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Sen. Rand Paul calls for Musk to replace Speaker Johnson amidst debt ceiling debate

Dec 19, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    34% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -47% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-7% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Current government funding expires at midnight on Saturday morning, Dec. 21.
28% : "If Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want, then CALL THEIR BLUFF."But Trump assured Fox News Digital Thursday that Johnson would "easily remain speaker" if he "acts decisively and tough" and eliminates "all of the traps being set by Democrats.
25% : "Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance issued a joint statement Wednesday rejecting the spending package negotiated by House Democrats and Republicans that would halt a government shutdown, instead calling for the raise of the debt ceiling and cutting spending proposals.
19% : "Paul's unconventional threat to replace House Speaker Mike Johnson with a non-representative comes as tensions increase over federal spending and rebellion against the Louisiana representative, alluding to another ugly fight over who will lead the Republican-led chamber.

*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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