Pantagraph Article RatingGOP rivals face off in 1st debate
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| "MILWAUKEE -- The Republican presidential candidates vying to be the leading alternative to front-ruer Donald Trump tangled on abortion at the first Republican primary debate Wednesday night, underscoring the party's challenges on the issue after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "Pence supports a federal ban on abortion at six weeks, before many women even know they're pregnant, and has called on the field to back a 15-week national ban as a minimum." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Trump wasn't on stage in Milwaukee but was expected to be a central figure nonetheless." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "This morning's top headlines: Republican presidential debate; Trump documents case; extreme weatherRepublican presidential debate; Trump documents case; extreme weather; and more top news this morning:Nation-world AP Who takes advantage of Donald Trump's absence and other things to watch in the Republican debate By STEVE PEOPLES - AP National Political Writer Updated 1 hr agoEight presidential candidates will meet on the debate stage for the first time in what may be the biggest moment in the GOP's 2024 presidential primary so far." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "This morning's top headlines: Republican presidential debate; Trump documents case; extreme weatherRepublican presidential debate; Trump documents case; extreme weather; and more top news this morning:Nation-world AP Who takes advantage of Donald Trump's absence and other things to watch in the Republican debate By STEVE PEOPLES - AP National Political Writer Updated 1 hr agoEight presidential candidates will meet on the debate stage for the first time in what may be the biggest moment in the GOP's 2024 presidential primary so far." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "This morning's top headlines: Republican presidential debate; Trump documents case; extreme weatherRepublican presidential debate; Trump documents case; extreme weather; and more top news this morning:Nation-world AP Who takes advantage of Donald Trump's absence and other things to watch in the Republican debate By STEVE PEOPLES - AP National Political Writer Updated 1 hr agoEight presidential candidates will meet on the debate stage for the first time in what may be the biggest moment in the GOP's 2024 presidential primary so far." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "The new information from the witness, a Trump staffer identified only as the director of information technology at Mar-a-Lago, was presented weeks before special counsel Jack Smith secured an updated indictment accusing Trump and two others in a plot to delete surveillance video at the Florida property." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "The new information from the witness, a Trump staffer identified only as the director of information technology at Mar-a-Lago, was presented weeks before special counsel Jack Smith secured an updated indictment accusing Trump and two others in a plot to delete surveillance video at the Florida property." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Instead, Trump pre-recorded an interview with ex-Fox host Tucker Carlson that was posted to the platform formerly known as Twitter right before the debate kicked off as counter-programming." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Trump said in the 46-minute interview." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Former President Donald Trump won't participate Wednesday night." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "On Thursday, Trump is set to travel to Georgia to be booked again on criminal charges." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "We don't need to bring in people without experience, said Pence, tried to position himself as the most experienced man in stage" | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "But Trump's absence offers the other candidates opportunity." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Follow live updatesGive me a hug just like you did to Obama, Ramaswamy shot back -- a reference to Christie's embrace of the former president after a storm ravaged his state." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Haley, the only woman on stage, tried to rise above the fray." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Rollstin says they supported a scheme to abduct Whitmer at her vacation home in retaliation for her policies during the pandemic." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Consensus is the opposite of leadership, rebutted former Vice President Mike Pence, who has made his opposition to abortion rights a central tenant of his campaign." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Nation-world AP Attorney John Eastman surrenders on charges in Trump's Georgia 2020 election subversion case By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press Updated 1 hr ago" | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Yet Trump's vulnerabilities in a general election are clear, particularly after four criminal indictments that charge him with hoarding classified documents, conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and making hush money payments to a porn actor and other women." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Prosecutors say witness in Trump's classified documents case retracted false testimony By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press Updated 1 hr ago" | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley again argued for consensus on the issue, arguing passing a federal ban would be highly unlikely without more Republicans in Congress." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Polling this month from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found 64" | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "A prosecutor says three men accused in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wanted to start a civil war." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is polling a distant second Trump, refused again to say whether he supports a federal ban." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "The Justice Department says a witness in the federal prosecution of Donald Trump over the hoarding of classified documents retracted prior false testimony after switching lawyers last month and provided new information that implicated the former president." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has emerged as a fierce critic of Trump, also laced into Ramaswamy." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Trump had long said he felt it would be foolish to participate, given his dominant lead in the race." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Others who are fighting for that title include entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley and former Vice President Mike Pence." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Others who are fighting for that title include entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley and former Vice President Mike Pence." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Others who are fighting for that title include entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley and former Vice President Mike Pence." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "MILWAUKEE -- The Republican presidential candidates vying to be the leading alternative to front-ruer Donald Trump tangled on abortion at the first Republican primary debate Wednesday night, underscoring the party's challenges on the issue after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is betting that a strong showing will cement his status as the leading alternative to Trump." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is betting that a strong showing will cement his status as the leading alternative to Trump." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "Pence supports a federal ban on abortion at six weeks, before many women even know they're pregnant, and has called on the field to back a 15-week national ban as a minimum." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "A conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power has turned himself in to authorities on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the then-president's 2020 election loss." | Negative | -46% Liberal |
| "Yet Trump's standing in the primary has only increased as the charges have mounted, leaving the GOP on track -- barring a stuing realignment -- to nominate a candidate who would enter the race against President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in a potentially weak position." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Yet Trump's standing in the primary has only increased as the charges have mounted, leaving the GOP on track -- barring a stuing realignment -- to nominate a candidate who would enter the race against President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in a potentially weak position." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Eastman is charged alongside Trump and 17 others, who are accused by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with scheming to subvert the will of Georgia voters in a desperate bid to keep the Republican president in the White House after he lost to Democrat Joe Biden." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Eastman is charged alongside Trump and 17 others, who are accused by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with scheming to subvert the will of Georgia voters in a desperate bid to keep the Republican president in the White House after he lost to Democrat Joe Biden." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Also on stage were South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who was hospitalized after hurting his Achilles tendon but chose to participate nonetheless." | Negative | -64% Liberal |
| "Also on stage were South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who was hospitalized after hurting his Achilles tendon but chose to participate nonetheless." | Negative | -64% Liberal |
| "Also on stage were South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who was hospitalized after hurting his Achilles tendon but chose to participate nonetheless." | Negative | -64% Liberal |
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32% : MILWAUKEE -- The Republican presidential candidates vying to be the leading alternative to front-runner Donald Trump tangled on abortion at the first Republican primary debate Wednesday night, underscoring the party's challenges on the issue after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.29% : Pence supports a federal ban on abortion at six weeks, before many women even know they're pregnant, and has called on the field to back a 15-week national ban as a minimum.
*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.