NBC NewsTrump picks former Rep. Doug Collins for veterans affairs secretary
- Bias Rating
2% Center
- Reliability
70% ReliableGood
- Policy Leaning
30% Somewhat Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
-3% Negative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
65% : Trump has expressed past support for Collins, previously floating him as a potential challenger to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in 2022.58% : Collins was an outspoken supporter of Trump during his first impeachment inquiry, in 2019, when he was the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee.
46% : "Doug is a Veteran himself, who currently serves our Nation as a Chaplain in the United States Air Force Reserve Command, and fought for our Country in the Iraq War," Trump said in a statement Thursday.
33% : The Democratic-led House impeached Trump but he was acquitted by the Republican majority in the Senate.
23% : Collins, an Iraq war veteran who left Congress in 2021, was a fierce defender of Trump during his 2019 impeachment inquiry.
*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.