Former NRA-Endorsed GOP House Member Backs Democrat Gun Control

May 30, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    98% Extremely Conservative

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    22% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    58% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Sentiments

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  •   Conservative
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"The Buffalo News reports that Jacobs said, If an assault weapons ban bill came to the floor that would ban something like an AR-15, I would vote for it."
Negative
-44% Liberal
"NBC News notes that Jacobs also spoke to barring 18-20-year-olds from some gun purchases."
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0% Conservative
"I think it's perfectly reasonable that the age limit at least for these highly lethal, high-capacity semi automatic weapons should be 21.Jacobs' gun control support aligns him with Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who came out Sunday in favor of baing assault weapons."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Rep. Chris Jacobs (R-NY), endorsed by the NRA in 2020, now supports baing assault weapons and barring 18-20-year-olds from buying certain types of firearms."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"CNN quotes Kinzinger saying, Look, I have opposed a ban, you know, fairly recently."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"On June 2, 2020, after being endorsed by the NRA, Jacobs said, Whether it is fighting for the privacy of pistol permit holders, battling Governor Cuomo over the unconstitutional SAFE Act, or voting against red flag laws - I have always stood with law-abiding gun owners."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Breitbart News reported that Majority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-KY) has asked Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) to work with Democrats to achieve bipartisan gun control."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Breitbart News reported that Majority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-KY) has asked Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) to work with Democrats to achieve bipartisan gun control."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"The Buffalo News reports that Jacobs said, If an assault weapons ban bill came to the floor that would ban something like an AR-15, I would vote for it."
Negative
-24% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

28% : The Buffalo News reports that Jacobs said, "If an assault weapons ban bill came to the floor that would ban something like an AR-15, I would vote for it."

*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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