The Atlantic Article RatingMitch McConnell Surrenders to Trump
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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
|---|---|---|
| "This may be what McCoell was referring to when he said, in today's aouncement, I always imagined a moment when I had total clarity and peace about the sunset of my work." | Positive | 40% Conservative |
| "All three are longtime McCoell allies, but all three have already endorsed Trump, Thune just this week." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "Trump has all but clinched the 2024 Republican presidential nomination." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Trump even appointed McCoell's wife, Elaine Chao, as secretary of transportation." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "The New York Times reported this week on back-chael efforts to get McCoell to endorse Trump for president." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "McCoell thought he was playing the long game, but Trump was playing a longer game." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The Republican leader aounced that he will step down from his leadership post in November, meaning that if Trump wins the presidential election, as he currently seems favored to do, he'll have a Senate Republican leader in place more ready to work with him." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Trump took that round, forcing McCoell to pull support for the bill." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "David A. Graham: Republicans are no longer a political partyIn recent weeks, McCoell has demonstrated his distance from Trump and shown that his grasp on the Senate, though slipping, remains formidable." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Today, McCoell surrendered to Trump." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "He never particularly liked Trump, but they found ways to work together." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Surveying the aftermath of the January 6 riot, the longtime Kentucky senator concluded that Donald Trump was finished." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "None of them would have the stature or appetite to push back on Trump even to the limited degree McCoell would." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "Trump began plotting his return to the White House, and although he seemed beatable for a time, he was not." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "But the Kentuckian persistently sought some way to reconcile the old and new Republican Parties and to avoid an all-out confrontation, pushing his own priorities and trying to restrain Trump somewhat.Twice, McCoell had the chance to end Trump's career." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "Instead, he flinched, grabbing on to a theory that the Senate couldn't convict Trump because he had already left office." | Negative | -46% Liberal |
| "Sarah Longwell: How Donald Trump became unbeatableTrump immediately began regrouping -- starting with whipping more pliable leaders, like then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, into line." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "During Trump's first impeachment, he did not support conviction, though getting enough Republicans to vote to convict Trump might have been tough." | Negative | -70% Liberal |
| "McCoell and Trump always had an uneasy relationship." | Negative | -72% Liberal |
| "McCoell unsparingly criticized Trump, but he declined to push for convicting and barring him from office." | Negative | -72% Liberal |
| "The men did not speak, and Trump attacked him and also Chao, in racist terms.)" | Negative | -84% Liberal |
| "David A. Graham: The tragedy of the CongressMcCoell also clashed with Trump, especially on foreign policy, while Trump blamed McCoell for legislative defeats." | Negative | -100% Liberal |
| "This may be what McCoell was referring to when he said, in today's aouncement, I always imagined a moment when I had total clarity and peace about the sunset of my work." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "All three are longtime McCoell allies, but all three have already endorsed Trump, Thune just this week." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "All three are longtime McCoell allies, but all three have already endorsed Trump, Thune just this week." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "Dour, somber Mitch McCoell was gleeful, if such a thing can be imagined." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "McCoell's capitulation today demonstrated Trump's control over the Republican Party more clearly than any endorsement could." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "McCoell's capitulation today demonstrated Trump's control over the Republican Party more clearly than any endorsement could." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Trump has all but clinched the 2024 Republican presidential nomination." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Trump even appointed McCoell's wife, Elaine Chao, as secretary of transportation." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Trump even appointed McCoell's wife, Elaine Chao, as secretary of transportation." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Trump even appointed McCoell's wife, Elaine Chao, as secretary of transportation." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "The New York Times reported this week on back-chael efforts to get McCoell to endorse Trump for president." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "The New York Times reported this week on back-chael efforts to get McCoell to endorse Trump for president." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "McCoell thought he was playing the long game, but Trump was playing a longer game." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "McCoell thought he was playing the long game, but Trump was playing a longer game." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The Republican leader aounced that he will step down from his leadership post in November, meaning that if Trump wins the presidential election, as he currently seems favored to do, he'll have a Senate Republican leader in place more ready to work with him." