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Trump says he's "reinstating" Columbus Day, Biden celebrated it last year

  • Bias Rating

    38% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -4% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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44% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : Trump regularly praised the 15th century Italian explorer in his Columbus Day proclamations during his first administration, while notably not mentioning Indigenous peoples.
42% : During the 2020 presidential election, Trump in October spurred the crowd at a Michigan rally to boo the idea of replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day.
25% : " In that year's proclamation, Trump said: "Sadly, in recent years, radical activists have sought to undermine Christopher Columbus's legacy.
13% : Meanwhile, during the 2024 presidential campaign trail, Trump accused then-Vice President and Democratic hopeful Kamala Harris of wanting to "get rid of this holiday honoring the hero that discovered a new world.

*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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