DeSantis Using Same White Nationalist Rhetoric as El Paso Mass Shooter Who Slaughtered 23 in Anti-Hispanic Hate Crime

  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    85% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    96% 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

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"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis released a plan for the southern border this week that uses the word 'invasion' at least five times."
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24% Conservative
"He later took this rhetoric to hallucinogenic extremes, declaring on Fox News that anyone with drugs who 'is cutting through a border wall' should end up 'stone-cold dead,' Sargent wrote."
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-24% Liberal
"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis released a plan for the southern border this week that uses the word 'invasion' at least five times."
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10% Conservative
"Zachary Mueller, who tracks strategic racism in his role as political director for America's Voice, a pro-immigration advocacy group, noted on Wednesday Crusius's sentencing hearing and that Governor DeSantis too has been using the invasion rhetoric."
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-14% Liberal
"The specter of a migrant 'invasion,' which carries white nationalist overtones, has been a mainstay of Donald Trump's political vocabulary ever since he ran for president in 2016."
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-18% Liberal
"Last week Florida Republican governor Ron DeSantis was highly-criticized after launching his latest attack on immigrants, an attack some have noticed uses the same rhetoric as white nationalist Patrick Crusius."
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-40% Liberal
"READ MORE: Tucker Carlson Attacks Biden With Same Words Found in 'Manifesto' of Accused El Paso Mass Shooter"
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-44% Liberal
"But the fact that DeSantis and Trump -- the leaders in polls for the Republican nomination -- are both all in on this ugly notion shows how profoundly it is capturing the GOP.READ MORE: Trump Judge's Controversial Injunction Against Biden Hands Disney 'Open and Shut' Case Against DeSantis: Legal Expert"
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2% Conservative
"But the fact that DeSantis and Trump -- the leaders in polls for the Republican nomination -- are both all in on this ugly notion shows how profoundly it is capturing the GOP.READ MORE: Trump Judge's Controversial Injunction Against Biden Hands Disney 'Open and Shut' Case Against DeSantis: Legal Expert"
Positive
2% Conservative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : ""Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis released a plan for the southern border this week that uses the word 'invasion' at least five times.
38% : He later took this rhetoric to hallucinogenic extremes, declaring on Fox News that anyone with drugs who 'is cutting through a border wall' should end up 'stone-cold dead,'" Sargent wrote.

*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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