Republican US House Speaker Johnson likely couldn't reprise Trump election fight-analysts

Oct 26, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    30% Medium Conservative

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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.

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"Foley said a House speaker could, in theory, refuse to follow the law or even declare themselves acting president."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"But after action Congress took last year he'll have little ability to interfere with the 2024 presidential election, unless he refused to follow the law."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"He defended his state's ban on same-sex marriage against two lawsuits in 2013, which ended when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide two years later."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"In Congress, Johnson has voted with most of his fellow Republicans against legislation that would legalize abortion nationwide and provide some protections for same-sex marriage if the Supreme Court reverses his decision."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"New U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson has joined his conservative Republican colleagues in voting against abortion and same-sex marriage, but has drawn the most attention for his efforts to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election defeat."
Negative
-44% Liberal
"Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to members of the Republican conference gathered on the outer steps of the House of Representatives to listen to him deliver remarks after he was elected to be the new Speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 25, 2023."
Positive
6% Conservative
"His new role gives him huge clout steering the chamber, and a seat at the table with Democratic President Joe Biden and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer in negotiating bills of all kinds."
Positive
4% Conservative
"His new role gives him huge clout steering the chamber, and a seat at the table with Democratic President Joe Biden and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer in negotiating bills of all kinds."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Johnson could be in a more prominent position in January 2025, when Congress meets to certify the results of next year's presidential race, provided Republicans retain control of the House and keep him as speaker."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Hours later, Johnson and 138 other House Republicans voted against certifying Biden's victory."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Hours later, Johnson and 138 other House Republicans voted against certifying Biden's victory."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Democratic groups have blasted Johnson for his legal work advocating for conservative social causes before being elected to the House in 2016."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"We are convinced the election laws in certain states were changed in an unconstitutional maer, Johnson wrote in a statement that was signed by 36 other House Republicans and released on Jan. 6, 2021, hours before a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a failed attempt to disrupt the election certification."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"We are convinced the election laws in certain states were changed in an unconstitutional maer, Johnson wrote in a statement that was signed by 36 other House Republicans and released on Jan. 6, 2021, hours before a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a failed attempt to disrupt the election certification."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"In Congress, Johnson has voted with most of his fellow Republicans against legislation that would legalize abortion nationwide and provide some protections for same-sex marriage if the Supreme Court reverses his decision."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Johnson stuck with those arguments even after the Supreme Court rejected the case."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"New U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson has joined his conservative Republican colleagues in voting against abortion and same-sex marriage, but has drawn the most attention for his efforts to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election defeat."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"New U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson has joined his conservative Republican colleagues in voting against abortion and same-sex marriage, but has drawn the most attention for his efforts to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election defeat."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Since wiing the speaker's gavel on Wednesday, the 51-year-old Louisiana lawmaker has declined to comment on his work with former President Trump following the 2020 election, or say whether he believes Biden legitimately won."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Since wiing the speaker's gavel on Wednesday, the 51-year-old Louisiana lawmaker has declined to comment on his work with former President Trump following the 2020 election, or say whether he believes Biden legitimately won."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Johnson argued not that the election had been tainted by widespread voter fraud, as Trump and many of his allies falsely claimed, but instead that some states Trump lost had illegally changed their election procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic, rendering the results from those states invalid."
Negative
-68% Liberal
"Johnson argued not that the election had been tainted by widespread voter fraud, as Trump and many of his allies falsely claimed, but instead that some states Trump lost had illegally changed their election procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic, rendering the results from those states invalid."
Negative
-68% Liberal
"Johnson argued not that the election had been tainted by widespread voter fraud, as Trump and many of his allies falsely claimed, but instead that some states Trump lost had illegally changed their election procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic, rendering the results from those states invalid."
Negative
-68% Liberal
"Following Trump's defeat, Johnson crafted a legal brief, signed by 125 other House Republicans, that sought to persuade the Supreme Court to reject election results from several contested states Trump had lost to Biden."
Negative
-50% Liberal
"Following Trump's defeat, Johnson crafted a legal brief, signed by 125 other House Republicans, that sought to persuade the Supreme Court to reject election results from several contested states Trump had lost to Biden."
Negative
-50% Liberal
"Following Trump's defeat, Johnson crafted a legal brief, signed by 125 other House Republicans, that sought to persuade the Supreme Court to reject election results from several contested states Trump had lost to Biden."
Negative
-50% Liberal
"Following Trump's defeat, Johnson crafted a legal brief, signed by 125 other House Republicans, that sought to persuade the Supreme Court to reject election results from several contested states Trump had lost to Biden."
Negative
-50% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Foley said a House speaker could, in theory, refuse to follow the law or even declare themselves acting president.
39% : But after action Congress took last year he'll have little ability to interfere with the 2024 presidential election, unless he refused to follow the law.
38% : He defended his state's ban on same-sex marriage against two lawsuits in 2013, which ended when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide two years later.
30% : In Congress, Johnson has voted with most of his fellow Republicans against legislation that would legalize abortion nationwide and provide some protections for same-sex marriage if the Supreme Court reverses his decision.
28% : New U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson has joined his conservative Republican colleagues in voting against abortion and same-sex marriage, but has drawn the most attention for his efforts to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election defeat.

*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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