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Five takeaways from the testy U.S. Senate debate between Schiff and Garvey

Oct 09, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -7% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : " Garvey declined to say again whether he would vote for Trump in November, but confirmed that he voted for Trump for a third time in this year's primary.
38% : " While Garvey's chances of winning the Senate race are low, given how deeply blue California voters are overall, Romero said, he is still the highest-ranking Republican on the ballot after Trump -- and what Garvey says about immigration could still matter for Republicans.
34% : " Garvey, a Palm Desert Republican with no political experience but high name recognition from his days as a Major League Baseball star, suggested Schiff was too caught up in party politics and his vendetta against Trump to focus on the issues most important to California voters.
20% : Garvey said that he felt he had been unfairly tied to Trump.
19% : These are views right out of Project 2025 and Trump, but they are not in sync in California," Schiff said.
16% : After the debate, in small gaggles with reporters, both Schiff and Garvey came back to another politician not in the room: Trump. Schiff said it was clear from the debate that Garvey is "for Trump" and his agenda.
13% : And he blasted Garvey for backing Trump, noting Trump's plan is for mass deportations that will devastate the country and immigrant communities.
3% : When Schiff in his first remarks accused Garvey of turning a blind eye to the worst impulses of Trump -- who Schiff said wants to "be a dictator on Day One" -- Garvey replied, borrowing a famous Ronald Reagan line used in a 1980 presidential debate, "There you go again.

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