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John Barrasso

Republican on Legislative Session 2026-07-23

963 words · 74 sentences · 93 clauses

Statement grade

B+

Average 80 / 100

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Mr. President, Claims · 81 wordswhen it comes to elections in America, only American citizens should be allowed to vote. In big cities and blue States, illegal immigrants are registering to vote and are casting ballots. This week, the State of New Jersey admitted that 6,600 noncitizens made it onto their voting rolls.¹ Every single one of them-- every single one--was registered to vote during the final years of the Biden administration--6,600--while 400 of them actually voted, ²and those are the ones that we know about.Unearned certainty Procedure · 5 wordsHere is how it happened: ProcedurePositioning · 13 wordsFor 4 years, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris flung open our southern border, PositioningClaims · 115 wordsand 10 million illegal immigrants flooded into our country.³ Among them were criminals, members of cartels, drug dealers, gang members, and terror suspects. Sanctuary States and cities welcomed these illegal immigrants, and the State of New Jersey, where all of this happened, is one of them. New Jersey hands out driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.⁴ Its department of motor vehicles turns driver’s licenses directly into voter registration.⁵ It is automatic. And in this case, the State of New Jersey, it registered 6,600 of these illegal immigrants to vote. It happened in the State of New Jersey, and they admit they did it. The liberal Governor of New Jersey blames it all on a computer glitch.⁶ Positioning · 42 wordsThe real blame belongs to the Democrats and their sanctuary city and State policies. Democrats can’t throw open the borders, hand illegal immigrants driver’s licenses, and then pretend to be shocked--shocked--the Democrats claim to be when these illegal immigrants end up voting.Positioning The ask · 24 wordsIllegal immigrants must not be allowed to vote in American elections. States need to clean up their voter rolls aggressively and do it immediately. Claims · 69 wordsThe National Voter Registration Act requires States to make ``reasonable efforts’’ to maintain accurate voter rolls.⁷ Many Democrat States refuse to follow the law. Senator Schumer said last week on this floor that elections belong to the American people.⁸ Just moments ago, right before he left the floor, he talked about so-called ``Democrats election integrity task force’’--I wrote it down as he said it-- ``Democrats election integrity task force.’’⁹ Aside · 13 wordsYou talk about an oxymoron--like jumbo shrimp, like pretty ugly, like deafening silence.Aside Positioning · 11 wordsTo me, deafening silence is what is happening from the Democrats, PositioningThe ask · 33 wordsand it is time for them to start actually acting. Democrats need to stop opposing every effort we make on this Senate floor to secure our border and to enforce our immigration laws. Reasoning · 6 wordsElection security begins with border security. Positioning · 37 wordsToday’s Democrats want neither border security nor election security. And they sure don’t want voter ID. They don’t want to have it guaranteed that only citizens vote. The modern Democrat Party is being driven today by extremists, PositioningClaims · 124 wordsand these extremists all around the country are winning Democrat primary elections. In New York, a Democrat nominee for Congress has vowed to abolish the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.¹⁰ In Colorado, another Democrat nominee who won a Democrat primary election in just the last couple of weeks said abolishing ICE ``will not wait.’’¹¹ They want to abolish Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in our Nation. In Michigan, a leading Democrat candidate for this U.S. Senate has been fighting since 2018--we are talking 8 years--to abolish ICE.¹² Eight years spent fighting our Nation’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He recently said ICE ``cannot be reformed.¹³ It can’t be retrained. It must be abolished.’’ They want to open the borders, let anybody in, and let them stay forever. Positioning · 9 wordsThat is what the Democrat Party of today believes.Positioning Claims · 66 wordsThey actually have a manifesto; that is the Democrat manifesto.Unearned certainty It is a manifesto. They want mass amnesty for illegal immigrants, and that includes illegal immigrant criminals, even murderers. They want to release illegal immigrant criminals into our communities, into our neighborhoods. Then the Democrats are demanding free healthcare for illegal immigrants paid for by American taxpayers. They are demanding illegal immigrants vote in our elections. Positioning · 6 wordsThat is what they really want.PositioningUnearned certainty Claims · 48 wordsThey want to abolish the Senate. That is part of their manifesto. They want to pack the Supreme Court. That is part of their manifesto. They want to abolish the electoral college. That is part of the manifesto that is being elected in Democrat primaries around the country. Positioning · 69 wordsThey want to tear up the Constitution and tear down the United States of America. That is their agenda. It is radical. It is extreme. It is dangerous. It is scary. The American people ought to be scared about what is happening with the Democrat manifesto and what they are promoting for this country. The American people can’t afford it, and they are certainly not going to accept it.PositioningUnearned certainty Claims · 73 wordsIt is not the America we know and love. The Department of Homeland Security recently released new data about the number of illegal border crossings in the month of June.¹⁴ It is at a 50-year low.¹⁵ That is because of the work being done by this administration. For the past 14 months, zero illegal immigrants have been released into the country--absolutely zero--after millions and millions and millions under the Joe Biden catch-and-release disaster.¹⁶ Positioning · 10 wordsRepublicans have secured the border, but this fight isn’t over.Positioning Claims · 16 wordsAfter years of Democrat open border policies, millions of illegal immigrants remain in our country today. Reasoning · 25 wordsEither we remove them or extreme Democrats are going to do everything they can to make it possible for them to vote in our elections. Claims · 15 wordsWe already saw it happen in New Jersey. Republicans promised to deport illegal immigrant criminals, The ask · 10 wordsand it is time to continue on with that promise. Procedure · 4 wordsThe contrast is clear: ProcedurePositioning · 10 wordsRepublicans want our laws enforced; Democrats want our laws ignored.Positioning Claims · 25 wordsThe American people rejected open borders before and will reject them again.Unearned certainty The American people want secure borders, safe communities, and only American citizens voting. Procedure · 4 wordsI yield the floor.Procedure

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Signal · 67

28 of 33 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.

Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “Here is how it happened:”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “For 4 years, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris flung open our southern border,”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “The real blame belongs to the Democrats and their sanctuary city and State policies.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “Democrats can’t throw open the borders, hand illegal immigrants driver’s licenses,”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “and then pretend to be shocked--shocked--the Democrats claim to be when these illegal immigrants end up voting.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
A remark off to the side of the point.What the tags mean “You talk about an oxymoron--like jumbo shrimp, like pretty ugly, like deafening silence.”An aside: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “To me, deafening silence is what is happening from the Democrats,”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “Today’s Democrats want neither border security nor election security.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “And they sure don’t want voter ID.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “They don’t want to have it guaranteed that only citizens vote.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “The modern Democrat Party is being driven today by extremists,”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “That is what the Democrat Party of today believes.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “That is what they really want.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “They want to tear up the Constitution and tear down the United States of America.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “That is their agenda.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “It is radical.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “It is extreme.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “It is dangerous.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “It is scary.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “The American people ought to be scared about what is happening with the Democrat manifesto and what they are promoting for this country.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “The American people can’t afford it,”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “and they are certainly not going to accept it.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “Republicans have secured the border,”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “but this fight isn’t over.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “The contrast is clear:”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “Republicans want our laws enforced;”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “Democrats want our laws ignored.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “I yield the floor.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.

Relevance · no score

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Respect · no score

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Clarity · 93

5 of 33 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.

Something stated as certain with nothing to back it.What the tags mean “those are the ones that we know about”Asserts an unknown larger number without any source or figure.
Something stated as certain with nothing to back it.What the tags mean “that is the Democrat manifesto”Asserts a party-wide manifesto exists without naming or citing any document.
Something stated as certain with nothing to back it.What the tags mean “That is what they really want”Claims to know opponents’ true desires without evidence.
Something stated as certain with nothing to back it.What the tags mean “they are certainly not going to accept it”Predicts future public behavior with asserted certainty and no source.
Something stated as certain with nothing to back it.What the tags mean “will reject them again”Asserts a future electoral outcome as certain fact.

Claims · 16

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1“the State of New Jersey admitted that 6,600 noncitizens made it onto their voting rolls”New Jersey admitted this week that 6,600 noncitizens were on its voter rolls.search
2“400 of them actually voted”New Jersey found that 400 of the 6,600 noncitizens on its voter rolls actually voted.search
3“10 million illegal immigrants flooded into our country”10 million illegal immigrants entered the United States during the Biden administration.search
4“New Jersey hands out driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants”New Jersey allows illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses.search
5“Its department of motor vehicles turns driver’s licenses directly into voter registration”New Jersey’s DMV automatically registers license holders to vote.search
6“The liberal Governor of New Jersey blames it all on a computer glitch”New Jersey’s Governor attributed the noncitizen voter registrations to a computer glitch.search
7“The National Voter Registration Act requires States to make ``reasonable efforts’’ to maintain accurate voter rolls”The National Voter Registration Act requires states to make reasonable efforts to maintain accurate voter rolls.search
8“Senator Schumer said last week on this floor that elections belong to the American people”Senator Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor last week that elections belong to the American people.search
9“``Democrats election integrity task force.’’”Senator Schumer referred on the Senate floor to a ‘Democrats election integrity task force’.search
10“In New York, a Democrat nominee for Congress has vowed to abolish the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement”A Democratic congressional nominee in New York has vowed to abolish ICE.search
11“another Democrat nominee who won a Democrat primary election in just the last couple of weeks said abolishing ICE ``will not wait.’’”A Democratic primary winner in Colorado in recent weeks said abolishing ICE ‘will not wait.’search
12“a leading Democrat candidate for this U.S. Senate has been fighting since 2018--we are talking 8 years--to abolish ICE”A leading Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Michigan has sought to abolish ICE since 2018.search
13“He recently said ICE ``cannot be reformed.”The Michigan Democratic Senate candidate recently said ICE ‘cannot be reformed. It can’t be retrained. It must be abolished.’search
14“The Department of Homeland Security recently released new data about the number of illegal border crossings in the month of June”The Department of Homeland Security recently released new data on illegal border crossings for June 2026.search
15“It is at a 50-year low”Illegal border crossings in June 2026 were at a 50-year low.search
16“For the past 14 months, zero illegal immigrants have been released into the country”Zero illegal immigrants have been released into the United States for the past 14 months.search

Analyzed on 2026-09-15