DeSantis Defends COVID Response, Stance on Cultural Issues in Only Debate With Crist

Oct 25, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -12% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    98% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. 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.

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"And when Crist accused him of using Hispanic immigrants as political pawns, DeSantis defended his decision to fly dozens of Venezuelan immigrants from Texas to a small island off the Massachusetts coast to call attention to illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border."
Positive
2% Conservative
"DeSantis touted his plan next session to lower taxes and fees for toll roads, diapers, baby formula and other household goods to help with rough economic headwinds he blames the Biden administration for."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"I know that Charlie is interested in talking about 2024 and Joe Biden, but I just want to make things very, very clear: The only worn-out old donkey I'm looking to put out to pasture is Charlie Crist, DeSantis said of his 66-year-old opponent."
Positive
24% Conservative
"I know that Charlie is interested in talking about 2024 and Joe Biden, but I just want to make things very, very clear: The only worn-out old donkey I'm looking to put out to pasture is Charlie Crist, DeSantis said of his 66-year-old opponent."
Positive
24% Conservative
"I know that Charlie is interested in talking about 2024 and Joe Biden, but I just want to make things very, very clear: The only worn-out old donkey I'm looking to put out to pasture is Charlie Crist, DeSantis said of his 66-year-old opponent."
Positive
24% Conservative
"He supports Biden's energy policy, which has made gas and utilities more expensive."
Positive
8% Conservative
"You deserve a better governor who cares about freedom and your right to choose, Crist said."
Positive
4% Conservative
"And when Crist accused him of using Hispanic immigrants as political pawns, DeSantis defended his decision to fly dozens of Venezuelan immigrants from Texas to a small island off the Massachusetts coast to call attention to illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"You won't even say if you want to be the governor of Florida after this election, Crist said."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Crist charged that DeSantis was already focused on ruing for president and pressed his opponent to commit to serving his second full four-year term."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"You're the only governor in the history of Florida that ever shut down our schools, Crist said."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Charlie Crist has voted with Joe Biden 100"
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Charlie Crist has voted with Joe Biden 100"
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-10% Liberal
"Charlie Crist has voted with Joe Biden 100"
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-10% Liberal
"And it's because Gov. DeSantis has taken his eye off the ball."
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-14% Liberal
"Early on, Crist focused on the increasing rents, skyrocketing home values and an insurance marketplace crumbling apart all in the last few years."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Crist, a former Republican governor who most recently served as a Democratic congressman, has tried to cast himself as a moderate alternative to lead the pereial swing state."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Crist repeatedly highlighted DeSantis' opposition to abortion rights, seizing on the law he signed in April baing abortions at 15 weeks of pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape or incest."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"It's all about dividing us, Crist said of DeSantis."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Crist charged that DeSantis closed businesses and schools across the state early on during the pandemic and then ignored science by opening them too soon, leading to tens of thousands of uecessary deaths."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"DeSantis touted his plan next session to lower taxes and fees for toll roads, diapers, baby formula and other household goods to help with rough economic headwinds he blames the Biden administration for."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Over and over, DeSantis attacked Crist as a close ally Biden, who's popularity is sagging in Florida and across the nation."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Over and over, DeSantis attacked Crist as a close ally Biden, who's popularity is sagging in Florida and across the nation."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Defiant as ever, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fiercely defended his response to the COVID-19 pandemic and his focus on divisive cultural issues in his first and only reelection debate Monday, as Democrat Charlie Crist accused his Republican rival of being distracted by his national political ambitions."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Defiant as ever, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fiercely defended his response to the COVID-19 pandemic and his focus on divisive cultural issues in his first and only reelection debate Monday, as Democrat Charlie Crist accused his Republican rival of being distracted by his national political ambitions."
Positive
2% Conservative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : And when Crist accused him of using Hispanic immigrants as "political pawns," DeSantis defended his decision to fly dozens of Venezuelan immigrants from Texas to a small island off the Massachusetts coast to call attention to illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
36% :DeSantis touted his plan next session to lower taxes and fees for toll roads, diapers, baby formula and other household goods to help with rough economic headwinds he blames the Biden administration for.

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