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The average of Signal, Reasoning and Clarity is 44. The grade is held to 34, 30 above Signal. Reasoning rests on 2 conclusions, too few to hold the grade down. 34 / 100, held down by Signal
Signal
4 / 100
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Reasoning
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Procedure 3% Claims 4% Positioning 26% Anecdote 66%
Structure · 6 steps
Claims · 5
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Procedure · 4 words Democrat response? Hearing none. Procedure Claims · 17 words The other objection that we get is our elections are already secure. Our elections are very secure. Positioning · 67 words But doesn’t it kind of override common sense to say: If you are not having to prove you are a citizen to vote, if you are not having to show your ID, if we just automatically mail out ballots without really knowing that that person is there and that person didn’t request it, aren’t we opening the door to having that lack of integrity of our elections? Positioning No reason given Procedure · 8 words I will tell you a quick anecdotal story. Procedure Anecdote · 259 words I was asked to be an election monitor by the Governor of Colombia in a recent Presidential election.1 I knew as much about the Colombian election as any American, meaning nothing. So I went down there, and they require all the things I just talked about. They require everybody to be a citizen of Colombia to vote in Colombian elections.2 They require that ID to be shown.3 They actually have facial recognition scanners and fingerprint readers in case there is a question whether that picture matches you.4 You know, like, if you are the Realtor that has the picture of you 40 years ago, sometimes it is like: Is that really you? So they have the facial recognition, the fingerprint, paper ballots.5 So I was huddling with the registrar afterwards. And, of course, we are in Colombia; so we are speaking Spanish. And I said to him: Well, what happens if somebody doesn’t show up with a voter ID, like, his ID? What do you do? And we were having a pretty good conversation until I asked that question. And he turned to his assistant and in Spanish says: I think the Senator has lost his Spanish because I don’t understand what he is asking me. And his assistant repeated it. And he completely looked at me like I was a knucklehead and said: Why would you possibly let somebody vote that doesn’t have an ID to prove who they are? In other words, the question was so ridiculous that he thought it had to be a language barrier. Anecdote Positioning · 36 words Is there any way to justify the other position, since our colleagues--who were just here. They all ran off. During your speech, the majority leader ran through--is there any justification for not having to do this? Positioning No reason given
At a glance
Lost points for Anecdote ×24 Positioning ×7 Procedure ×3 No reason given ×2 Little substance Much of this statement went to praise, blame, greetings, routine procedure or general stories rather than reasons, requests or specific points.
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Signal · 4
34 of 36 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 → “Democrat 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.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “But doesn’t it kind of override common sense to say:” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “If you are not having to prove you are a citizen to vote,” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “if you are not having to show your ID,” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “if we just automatically mail out ballots without really knowing that that person is there and that person didn’t request it, aren’t we opening the door to having that lack of integrity of our elections?” 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 → “I will tell you a quick anecdotal story.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “I was asked to be an election monitor by the Governor of Colombia in a recent Presidential election.” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “I knew as much about the Colombian election as any American, meaning nothing.” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “So I went down there,” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “and they require all the things I just talked about.” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “They require everybody to be a citizen of Colombia to vote in Colombian elections.” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “They require that ID to be shown.” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “They actually have facial recognition scanners and fingerprint readers in case there is a question whether that picture matches you.” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “You know, like,” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “if you are the Realtor that has the picture of you 40 years ago, sometimes it is like:” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “Is that really you?” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “So they have the facial recognition, the fingerprint, paper ballots.” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “So I was huddling with the registrar afterwards.” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “And, of course, we are in Colombia;” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “so we are speaking Spanish.” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “And I said to him:” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “Well, what happens if somebody doesn’t show up with a voter ID, like, his ID?” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “What do you do?” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “And we were having a pretty good conversation until I asked that question.” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “And he turned to his assistant and in Spanish says:” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “I think the Senator has lost his Spanish because I don’t understand what he is asking me.” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “And his assistant repeated it.” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “And he completely looked at me like I was a knucklehead and said:” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “Why would you possibly let somebody vote that doesn’t have an ID to prove who they are?” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Anecdote A story that illustrates instead of making a point. What the tags mean → “In other words, the question was so ridiculous that he thought it had to be a language barrier.” An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “Is there any way to justify the other position, since our colleagues--who were just here.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “They all ran off.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “During your speech, the majority leader ran through--is there any justification for not having to do this?” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. 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 · 27
2 of 36 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 → “if we just automatically mail out ballots without really knowing that that person is there and that person didn’t request it, aren’t we opening the door to having that lack of integrity of our elections?” The clauses merely restate the claim as a rhetorical question without giving supporting evidence.
No reason given A conclusion stated with no reason given for it. What the tags mean → “During your speech, the majority leader ran through--is there any justification for not having to do this?” The statement only poses the challenge and reports the objection exists, offering no reason why opponents owe a justification.
Conclusions found · 2
Conclusion “if we just automatically mail out ballots without really knowing that that person is there and that person didn’t request it, aren’t we opening the door to having that lack of integrity of our elections?”
Because “If you are not having to prove you are a citizen to vote,”
“if you are not having to show your ID,”
No reason given The clauses merely restate the claim as a rhetorical question without giving supporting evidence.
Conclusion “During your speech, the majority leader ran through--is there any justification for not having to do this?”
Because No reason given
No reason given The statement only poses the challenge and reports the objection exists, offering no reason why opponents owe a justification.
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 · 100
0 of 36 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.
Nothing lost points.
Claims · 5
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 “I was asked to be an election monitor by the Governor of Colombia in a recent Presidential election” Bernie Moreno says he was asked to serve as an election monitor by the Governor of Colombia in a recent Colombian presidential election. search 2 “They require everybody to be a citizen of Colombia to vote in Colombian elections” Colombia requires voters in its elections to be citizens of Colombia. search 3 “They require that ID to be shown” Colombia requires voters to show ID in order to vote. search 4 “They actually have facial recognition scanners and fingerprint readers” Colombian elections use facial recognition scanners and fingerprint readers to verify voters. search 5 “paper ballots” Colombian elections use paper ballots. search
