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'Hypocrite isn't nearly strong enough': Outrage as Trump downplays horrific allegations 61%

By Robert Davis87%

8/2/2026, 5:16:46 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 20 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Anecdotal, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 58.3% saturation with 165 hits. Analysis detected 693 faulty-reasoning hits from 283 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 50.3% and a BS Rank of 61% (10,500 of 26,881 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 60.90% of the article peer group.

'Hypocrite isn't nearly strong enough': Outrage as Trump downplays horrific allegations 
President Donald Trump sparked outrage on Sunday after he seemed to downplay the allegations against Rep. 
Max Miller (R-OH). 
Miller has been accused of domestic and child abuse by his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, the daughter of Sen. 
Bernie Moreno (R-OH). 
Emily Moreno accused her ex-husband of pouring hot water on her, holding a gun to her head, and acting violently toward her lawyer. 
Miller has denied all allegations and has vowed to continue his reelection campaign . 
Trump was asked about whether Miller should resign while speaking with reporters on Air Force One. 
"Well, I'm going to look at it. 
So far it's accusations," Trump said. 
"I'll be looking at it." 
Trump's comments set off a firestorm online. 
"This is MAGA," the MeidasTouch Network posted on X. 
"Imagine the outcry if Dem leadership had done with Graham Platner what Trump is doing with Max Miller. 
And yet you hear crickets from so many professional conservatives, including and especially publicly religious conservatives who claim to cherish family values," Pedro L. 
Gonzalez, a writer, posted on X. 
“'Hypocrite' isn’t nearly strong enough a word to describe the immorality of conservatives who ride moral high horses for a living." 
"A rapist and an abuser protecting another abuser. 
Family values!" 
Wajahat Ali, author of "The Left Hook" on Substack, posted on X. 
"But when they were against Platner it was 'game over.' 
F--- this rapist," Joanne Carducci, a political commentator known as JoJoFromJerz online, posted on X. 
Reporter: Should Max Miller resign? 
Trump: Well, so far… it’s accusations. pic.twitter.com/PAuqRaxZFq 
 Acyn (@Acyn) August 2, 2026 
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283 words analyzed.

Speakers

4speakers29%attributed speech201writer words
Selected voice

Pedro L. Gonzalez

100%flagged-word coverage
24 attributed words29% of attributed speech78% writer coverage
0%7.5%15.0%Biased Writer Voice-13.9 ptsWriter: 13.9%Pedro L. Gonzalez: 0.0%0.0%Unattributed Quote-12.4 ptsWriter: 12.4%Pedro L. Gonzalez: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-10.4 ptsWriter: 10.4%Pedro L. Gonzalez: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-4.0 ptsWriter: 4.0%Pedro L. Gonzalez: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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