Texas Senate declines to toss impeachment charges against Republican Paxton

Sep 05, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    80% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"As attorney general, he has backed powerful oil and gas interests and pursued restrictions on abortion and transgender rights."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"He has led Republican state opposition to the policies of Democratic presidents and filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Trump's 2020 election defeat."
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-32% Liberal
"The trial could expose a split among the state's Republicans that echoes the national party's divisions over Trump, who is the front-ruer for his party's nomination to face Democratic President Joe Biden in the 2024 election despite facing criminal charges this year in four separate cases."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"The trial could expose a split among the state's Republicans that echoes the national party's divisions over Trump, who is the front-ruer for his party's nomination to face Democratic President Joe Biden in the 2024 election despite facing criminal charges this year in four separate cases."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Paxton, an ally of former President Donald Trump, has been suspended from his post since the Texas House of Representatives voted in May to impeach him on 20 corruption charges including aiding a wealthy political donor and persecuting whistleblowers from his office who accused him of wrongdoing."
Negative
-40% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : As attorney general, he has backed powerful oil and gas interests and pursued restrictions on abortion and transgender rights.

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