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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Reasoning and Clarity. Reasoning rests on 2 conclusions, too few to hold the grade down. Average 72 / 100
Signal
64 / 100
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Relevance
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Reasoning
60 / 100
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Respect
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Clarity
92 / 100
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A score under 50 is red. Choose a measurement to see where it lost points and why; choose it again to clear.
Procedure 15% Claims 36% Aside 14% The question 4% Positioning 5% Reasoning 25%
Structure · 12 steps
Claims · 0
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Procedure · 16 words The response? Hearing none. All right. We are going to move on to objection No. 2; Procedure Claims · 6 words that is, it is already illegal. Aside · 23 words It is interesting because that is a good point. I look and that and go: Wow, they just made a really good point. Aside Claims · 4 words This is already illegal. The question · 7 words What problem are we trying to solve? Claims · 20 words Now, of course, we know it is already illegal. Unearned certainty What we are asking is to have the integrity of it. Positioning · 9 words So what they are trying to do is say: Positioning Claims · 13 words Speeding is illegal, but you can’t check to see if anybody is speeding, Reasoning · 18 words which makes it legal. Because if you are not enforcing laws, aren’t you, in effect, eliminating those laws? Logical leap Procedure · 10 words So if they are saying: Well, it is already illegal. Procedure Claims · 19 words You don’t need to prove you are a citizen because it is already illegal to vote as a noncitizen, Reasoning · 25 words but if you are not allowing inspections of voter rolls, making certain that people are purged properly, wouldn’t that be basically ignoring the law completely? Logical leap
At a glance
Lost points for Procedure ×6 Aside ×3 Logical leap ×2 Unearned certainty Positioning
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What the tags mean →
Signal · 64
10 of 13 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.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “The response?” 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 → “Hearing none.” 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 → “All right.” 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 → “We are going to move on to objection No. 2;” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Aside A remark off to the side of the point. What the tags mean → “It is interesting because that is a good point.” An aside: no claim, reason or ask.
Aside A remark off to the side of the point. What the tags mean → “I look and that and go:” An aside: no claim, reason or ask.
Aside A remark off to the side of the point. What the tags mean → “Wow, they just made a really good point.” An aside: no claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “So what they are trying to do is say:” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. 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 if they are saying:” 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 → “Well, it is already illegal.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · no score
Not applicable: nothing to answer. Excluded from the average.
Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue.
Reasoning · 60
2 of 13 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.
Logical leap A conclusion that does not follow from the reasons given for it. What the tags mean → “Because if you are not enforcing laws, aren’t you, in effect, eliminating those laws?” The speeding analogy is extended into a general claim that non-enforcement equals elimination of a law.
Logical leap A conclusion that does not follow from the reasons given for it. What the tags mean → “but if you are not allowing inspections of voter rolls, making certain that people are purged properly, wouldn’t that be basically ignoring the law completely?” The claim rests on the unsupported premise that lack of inspection equals non-enforcement of the ban.
Conclusions found · 2
Conclusion “Because if you are not enforcing laws, aren’t you, in effect, eliminating those laws?”
Because “Speeding is illegal,”
“but you can’t check to see if anybody is speeding,”
“which makes it legal.”
Reason flawed The speeding analogy is extended into a general claim that non-enforcement equals elimination of a law.
Conclusion “but if you are not allowing inspections of voter rolls, making certain that people are purged properly, wouldn’t that be basically ignoring the law completely?”
Because “Because if you are not enforcing laws, aren’t you, in effect, eliminating those laws?”
“You don’t need to prove you are a citizen because it is already illegal to vote as a noncitizen,”
Reason flawed The claim rests on the unsupported premise that lack of inspection equals non-enforcement of the ban.
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 · 92
1 of 13 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 → “of course, we know” Asserts agreement as self-evident rather than citing a source or checkable fact.
Claims · 0
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