Nikki Haley Calls Voter Who Asked Her About Civil War a 'Democrat Plant'

Dec 28, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    8% Center

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    98% Negative

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

-34% Negative

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  •   Conservative
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"The latest polling of the Republican field aggregated by FiveThirtyEight shows Haley behind Trump by around 50 points, and neck-and-neck with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for second."
Positive
22% Conservative
"Of course, we are talking about the man who's advocated for Florida public schools to teach that slavery had benefits -- I'd personally sit this one out, buddy."
Positive
6% Conservative
"They want to run against Trump."
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-28% Liberal
"Indeed, what does it mean to us today, when many of our elected officials -- including Haley -- think critical race theory is bad and white supremacy isn't real."
Negative
-52% Liberal
"The latest polling of the Republican field aggregated by FiveThirtyEight shows Haley behind Trump by around 50 points, and neck-and-neck with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for second."
Positive
20% Conservative
"The latest polling of the Republican field aggregated by FiveThirtyEight shows Haley behind Trump by around 50 points, and neck-and-neck with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for second."
Positive
20% Conservative
"The latest polling of the Republican field aggregated by FiveThirtyEight shows Haley behind Trump by around 50 points, and neck-and-neck with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for second."
Positive
20% Conservative
"Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and supposed Republican party wunderkind ruing for president, found herself in hot water on Wednesday evening when she answered a voter's question about what caused the Civil War and declined to talk about the role of slavery."
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-4% Liberal
"I think the cause of the Civil War was basically how government was going to run, the freedoms and what people could and couldn't do, Haley said."
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-4% Liberal
"When the voter told her it was astonishing that she didn't mention slavery, Haley asked, What do you want me to say about slavery?"
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-4% Liberal
"Yikes, DeSantis' campaign wrote in the caption of a video splicing media coverage of Haley's remarks."
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-4% Liberal
"Yikes, DeSantis' campaign wrote in the caption of a video splicing media coverage of Haley's remarks."
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-4% Liberal
"As for her initial refusal to talk about slavery as the key cause of the Civil War, Haley, in the wake of significant backlash, seemed to change her tune."
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-12% Liberal
"But Haley ultimately seemed less interested in offering meaningful clarification to her comments and more interested in pushing her Democrat plant conspiracy theory."
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-12% Liberal
"In 2021, Haley said that any school that teaches so-called ~CRT~ should be defunded."
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-18% Liberal
"Haley's nonsense Civil War comments and her Democrat plant spin are just an extension of where the party stands today."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Speaking of DeSantis, he predictably chimed in to dunk on Haley."
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-22% Liberal
"Speaking of DeSantis, he predictably chimed in to dunk on Haley."
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-22% Liberal
"Early Thursday, while appearing on a local New Hampshire radio station, Haley seemed to be in damage control over the ensuing controversy."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"I have to say, Haley is certainly bold to lean into this self-victimizing little narrative rather than own up to the fact that her initial refusal to simply name slavery was bullshit."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"Per the New Hampshire Journal's reporting on the interview, Haley accused President Biden and the Democratic Party of sending plants -- plural -- to her town halls."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Per the New Hampshire Journal's reporting on the interview, Haley accused President Biden and the Democratic Party of sending plants -- plural -- to her town halls."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Indeed, what does it mean to us today, when many of our elected officials -- including Haley -- think critical race theory is bad and white supremacy isn't real."
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-24% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : The latest polling of the Republican field aggregated by FiveThirtyEight shows Haley behind Trump by around 50 points, and neck-and-neck with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for second.
53% : Of course, we are talking about the man who's advocated for Florida public schools to teach that slavery had "benefits" -- I'd personally sit this one out, buddy.
36% : They want to run against Trump.
24% : Indeed, what does it mean to us today, when many of our elected officials -- including Haley -- think "critical race theory" is bad and white supremacy isn't real.

*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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