McConnell to Step Down as Senate Republican Leader

Feb 28, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    56% Very Conservative

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    94% Extremely Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

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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

44% Positive

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"As I have been thinking about when I would deliver some news to the Senate, I always imagined a moment when I had total clarity and peace about the sunset of my work, McCoell said in his prepared remarks."
Positive
36% Conservative
"It has been my life."
Positive
32% Conservative
"Other members of the Republican Senate leadership have endorsed Trump."
Positive
10% Conservative
"McCoell endorsed Reagan's view of America's role in the world and the senator has persisted in face of opposition, including from Trump, that Congress should include a foreign assistance package that includes $60 billion for Ukraine."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Rather than fade from prominence after the Capitol riot, Trump continued to assert his control over the party, and finds himself on a clear glidepath to the Republican nomination."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"The senator had been under increasing pressure from the restive, and at times hostile wing of his party that has aligned firmly with Trump."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Trump has pulled the party hard to the ideological right, questioning longtime military alliances such as NATO, international trade agreements and pushing for a severe crackdown on immigration, all the while clinging to the falsehood that the election was stolen from him in 2020."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"Their relationship has essentially been over since Trump refused to accept the results of the Electoral College."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"But there was also friction from the start, with Trump frequently sniping at the senator."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"McCoell assigned blame and responsibility to Trump and said that he should be held to account through the criminal justice system for his actions."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"McCoell and Trump had worked together in Trump's first term, remaking the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary in a far more conservative image, and on tax legislation."
Negative
-52% Liberal
"McCoell's critics insist he could have done more, including voting to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial."
Negative
-60% Liberal
"McCoell did not, arguing that since Trump was no longer in office, he could not be subject to impeachment."
Negative
-62% Liberal
"As I have been thinking about when I would deliver some news to the Senate, I always imagined a moment when I had total clarity and peace about the sunset of my work, McCoell said in his prepared remarks."
Positive
16% Conservative
"McCoell, who turned 82 last week, was set to aounce his decision Wednesday in the well of the Senate, a place where he looked in awe from its back benches in 1985 when he arrived and where he grew increasingly comfortable in the front row seat afforded the party leaders."
Positive
32% Conservative
"I am unconflicted about the good within our country and the irreplaceable role we play as the leader of the free world, McCoell said."
Positive
20% Conservative
"McCoell built his power base by a combination of care and nurturing of his members, including understanding their political imperatives."
Positive
16% Conservative
"Mitch McCoell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November."
Positive
14% Conservative
"Other members of the Republican Senate leadership have endorsed Trump."
Positive
4% Conservative
"McCoell's path to power was hardly linear, but from the day he walked onto the Senate floor in 1985 and took his seat as the most junior Republican senator, he set his sights on being the party leader."
Positive
10% Conservative
"He most recently beat back a challenge led by Sen. Rick Scott of Florida last November."
Positive
6% Conservative
"McCoell wanted to run the Senate."
Positive
4% Conservative
"McCoell endorsed Reagan's view of America's role in the world and the senator has persisted in face of opposition, including from Trump, that Congress should include a foreign assistance package that includes $60 billion for Ukraine."
Positive
4% Conservative
"McCoell endorsed Reagan's view of America's role in the world and the senator has persisted in face of opposition, including from Trump, that Congress should include a foreign assistance package that includes $60 billion for Ukraine."
Positive
4% Conservative
"McCoell said he plans to serve out his Senate term, which ends in January 2027, albeit from a different seat in the chamber."
Positive
0% Conservative
"The end of my contributions are closer than I'd prefer, McCoell said."
Positive
0% Conservative
"But while McCoell's critics within the GOP conference had grown louder, their numbers had not grown appreciably larger, a marker of McCoell's strategic and tactical skill and his ability to understand the needs of his fellow Republican senators."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"But while McCoell's critics within the GOP conference had grown louder, their numbers had not grown appreciably larger, a marker of McCoell's strategic and tactical skill and his ability to understand the needs of his fellow Republican senators."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Aides said McCoell's aouncement about the leadership post was unrelated to his health."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"During his campaign in 1984, when Reagan was visiting Kentucky, the president called him Mitch O'Doell."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Rather than fade from prominence after the Capitol riot, Trump continued to assert his control over the party, and finds himself on a clear glidepath to the Republican nomination."