Biden to deliver speech on democracy, legacy of Sen. John McCain in Arizona

Sep 28, 2023 View Original Article
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    65% ReliableFair

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    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    56% Negative

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"The speech also comes amid Republican disfunction on Capitol Hill where a handful of extremist Republicans are holding up votes on government funding, leading to a likely government shutdown at midnight Saturday."
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-22% Liberal
"The speech also comes amid Republican dysfunction on Capitol Hill where a handful of extremist GOP House members are holding up votes on government funding, risking a government shutdown at midnight Saturday."
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-28% Liberal
"President Joe Biden is set to deliver a speech Thursday in Phoenix, Arizona, on the state of democracy and to honor his late friend, Republican Sen. John McCain."
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4% Conservative
"President Joe Biden is set to deliver a speech Thursday in Phoenix, Arizona, on the state of democracy and to honor his late friend, Republican Sen. John McCain."
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4% Conservative
"It is the fourth such speech on democracy that Biden has made during his presidency, the first of which was delivered on the first aiversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot."
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14% Conservative
"Biden on Thursday is speaking at Arizona State University, home of the McCain Institute, where he will aounce that funding from the American Rescue Plan will be used to build a McCain Library in partnership with the institute."
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6% Conservative
"Biden is set to say that McCain was representative of the old guard of Republicans and was willing to put his country over his party."
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-6% Liberal
"Biden is set to say that McCain was representative of the old guard of Republicans and was willing to put his country over his party."
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-6% Liberal
"Not every Republican - not even the majority of Republicans - adhere to the extremist MAGA ideology, Biden plans to say."
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-6% Liberal
"At a campaign fundraiser this month in New York, Biden warned that American democracy will be in peril if a Republican wins the White House in 2024, saying GOP candidates are determined to destroy democracy."
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-20% Liberal
"The friendship continued after McCain lost the 2008 presidential contest to Barack Obama, whose vice president was Biden."
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14% Conservative
"The friendship continued after McCain lost the 2008 presidential contest to Barack Obama, whose vice president was Biden."
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14% Conservative
"The friendship continued after McCain lost the 2008 presidential contest to Barack Obama, whose vice president was Biden."
Positive
14% Conservative
"The speech will touch on a core tenant of Biden's re-election pitch: Another term is key to preserving democratic institutions under fire from Donald Trump, the former president and current 2024 Republican nomination frontruer."
Positive
14% Conservative
"The speech will touch on a core tenant of Biden's re-election pitch: Another term is key to preserving democratic institutions under fire from Donald Trump, the former president and current 2024 Republican nomination frontruer."
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14% Conservative

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39% : The speech also comes amid Republican disfunction on Capitol Hill where a handful of extremist Republicans are holding up votes on government funding, leading to a likely government shutdown at midnight Saturday.
36% : "The speech also comes amid Republican dysfunction on Capitol Hill where a handful of extremist GOP House members are holding up votes on government funding, risking a government shutdown at midnight Saturday.

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