Republican Rep Roasts Matt Gaetz: 'I Serve With Some Real Scumbags'

  • Bias Rating

    -50% Moderately Liberal

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    N/A

  • Politician Portrayal

    88% 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

10% Positive

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"CNN legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid told TheWrap that ultimately, the system had worked in Gaetz's favor."
Positive
14% Conservative
"It's my absolute honor to be in Congress, he said, but I serve with some real scumbags.Look, Matt Gaetz, he paid minors to have sex with them at drug parties, Gonzales asserted."
Positive
10% Conservative
"It's my absolute honor to be in Congress, he said, but I serve with some real scumbags.Look, Matt Gaetz, he paid minors to have sex with them at drug parties, Gonzales asserted."
Positive
10% Conservative
"Bob Good endorsed my opponent, a known neo-Nazi -- these people used to walk around with white hoods at night."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Those days are over, Gonzales said."
Positive
4% Conservative
"During a conversation with CNN's Dana Bash on State of the Union, Gonzales railed against a number of his colleagues."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"She explained, A lot of people were curious about why that case didn't go forward -- they worried, because he's powerful and his family's wealthy, that he was getting off.Here, the system worked -- they investigated, looked at the evidence [and] it didn't have quite enough, so they decided not to go forward.Watch the exchange between Gonzales and Bash in the video above."
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-8% Liberal
"Bash asked Gonzales if he's trying to put the members of Congress in a box."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Gaetz aounced in 2021 that he was the subject of a Department of Justice investigation for sexual misconduct."
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-22% Liberal
"I should say that the federal government did look into Matt Gaetz and those allegations, and they decided not to prosecute."
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-32% Liberal
"He denied the allegations as the New York Times reported the DOJ had launched an investigation into allegations Gaetz had a sexual relationship with a then-17-year-old and paid for her to travel to several states, a potential violation of sex trafficking laws.Two years later, the DOJ aounced it would not pursue charges against Gaetz."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"He denied the allegations as the New York Times reported the DOJ had launched an investigation into allegations Gaetz had a sexual relationship with a then-17-year-old and paid for her to travel to several states, a potential violation of sex trafficking laws.Two years later, the DOJ aounced it would not pursue charges against Gaetz."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"Matt Gaetz, he paid minors to have sex with him at drug parties, Rep. Tony Gonzales said; Bob Good endorsed a known neo-NaziTexas Rep. Tony Gonzales chose to fight fire with fire Sunday morning."
Negative
-46% Liberal
"Matt Gaetz, he paid minors to have sex with him at drug parties, Rep. Tony Gonzales said; Bob Good endorsed a known neo-NaziTexas Rep. Tony Gonzales chose to fight fire with fire Sunday morning."
Negative
-46% Liberal
"Matt Gaetz, he paid minors to have sex with him at drug parties, Rep. Tony Gonzales said; Bob Good endorsed a known neo-NaziTexas Rep. Tony Gonzales chose to fight fire with fire Sunday morning."
Negative
-46% Liberal
"Matt Gaetz, he paid minors to have sex with him at drug parties, Rep. Tony Gonzales said; Bob Good endorsed a known neo-NaziTexas Rep. Tony Gonzales chose to fight fire with fire Sunday morning."
Negative
-46% Liberal

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