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Trump took that round, forcing McCoell to pull support for the bill." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Trump took that round, forcing McCoell to pull support for the bill." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "But McCoell's health is not the reason he's stepping down." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "The greatest achievements of McCoell's leadership and Trump's presidency were the same: the installation of a six-judge conservative majority on the Supreme Court and an influx of conservative judges on lower federal courts." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "The greatest achievements of McCoell's leadership and Trump's presidency were the same: the installation of a six-judge conservative majority on the Supreme Court and an influx of conservative judges on lower federal courts." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "David A. Graham: Republicans are no longer a political partyIn recent weeks, McCoell has demonstrated his distance from Trump and shown that his grasp on the Senate, though slipping, remains formidable." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "McCoell was an exemplar of the old Republican Party -- committed to business friendly and socially conservative policies." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "McCoell is already losing control of his caucus, and retaining his grip will only get harder after the elections, when the Senate is likely to gain more Trump-aligned members." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "McCoell is already losing control of his caucus, and retaining his grip will only get harder after the elections, when the Senate is likely to gain more Trump-aligned members." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Among the likely contenders to replace McCoell are the three Johns -- Senators Cornyn of Texas, Barrasso of Wyoming, and Thune of South Dakota." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "McCoell, the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, is 82 and visibly ailing; he suffered a pair of strange seizure-like incidents last year that raised concerns about his health." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "But McCoell then worked to get a package of aid for Israel and Ukraine through the Senate, despite Trump's opposition." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "But McCoell then worked to get a package of aid for Israel and Ukraine through the Senate, despite Trump's opposition." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Although one biographer labeled McCoell The Cynic, this calculation turned out to be not nearly cynical enough about Trump or Republican voters." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "McCoell had no interest in leading a Trumpist party in the Senate." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Today, McCoell surrendered to Trump." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Soon McCoell won't be around either." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Criminal indictments turned out to bind Republican voters to him more closely, while his rivals made the same mistake that McCoell had, believing they could somehow avoid a full breach with him." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "McCoell's exit marks Trump's conquest of the Senate, the one element of the GOP that still offered even a little resistance to the former president." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "McCoell's exit marks Trump's conquest of the Senate, the one element of the GOP that still offered even a little resistance to the former president." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Even as the more MAGA-dominated parts of the party rejected any suggestion of a border bill, McCoell threw his weight behind a compromise." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "It was another example of McCoell trying to avoid a total breach." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "He never particularly liked Trump, but they found ways to work together." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "(His relationship with McCoell got worse." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Surveying the aftermath of the January 6 riot, the longtime Kentucky senator concluded that Donald Trump was finished." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "The speaker of the House rose to prominence trying to find legal means to overturn Trump's 2020 defeat." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "None of them would have the stature or appetite to push back on Trump even to the limited degree McCoell would." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "None of them would have the stature or appetite to push back on Trump even to the limited degree McCoell would." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Trump began plotting his return to the White House, and although he seemed beatable for a time, he was not." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "But the Kentuckian persistently sought some way to reconcile the old and new Republican Parties and to avoid an all-out confrontation, pushing his own priorities and trying to restrain Trump somewhat.Twice, McCoell had the chance to end Trump's career." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "But the Kentuckian persistently sought some way to reconcile the old and new Republican Parties and to avoid an all-out confrontation, pushing his own priorities and trying to restrain Trump somewhat.Twice, McCoell had the chance to end Trump's career." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "But the Kentuckian persistently sought some way to reconcile the old and new Republican Parties and to avoid an all-out confrontation, pushing his own priorities and trying to restrain Trump somewhat.Twice, McCoell had the chance to end Trump's career." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Instead, he flinched, grabbing on to a theory that the Senate couldn't convict Trump because he had already left office." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Sarah Longwell: How Donald Trump became unbeatableTrump immediately began regrouping -- starting with whipping more pliable leaders, like then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, into line." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Sarah Longwell: How Donald Trump became unbeatableTrump immediately began regrouping -- starting with whipping more pliable leaders, like then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, into line." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Sarah Longwell: How Donald Trump became unbeatableTrump immediately began regrouping -- starting with whipping more pliable leaders, like then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, into line." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "(Never mind that McCoell himself had ensured that the impeachment came after Trump left office.)" | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| "(Never mind that McCoell himself had ensured that the impeachment came after Trump left office.)" | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| "Governors who once criticized him, like Larry Hogan and Chris Sununu, have left or will soon leave office." | Negative | -60% Liberal |
| "Governors who once criticized him, like Larry Hogan and Chris Sununu, have left or will soon leave office." | Negative | -60% Liberal |
| "During Trump's first impeachment, he did not support conviction, though getting enough Republicans to vote to convict Trump might have been tough." | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| "During Trump's first impeachment, he did not support conviction, though getting enough Republicans to vote to convict Trump might have been tough." | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| "McCoell and Trump always had an uneasy relationship." | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| "McCoell and Trump always had an uneasy relationship." | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| "McCoell unsparingly criticized Trump, but he declined to push for convicting and barring him from office." | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| "McCoell unsparingly criticized Trump, but he declined to push for convicting and barring him from office." | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| "The men did not speak, and Trump attacked him and also Chao, in racist terms.)" | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "The men did not speak, and Trump attacked him and also Chao, in racist terms.)" | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "David A. Graham: The tragedy of the CongressMcCoell also clashed with Trump, especially on foreign policy, while Trump blamed McCoell for legislative defeats." | Negative | -94% Liberal |
| "David A. Graham: The tragedy of the CongressMcCoell also clashed with Trump, especially on foreign policy, while Trump blamed McCoell for legislative defeats." | Negative | -94% Liberal |
| "David A. Graham: The tragedy of the CongressMcCoell also clashed with Trump, especially on foreign policy, while Trump blamed McCoell for legislative defeats." | Negative | -94% Liberal |
| "David A. Graham: The tragedy of the CongressMcCoell also clashed with Trump, especially on foreign policy, while Trump blamed McCoell for legislative defeats." | Negative | -94% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
70% : This may be what McConnell was referring to when he said, in today's announcement, "I always imagined a moment when I had total clarity and peace about the sunset of my work.64% : All three are longtime McConnell allies, but all three have already endorsed Trump, Thune just this week.
54% : Trump has all but clinched the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
54% : Trump even appointed McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao, as secretary of transportation.
54% : The New York Times reported this week on back-channel efforts to get McConnell to endorse Trump for president.
50% : McConnell thought he was playing the long game, but Trump was playing a longer game.
48% : The Republican leader announced that he will step down from his leadership post in November, meaning that if Trump wins the presidential election, as he currently seems favored to do, he'll have a Senate Republican leader in place more ready to work with him.
48% : Trump took that round, forcing McConnell to pull support for the bill.
44% : David A. Graham: Republicans are no longer a political partyIn recent weeks, McConnell has demonstrated his distance from Trump and shown that his grasp on the Senate, though slipping, remains formidable.
36% : Today, McConnell surrendered to Trump.
33% : He never particularly liked Trump, but they found ways to work together.
32% : Surveying the aftermath of the January 6 riot, the longtime Kentucky senator concluded that Donald Trump was finished.
31% : None of them would have the stature or appetite to push back on Trump even to the limited degree McConnell would.
30% : Trump began plotting his return to the White House, and although he seemed beatable for a time, he was not.
28% : But the Kentuckian persistently sought some way to reconcile the old and new Republican Parties and to avoid an all-out confrontation, pushing his own priorities and trying to restrain Trump somewhat.Twice, McConnell had the chance to end Trump's career.
27% : Instead, he flinched, grabbing on to a theory that the Senate couldn't convict Trump because he had already left office.
25% : Sarah Longwell: How Donald Trump became unbeatableTrump immediately began regrouping -- starting with whipping more pliable leaders, like then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, into line.
15% : During Trump's first impeachment, he did not support conviction, though getting enough Republicans to vote to convict Trump might have been tough.
14% : McConnell and Trump always had an uneasy relationship.
14% : McConnell unsparingly criticized Trump, but he declined to push for convicting and barring him from office.
8% : The men did not speak, and Trump attacked him and also Chao, in racist terms.)
0% : "David A. Graham: The tragedy of the CongressMcConnell also clashed with Trump, especially on foreign policy, while Trump blamed McConnell for legislative defeats.
*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.