Candy Woodall,

Candy Woodall is a Congress reporter for USA TODAY. She can be reached at cwoodall@usatoday.com or on Twitter at @candynotcandace.

Biography: https://news.yahoo.com/republican-george-santos-finishes-month-100013181.html

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

90%

Examples:

And with renewed political power, he called on Democrats to stop ‘partisan witch hunts.’ Trump pointed to recent legal decisions in his favor and called for other investigations to end.
Democratic leaders and many voters have said Trump is a threat to democracy.
Donald Trump took the stage in Milwaukee with the confidence of a man saved by God
He seemed to know it. His speech, at times, sounded more like an inaugural address than a nomination speech
In this election, both have had nights when they should have quit while they were ahead.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

And with renewed political power, he called on Democrats to stop ‘partisan witch hunts.’ Trump pointed to recent legal decisions in his favor and called for other investigations to end.
Democratic leaders and many voters have said Trump is a threat to democracy.
Donald Trump took the stage in Milwaukee with the confidence of a man saved by God
He seemed to know it. His speech, at times, sounded more like an inaugural address than a nomination speech
In this election, both have had nights when they should have quit while they were ahead.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

At least he felt that way for 30 minutes. And then he remembered ‘crazy Nancy Pelosi’, admonishing the former House speaker and blaming Democrats for the number of subpoenas his sons, Don Jr. and Eric, have received in the legal cases against their father.
The unsubstantiated claims of a stolen election likely repelled voters in swing states, as well as painting a dark picture of an America that’s facing a migrant ‘invasion’ and is on the verge of World War III.

Deceptions

30%

Examples:

At least he felt that way for 30 minutes. And then he remembered ‘crazy Nancy Pelosi’, admonishing the former House speaker and blaming Democrats for the number of subpoenas his sons, Don Jr. and Eric, have received in the legal cases against their father.
The unsubstantiated claims of a stolen election likely repelled voters in swing states, as well as painting a dark picture of an America that’s facing a migrant ‘invasion’ and is on the verge of World War III.