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Sen. Mitch McConnell will not seek reelection in 2026

Feb 20, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    30% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -24% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Overall Sentiment

18% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

32% : Since Trump returned to office, McConnell has voted against several of his cabinet picks, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
22% : Still, all three were eventually confirmed with overwhelming GOP support, and Trump blistered the senator as a "bitter guy" who personally opposes the president.
3% : McConnell and Trump have a famously icy relationship -- the pair didn't speak for several years following the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, which McConnell said Trump incited -- and the senator has frequently broken from the president at times when their interests have not aligned.

*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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