Bryan Kohberger's dad explained son's "punchy" behavior during traffic stop

  • Bias Rating

    -28% Moderately Liberal

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -28% Moderately Liberal

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Sentiments

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"After explaining that the father and son were driving from Washington State University, where Kohberger was a Ph.D. student in criminal justice and criminology, the dad, who is in the passenger seat, says they're slightly punchy because they've been driving for hours and hours."
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-28% Liberal
"He praised Donalds' accomplishments, but said he has a big mind and he's big in stature and claimed that would intimidate the other chamber's majority leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.He's very nice, Perry said, but I will tell you this:"
Positive
22% Conservative
"He praised Donalds' accomplishments, but said he has a big mind and he's big in stature and claimed that would intimidate the other chamber's majority leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.He's very nice, Perry said, but I will tell you this:"
Positive
22% Conservative
"He praised Donalds' accomplishments, but said he has a big mind and he's big in stature and claimed that would intimidate the other chamber's majority leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.He's very nice, Perry said, but I will tell you this:"
Positive
22% Conservative
"That excitement had Perry playing Black history professor on Wednesday."
Positive
6% Conservative
"In the sixth round of voting, Perry educated lawmakers that Donalds, a fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump, would be the first Black speaker -- and his elementary fact-sharing didn't stop there."
Positive
6% Conservative
"In the sixth round of voting, Perry educated lawmakers that Donalds, a fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump, would be the first Black speaker -- and his elementary fact-sharing didn't stop there."
Positive
6% Conservative
"In the sixth round of voting, Perry educated lawmakers that Donalds, a fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump, would be the first Black speaker -- and his elementary fact-sharing didn't stop there."
Positive
6% Conservative
"A fellow right-wing extremist, Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, nominated Donalds again in the next round."
Positive
4% Conservative
"A fellow right-wing extremist, Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, nominated Donalds again in the next round."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Note: Perry was an active player -- arguably, one of the most active -- in coordinating Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election, an effort based largely on racist claims of voter fraud."
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-10% Liberal
"Note: Perry was an active player -- arguably, one of the most active -- in coordinating Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election, an effort based largely on racist claims of voter fraud."
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-10% Liberal
"After McCarthy failed to win a majority of votes for a third (humiliating) time, GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas nominated Donalds for speaker during the fourth round of voting."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"After McCarthy failed to win a majority of votes for a third (humiliating) time, GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas nominated Donalds for speaker during the fourth round of voting."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"After McCarthy failed to win a majority of votes for a third (humiliating) time, GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas nominated Donalds for speaker during the fourth round of voting."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., put Donalds' nomination in its proper context here:Donalds may have earned Trump's endorsement ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, but the former president wasn't on board with his speaker nomination as of Wednesday evening."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., put Donalds' nomination in its proper context here:Donalds may have earned Trump's endorsement ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, but the former president wasn't on board with his speaker nomination as of Wednesday evening."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., put Donalds' nomination in its proper context here:Donalds may have earned Trump's endorsement ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, but the former president wasn't on board with his speaker nomination as of Wednesday evening."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., put Donalds' nomination in its proper context here:Donalds may have earned Trump's endorsement ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, but the former president wasn't on board with his speaker nomination as of Wednesday evening."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Trump-loving Republicans who oppose Kevin McCarthy set their sights on a Black congressman for House speaker and tried to give a lesson on Black history."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"A contingent of far-right House Republicans opposed to Kevin McCarthy's speakership bid hitched their wagons on Wednesday to Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, one of two Black Republicans in the chamber."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"A contingent of far-right House Republicans opposed to Kevin McCarthy's speakership bid hitched their wagons on Wednesday to Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, one of two Black Republicans in the chamber."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"When Perry discussed Donalds, that didn't go much better."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"When Perry discussed Donalds, that didn't go much better."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"In a negotiation with Chuck Schumer, I sure wouldn't waa be on the other side of Byron Donalds."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"In a negotiation with Chuck Schumer, I sure wouldn't waa be on the other side of Byron Donalds."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"But it was Rep. Scott Perry of Pesylvania, who chairs the far-right Freedom Caucus, who gave the most predictable and arguably shameless nomination speech for Donalds, who won a second term in Congress in November."
Negative
-58% Liberal
"But it was Rep. Scott Perry of Pesylvania, who chairs the far-right Freedom Caucus, who gave the most predictable and arguably shameless nomination speech for Donalds, who won a second term in Congress in November."
Negative
-58% Liberal
"Ringing endorsement from Perry, which essentially boiled down to Vote for Byron Donalds: He's a big, scary Black man."
Negative
-62% Liberal
"Ringing endorsement from Perry, which essentially boiled down to Vote for Byron Donalds: He's a big, scary Black man."
Negative
-62% Liberal

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36% : After explaining that the father and son were driving from Washington State University, where Kohberger was a Ph.D. student in criminal justice and criminology, the dad, who is in the passenger seat, says they're "slightly punchy" because they've been driving for "hours and hours."

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