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'Conditions' should be placed on California wildfire aid: House Speaker Mike Johnson

Jan 14, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    42% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -1% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

80% : Trump said Wednesday that Newsom should resign as the fires raged and multiplied, posting on Truth Social: "One of the best and most beautiful parts of the United States of America is burning down to the ground.
36% : Biden has pledged aid for CaliforniaAmid the talks of conditions and the war of words between Trump and Newsom, President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the federal government will cover the cost of wildfire response measures necessary to protect lives, including debris removal, shelter and first responder salaries for 180 days.
35% : "No more," Trump said on X. "Get your act together Governor.
24% : Back in 2019, Trump went on to lambaste California and Newsom for continually reaching out to Washington for aid to combat the fires.
12% : "Newsom responded on X that Trump doesn't believe in climate change, so "you are excused from this conversation."
7% : "Trump and Newsom have entered a war of words before during a natural disaster.

*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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