Florida Sen. Rick Scott wants to 'rescue America' through Pledge of Allegiance, strict gender roles

Feb 23, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    2% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    60% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    78% 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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"WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Rick Scott wants to rescue the nation by declaring men and women biologically different, raising taxes on low-income earners and spurring children to recite the Pledge of Allegiance."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Modern technology has confirmed that abortion takes a human life."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"In addition to the pieces of Scott's plans focused on cultural battles, the fiscal portion of his agenda includes major changes to tax and budget policy, including a 25"
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Facts are facts, the earth is round, the sun is hot, there are two genders, and abortion stops a beating heart."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"The Florida Democratic Party seized on this portion of the plan, saying in a statement that Scott's out-of-touch 'blueprint' would raise taxes, lower benefits, and make life harder for the vast majority of Floridians -- while totally ignoring the question of how working families are supposed to pay their bills or find affordable medical care."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"This would mean requiring low-income Americans who fall outside the threshold for income tax to pay taxes."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"Another portion of Scott's plan would prohibit government forms from including questions about gender identity or sexual orientation."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Rick Scott wants to rescue the nation by declaring men and women biologically different, raising taxes on low-income earners and spurring children to recite the Pledge of Allegiance."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Our kids will say the Pledge of Allegiance, salute the flag, learn that America is a great country, and choose the school that best fits them, the first plank in Scott states in the plan that leans hard into the popular narrative on the political right about dwindling patriotism in American schools."
Positive
12% Conservative
"In the plank's description, Scott simultaneously invokes science and the Bible."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Scott's plan would also strip universities of their tax exempt status and end their eligibility for federal aid if they take race into consideration for the application process."
Positive
2% Conservative
"The next item in Scott's plan is the elimination of questions about racial demographic categories on government forms."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"In addition to the pieces of Scott's plans focused on cultural battles, the fiscal portion of his agenda includes major changes to tax and budget policy, including a 25"
Negative
-6% Liberal
"To say otherwise is to deny science, Scott's plan states."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Currently over half of Americans pay no income tax, Scott's plan states."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"The document released by Scott begins with a letter predicting the plan's derision by his political opponents."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Scott's plan comes as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell has declined to release a broader agenda for the GOP conference if the party retakes the Senate in 2022."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Scott's plan comes as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell has declined to release a broader agenda for the GOP conference if the party retakes the Senate in 2022."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"The Florida Democratic Party seized on this portion of the plan, saying in a statement that Scott's out-of-touch 'blueprint' would raise taxes, lower benefits, and make life harder for the vast majority of Floridians -- while totally ignoring the question of how working families are supposed to pay their bills or find affordable medical care."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Scott's plan will likely serve as a de facto Senate GOP agenda in the absence of a formal one and as a potential preview of a national platform if Scott pursues the presidency in 2024 or 2028."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Scott's plan will likely serve as a de facto Senate GOP agenda in the absence of a formal one and as a potential preview of a national platform if Scott pursues the presidency in 2024 or 2028."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"It will be ridiculed by the 'woke' left, mocked by Washington insiders, and strike fear in the heart of some Republicans, Scott says."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Another portion of Scott's plan would prohibit government forms from including questions about gender identity or sexual orientation."
Negative
-20% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Rick Scott wants to rescue the nation by declaring men and women biologically different, raising taxes on low-income earners and spurring children to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
48% : Modern technology has confirmed that abortion takes a human life.
47% : In addition to the pieces of Scott's plans focused on cultural battles, the fiscal portion of his agenda includes major changes to tax and budget policy, including a 25% reduction of the federal workforce, a prohibition on raising the debt ceiling unless war is declared and requiring millions of low-income Americans to pay federal income tax.
43% : Facts are facts, the earth is round, the sun is hot, there are two genders, and abortion stops a beating heart.
42% : The Florida Democratic Party seized on this portion of the plan, saying in a statement that Scott's "out-of-touch 'blueprint' would raise taxes, lower benefits, and make life harder for the vast majority of Floridians -- while totally ignoring the question of how working families are supposed to pay their bills or find affordable medical care."
35% : This would mean requiring low-income Americans who fall outside the threshold for income tax to pay taxes.
33% : Another portion of Scott's plan would prohibit government forms from including questions about gender identity or sexual orientation.

*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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