% : And that's why I did that because that predominates because they're radical, the Democrats are radical in that," Trump said.
27% : Ultimately, Trump vocalized that he is against late term abortion but that he does "strongly" believe there should be "exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother.
21% : While on the topic of abortion during the presidential debate Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump brought up West Virginia, but maybe not in the correct context.When asked about his recent statements on women's reproductive rights, Trump referenced the previous governor of West Virginia, Earl Ray Tomlin who held the office from 2010 to 2017.
16% : The Associated Press fact checked the interview earlier this year and said that Northam's comment was "distorted" after Trump shared the 2019 interview clip on his social media in April.

*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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