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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Relevance, Reasoning and Clarity. Average 79 / 100
Signal
81 / 100
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Relevance
100 / 100
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Reasoning
50 / 100
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Respect
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Clarity
85 / 100
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Claims 73% Positioning 5% Aside 3% Procedure 9% Reasoning 9%
Structure · 11 steps
Claims · 2
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Speaker, Claims · 15 words again, we have an author of this bill that is demanding U.S. Forces be removed, Positioning · 16 words and the author of this bill has absolutely no clue what forces she wants to remove. Positioning No reason given Unearned certainty Claims · 73 words That is beyond irresponsible, to say the least, to write a resolution, bring it to the floor, demand something with the weight of this issue, a nuclear-armed Iran, an Iran that has been attacking us, killing our people for years--350 attacks, 4 dead, 200 wounded just in the 30 months before Epic Fury began.1 She says remove all forces--that is the legislation before us--and has no clue what forces she wants to remove. Unearned certainty Aside · 9 words There are a lot of adjectives I could use, Aside Procedure · 19 words but my words will be taken down if I start to use them, so I am going to close. Procedure Claims · 106 words My colleagues keep saying that this is a war of choice. The Islamic Republic has made their choice. They chose to attack Americans every day. I read off for 15 minutes the attacks that have been coming against us. They chose to support terrorist proxies, killing of Americans and our allies to develop weapons of mass destruction and missiles to reach out and touch our homeland and our allies. They also chose to scrap the MOU that President Trump put in place when he ended Epic Fury and to again engage in hostilities and attempt to extort the world for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.2 Reasoning · 26 words We do have a choice, Mr. Speaker, and sometimes the only choice is whether you are going to hit back when you, yourself, are getting hit. False choice Claims · 19 words We have been hit, day in, day out--I read it off--and for the first time, we are finally responding. Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 8 words I yield back the balance of my time. Procedure
At a glance
Lost points for Procedure ×3 Unearned certainty ×2 Positioning No reason given Aside False choice
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What the tags mean →
Signal · 81
5 of 9 deductions are Signal
Signal checks whether every part makes a point, gives a reason, or asks for action. A low score means the speaker filled time with fluff, pleasantries, or attacks.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “and the author of this bill has absolutely no clue what forces she wants to remove.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Aside A remark off to the side of the point. What the tags mean → “There are a lot of adjectives I could use,” An aside: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “but my words will be taken down if I start to use them,” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “so I am going to close.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I yield back the balance of my time.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · 100
0 of 9 deductions are Relevance
Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue. Measured against the bill under debate.
Nothing lost points.
Reasoning · 50
2 of 9 deductions are Reasoning
Reasoning checks for sound logic and solid support for any conclusion. A low score means the speaker made unsupported leaps or used weak arguments.
No reason given A conclusion stated with no reason given for it. What the tags mean → “and the author of this bill has absolutely no clue what forces she wants to remove.” After striking ‘no clue’, only repetition of the assertion in c5 remains, with no factual basis offered.
False choice Two options presented as if they were the only ones. What the tags mean → “and sometimes the only choice is whether you are going to hit back when you, yourself, are getting hit.” The cited attacks give a reason to consider responding, but presenting only two options overlooks other reasonable paths such as the defensive carve-out in the bill itself.
Conclusions found · 3
Conclusion “and the author of this bill has absolutely no clue what forces she wants to remove.”
Because No reason given
Conclusion “That is beyond irresponsible, to say the least, to write a resolution, bring it to the floor, demand something with the weight of this issue, a nuclear-armed Iran, an Iran that has been attacking us, killing our people for years--350 attacks, 4 dead, 200 wounded just in the 30 months before Epic Fury began.”
Because Given in the same sentence
Conclusion “and sometimes the only choice is whether you are going to hit back when you, yourself, are getting hit.”
Because “The Islamic Republic has made their choice.”
“They chose to attack Americans every day.”
“They chose to support terrorist proxies, killing of Americans and our allies to develop weapons of mass destruction and missiles to reach out and touch our homeland and our allies.”
“They also chose to scrap the MOU that President Trump put in place when he ended Epic Fury and to again engage in hostilities and attempt to extort the world for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.”
“We have been hit, day in, day out--I read it off--and for the first time, we are finally responding.”
Reason flawed The cited attacks give a reason to consider responding, but presenting only two options overlooks other reasonable paths such as the defensive carve-out in the bill itself.
Respect · no score
Not checked: graded before this measurement existed. Excluded from the average.
Respect checks whether the speaker argued with people’s positions and records rather than attacking the people: insults, mockery, or bad motives assigned to them. Criticism of what someone did, however strong, is not marked.
Clarity · 85
2 of 9 deductions are Clarity
Clarity checks for plain speaking, clear ownership of actions, and honest limits on certainty. A low score means vague promises or evasive language.
Unearned certainty Something stated as certain with nothing to back it. What the tags mean → “absolutely no clue” This asserts total ignorance of the bill’s author with no supporting evidence, substituting certainty for any sourced fact.
Unearned certainty Something stated as certain with nothing to back it. What the tags mean → “no clue what forces she wants to remove” This repeats a confident claim about the author’s knowledge without citing any source or textual detail from the bill.
Claims · 2
This list shows the factual statements you can check for yourself: the words as said, and the claim restated to stand on its own.
1 “350 attacks, 4 dead, 200 wounded just in the 30 months before Epic Fury began” Iran was responsible for 350 attacks on Americans that killed 4 people and wounded 200 in the 30 months before the operation called Epic Fury began. search 2 “They also chose to scrap the MOU that President Trump put in place when he ended Epic Fury” Iran scrapped a memorandum of understanding that President Trump put in place when he ended the Epic Fury operation. search
