SunSentinel Article RatingRon DeSantis praises Democrats Gregory Tony and Ric Bradshaw as two of the 'good ones' in Florida
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7% Positive
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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
|---|---|---|
| "Tony, who is Broward's first Black sheriff, has been aggressive in disciplining deputies who mistreat citizens, a major issue for Black voters, and a central reason why many people in minority communities say they distrust law enforcement." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "On Feb. 1, 2022, the day after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement found Tony repeatedly lied on law enforcement applications, DeSantis at a news conference said that, We are going to review everything, take a look." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "DeSantis has positioned himself during his time as governor as a strong supporter of just about everything elected sheriffs, and others in the law enforcement world, have sought." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "| South Florida Sun SentinelGov. Ron DeSantis praised the highest-profile, most powerful countywide elected Democrats in Broward and Palm Beach County as examples of the good ones in Florida." | Positive | 26% Conservative |
| "DeSantis didn't finish his thought as Tapper asked him to instead give me one who's in the top 10.DeSantis first cited Tony, referring to his great life story, then said he works very closely with Sheriff Ken J. Mascara of St. Lucie County, then cited Bradshaw and labeled him a great guy." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "DeSantis didn't finish his thought as Tapper asked him to instead give me one who's in the top 10.DeSantis first cited Tony, referring to his great life story, then said he works very closely with Sheriff Ken J. Mascara of St. Lucie County, then cited Bradshaw and labeled him a great guy." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "We do have some good ones in Florida, DeSantis concluded." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "In the final question, town hall host Jake Tapper asked DeSantis to name his favorite Democrat in Florida." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "During the 2020 election, prominent Republican allies of DeSantis helped Democrat Tony raise campaign money -- and many are also helping Tony raise money for his 2024 reelection campaign." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "That just goes with the territory, DeSantis said." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "We put him there, Greg Tony, DeSantis said." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was among the 17 people killed in the Stoneman Douglas massacre and was a prominent DeSantis supporter during the 2018 gubernatorial campaign, has said Tony's was among the names he asked the governor to consider as sheriff." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "DeSantis first demurred." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "It's not like he's my sheriff, DeSantis told reporters at the time." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "DeSantis' comments came Tuesday night at the close of a CNN town hall in Iowa, where he's hoping to emerge from the state's Republican caucuses in January as a viable challenger to former President Donald Trump for the party's 2024 presidential nomination." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "DeSantis' comments came Tuesday night at the close of a CNN town hall in Iowa, where he's hoping to emerge from the state's Republican caucuses in January as a viable challenger to former President Donald Trump for the party's 2024 presidential nomination." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "The favorite Democrat question and answer came after DeSantis had sought to portray himself as a consensus-building politician who could work with a range of people across the political spectrum, suggesting he was better equipped to do that than Trump or President Joe Biden." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "The favorite Democrat question and answer came after DeSantis had sought to portray himself as a consensus-building politician who could work with a range of people across the political spectrum, suggesting he was better equipped to do that than Trump or President Joe Biden." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "The favorite Democrat question and answer came after DeSantis had sought to portray himself as a consensus-building politician who could work with a range of people across the political spectrum, suggesting he was better equipped to do that than Trump or President Joe Biden." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "In 2020, when DeSantis and the public first learned Tony, as a teenager in Philadelphia, had killed a man, the governor distanced himself from the sheriff." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "It has been more than 22 months since DeSantis said his staff was considering what to do about Tony." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "He later came under scrutiny because he didn't disclose to DeSantis on official applications for his previous police jobs that he shot and killed an 18-year-old man in 1993 when he was a teenager living in a tough neighborhood in Philadelphia." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Tony was among DeSantis' initial appointments, coming just days after he was sworn in as governor in 2019 -- and, it turned out, one of his most controversial." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "DeSantis has made extensive use of his authority to suspend reelected officials even when they haven't been charged with crimes." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "DeSantis claimed he is someone who will even work with people who disagree with him 80" | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "DeSantis put Tony in office when he suspended former Broward Sheriff Scott Israel." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "DeSantis charged Israel with incompetence and neglect of duty in coection with the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre and the 2017 shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "On Feb. 1, 2022, the day after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement found Tony repeatedly lied on law enforcement applications, DeSantis at a news conference said that, We are going to review everything, take a look." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "He said Trump tweeting and attacking people had created division that we didn't need and Biden saying MAGAs are like almost anti-American, that creates division." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "He said Trump tweeting and attacking people had created division that we didn't need and Biden saying MAGAs are like almost anti-American, that creates division." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
35% : Tony, who is Broward's first Black sheriff, has been aggressive in disciplining deputies who mistreat citizens, a major issue for Black voters, and a central reason why many people in minority communities say they distrust law enforcement.26% : On Feb. 1, 2022, the day after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement found Tony repeatedly lied on law enforcement applications, DeSantis at a news conference said that, "We are going to review everything, take a look.
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