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Ex-congressman on Bondi pick: Bag of peanut butter is "better than Gaetz"

  • Bias Rating

    28% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -30% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Gaetz praised Trump for his "stellar selection" of Bondi for the attorney general post hours after he withdrew, touting their history of working together while he was a Florida state lawmaker.
45% : "Newsweek reached out for comment to the office of Trump and a Gaetz spokesperson via email on Thursday night.
34% : ""Trump has a right to pick who he wants generally, unless it's Matt Gaetz," he added.
33% : There has been some speculation that he could be Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' choice to fill the seat of Senator Marco Rubio, whom Trump nominated as U.S. secretary of state last week.
30% : "For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans - Not anymore," Trump wrote while announcing the nomination of Bondi on Truth Social.
15% : Trump announced his selection of former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a member of Trump's legal team during his first impeachment trial, hours after Gaetz, former U.S. House representative of Florida, withdrew himself from consideration on Thursday to avoid being "a distraction" amid a "protracted Washington scuffle" over his Senate confirmation.
12% : "Gaetz resigned from Congress shortly after being nominated by Trump on November 13, blocking the release of a House Ethics Committee report on an investigation of allegations including sex abuse and drug use.

*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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