Breitbart Article RatingWhitmer Skips Campaigning for McAuliffe amid Criticism over Michigan Water Crisis
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| "Benton Harbor began making headlines in September after several organizations filed a petition with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demanding emergency action be taken to supply the city with safe drinking water." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Since the petition, Whitmer has sprung into action, signing a directive to replace all of the city's lead service lines and visiting Benton this past week to meet with its leaders about next steps." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "The Republican Governors Association (RGA) also harped on Whitmer for the plaed campaign activity." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "The outlet noted that Whitmer's office had previously said the governor was in D.C. on Friday, having high-level conversations with key decision-makers about her state." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "The Michigan Republican Party blasted Whitmer on Friday after learning of her intentions to participate in the McAuliffe campaign event:" | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Michigan Rising Action's executive director, Eric Ventimiglia, said of Whitmer's trip, While volunteers in Benton Harbor are going door to door delivering water to vulnerable residents in need, Gretchen Whitmer is going door to door in Virginia supporting racist, anti-parent Democratic candidates, adding Whitmer was once again putting politics and her national profile first and abandoning Michiganders when they need her leadership most." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Whitmer campaign Communications Director Maeve Coyle said, according to the Detroit News, that the door knocking event for McAuliffe had been tentative." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "RGA spokesperson Chris Gustafson said, By fleeing to Virginia amid a water crisis her administration tried to conceal, it's clear that Whitmer cares more about electing Democrats than providing Michiganders with clean drinking water." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) was scheduled to participate in door knocking Saturday for former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) but changed her plans following a barrage of criticism from Republicans for leaving Michigan while one of its cities is grappling with water contamination." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Whitmer plaed to knock on doors in Arlington County, Virginia, on behalf of McAuliffe -- who is ruing in a contentious bellwether gubernatorial race happening November 2 -- while the small city of Benton Harbor, Michigan, is in the midst of a lead water crisis." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Whitmer, who herself is ruing for reelection next year in a battleground race, became a target for criticism from conservative groups after news surfaced of her plans to head to the Old Dominion." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
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44% : Benton Harbor began making headlines in September after several organizations filed a petition with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demanding emergency action be taken to supply the city with safe drinking water.*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.