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"McCoell was not impaired cognitively, but did have some additional physical limitations."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Misunderstanding politics is not one of them, McCoell said."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"That said, I believe more strongly than ever that America's global leadership is essential to preserving the shining city on a hill that Ronald Reagan discussed."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"McCoell gave no specific reason for the timing of his decision, which he has been contemplating for months, but he cited the recent death of his wife's youngest sister as a moment that prompted introspection."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"The senator had been under increasing pressure from the restive, and at times hostile wing of his party that has aligned firmly with Trump."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"His decision punctuates a powerful ideological transition underway in the Republican Party, from Ronald Reagan's brand of traditional conservatism and strong international alliances, to the fiery, often isolationist populism of former President Donald Trump."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"His decision punctuates a powerful ideological transition underway in the Republican Party, from Ronald Reagan's brand of traditional conservatism and strong international alliances, to the fiery, often isolationist populism of former President Donald Trump."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"McCoell has not, and that has drawn criticism from other Republican senators."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Trump has pulled the party hard to the ideological right, questioning longtime military alliances such as NATO, international trade agreements and pushing for a severe crackdown on immigration, all the while clinging to the falsehood that the election was stolen from him in 2020."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Their relationship has essentially been over since Trump refused to accept the results of the Electoral College."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"But there was also friction from the start, with Trump frequently sniping at the senator."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"McCoell assigned blame and responsibility to Trump and said that he should be held to account through the criminal justice system for his actions."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"McCoell and Trump had worked together in Trump's first term, remaking the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary in a far more conservative image, and on tax legislation."
Negative
-50% Liberal
"McCoell and Trump had worked together in Trump's first term, remaking the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary in a far more conservative image, and on tax legislation."
Negative
-50% Liberal
"McCoell's critics insist he could have done more, including voting to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"McCoell's critics insist he could have done more, including voting to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"McCoell did not, arguing that since Trump was no longer in office, he could not be subject to impeachment."
Negative
-46% Liberal
"McCoell did not, arguing that since Trump was no longer in office, he could not be subject to impeachment."
Negative
-46% Liberal
"The two have been estranged since December 2020, when McCoell refused to abide Trump's lie that the election of Democrat Joe Biden as president was the product of fraud."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"The two have been estranged since December 2020, when McCoell refused to abide Trump's lie that the election of Democrat Joe Biden as president was the product of fraud."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"The two have been estranged since December 2020, when McCoell refused to abide Trump's lie that the election of Democrat Joe Biden as president was the product of fraud."
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-28% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : "As I have been thinking about when I would deliver some news to the Senate, I always imagined a moment when I had total clarity and peace about the sunset of my work," McConnell said in his prepared remarks.
66% : "It has been my life.
55% : Other members of the Republican Senate leadership have endorsed Trump.
51% : "McConnell endorsed Reagan's view of America's role in the world and the senator has persisted in face of opposition, including from Trump, that Congress should include a foreign assistance package that includes $60 billion for Ukraine.
45% : Rather than fade from prominence after the Capitol riot, Trump continued to assert his control over the party, and finds himself on a clear glidepath to the Republican nomination.
39% : "The senator had been under increasing pressure from the restive, and at times hostile wing of his party that has aligned firmly with Trump.
33% : "Trump has pulled the party hard to the ideological right, questioning longtime military alliances such as NATO, international trade agreements and pushing for a severe crackdown on immigration, all the while clinging to the falsehood that the election was stolen from him in 2020.
31% : Their relationship has essentially been over since Trump refused to accept the results of the Electoral College.
30% : But there was also friction from the start, with Trump frequently sniping at the senator.
29% : McConnell assigned blame and responsibility to Trump and said that he should be held to account through the criminal justice system for his actions.
24% : McConnell and Trump had worked together in Trump's first term, remaking the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary in a far more conservative image, and on tax legislation.
20% : McConnell's critics insist he could have done more, including voting to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial.
19% : McConnell did not, arguing that since Trump was no longer in office, he could not be subject to impeachment.

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