It took tragedy for this governor to promise gun law reform. Why is he backing down now?
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Politician Portrayal Analysis:
This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 74% Negative and bias score of -74% Liberal:
1 negative sentiment for William Lamberth
"When House Majority Leader William Lamberth was accused of colluding with Democrats on a red-flag law by the State Freedom Caucus Network president on May 25, the lawmaker tweeted, "I've already voted against the only 'red flag' bill that was proposed during our regular session and will not support one in the special session either.""
This is a negative sentiment.
"Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee did the right thing by proposing a barebones effort in an Aug. 21 special legislation to keep firearms from dangerous people."
This is a negative sentiment.
"nnLee may fear he will lose, but he shouldn't give up despite the odds."
This is a negative sentiment.
"Citizens need to encourage Lee to stand firm."
This is a negative sentiment.
"(Lee said) that he still plans to call a special legislative session focused on public safety in August, but the legislature will take the lead on any new gun-related policies," wrote reporters Vivian Jones and Melissa Brown."
This is a negative sentiment.
""Gov. Bill Lee appears to be backing away from his proposal."
This is a negative sentiment.
"But The Teessean reports in its weekly politics notebook that Lee is now leaving it up to legislators to come up with a solution."
This is a positive sentiment.
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Gun ControlPoliticians:
Bill LeeWilliam Lamberth
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2% But The Tennessean reports in its weekly politics notebook that Lee is now leaving it up to legislators to come up with a solution."
-6% "Gov. Bill Lee appears to be backing away from his proposal."
-8% (Lee said) that he still plans to call a special legislative session focused on public safety in August, but the legislature will take the ..."
-10% Citizens need to encourage Lee to stand firm."
-16% nnLee may fear he will lose, but he shouldn't give up despite the odds."
-22% Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee did the right thing by proposing a barebones effort in an Aug. 21 special legislation to keep firearms from dangerous ..."
-34% When House Majority Leader William Lamberth was accused of colluding with Democrats on a red-flag law by the State Freedom Caucus Network president on ..."
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
52% : When he announced his intention to call a special session on gun laws, he made a moral decision that gave hope to many citizens.*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.