Washington Post Article Rating

Trump suggests 'bad genes' to blame for undocumented immigrants who commit crimes

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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -44% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Trump said.
29% : "You know, now, a murderer, I believe this, it's in their genes," Trump said.
27% : Trump has said undocumented immigrants are "poisoning the blood of our country" and even advocated for removing people from the country who are here legally, such as Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio.
25% : "Trump and his allies have seized on data released last month by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Congress, claiming it shows that President Joe Biden's administration has let free more than 13,000 undocumented immigrants with homicide convictions.
25% : Trump has previously broached the topic.
24% : "Trump has sought to distance himself from the connection, saying last year that he is "not a student of Hitler.
22% : Trump has faced backlash for his rhetoric targeting undocumented immigrants since he started running for president in 2015.
22% : Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, have amplified false claims that immigrants are eating pets in the Ohio town.
16% : Trump accused her of "allowing people to come to an open border, 13,000 of which were murderers" -- repeating a claim that significantly distorts data recently released by the federal government.
15% : Trump made the comment during an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt while criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris's record on border security.
9% : Trump made the comment during a radio interview Monday while criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris's record on border security.
9% : "Harris and Biden have repeatedly rebuked Trump over the language he has used to target immigrants, especially focusing on his allegation that undocumented immigrants are "poisoning the blood" of the nation.

*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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