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Harris Calls Trump a 'Facist' in Speech at VP Residence

  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    3% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

34% : In December, Trump said he'd only be a dictator on "day one" in order to close the border and expand oil drilling.
13% : "In recent months, Trump has increasingly used authoritarian rhetoric, referring to the threat he sees from "the enemy within" and calling for one "violent day" to crack down on crime in the U.S.Trump has also shared messages on social media calling for military tribunals for his political antagonists like the former Rep. Liz Cheney, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and his own former Vice President, Mike Pence.
8% : Harris is in the final two weeks of a tight race against Trump and her campaign has ratched up its messages about the threat to democracy Trump poses.
5% : Read more: Former Trump Aides Warn of Secret Presidential Crisis PowersAt a White House press briefing on Wednesday after Harris' speech, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, said "Yes" when asked if President Biden believes Trump is a fascist.
1% : "Harris accused Trump of wanting "unchecked power," citing recently published interviews in which John Kelly, a retired four-star general who served as Trump's White House chief of staff and Homeland Security Secretary, described Trump as an authoritarian who told Kelly he wanted generals as obedient as those under Adolf Hitler's command.

*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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