'Here in Alabama, we know exactly what a woman is': ALGOP Chairman Scott Stadthagen torches Shomari Figures and Doug Jones at Trump's Mobile rally
Stadthagen attacked Jones over abortion and alleged that his campaign received out-of-state money.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYYellowhammer News is a locally focused outlet with a named author and a specific account of remarks at a public rally. The story relies heavily on one speaker’s partisan claims and does not include responses from the people he criticized.
- Source type — Local news outlet with a regional focus.
- Editorial standards — The article reports identifiable public remarks but offers little independent verification of the speaker’s claims.
- Author attribution — A named author is identified.
- Source diversity — The account centers on one Republican speaker and includes no response from the Democrats he criticizes.
The article provides direct quotations and relevant election context, including Jones’s earlier Senate vote. It largely relays Stadthagen’s claims without responses from the targets or independent evidence about the campaign-funding allegation.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article gives substantial space to Stadthagen’s remarks but does not include responses from Figures or Jones or independent examination of the claims about campaign funding.
- Counterarguments presented — Neither of the Democrats criticized is quoted or given a response.
- Source diversity — The account is centered on one speaker at a Republican rally.
- Loaded language — The headline uses “torches,” a combative description of the remarks.
The story presents a Republican speaker’s attacks and endorsements with no reply from the Democrats criticized. Its headline’s use of “torches” also adopts a combative framing favorable to the speaker’s side.
- Source selection — The article relies on remarks by a Republican Party chairman and includes no opposing response.
- Headline — The headline uses the combative word “torches” to characterize the speech.
- Framing — The story reports the speaker’s criticism and Republican endorsements without countervailing perspectives.
At President Donald Trump’s Mobile rally, Alabama Republican Party Chairman Scott Stadthagen criticized Shomari Figures and Doug Jones, promoted their Republican opponents, and urged attendees to vote. His remarks focused on abortion, women’s sports, and campaign funding.
At Trump’s Mobile rally, Alabama Republican Party Chairman Scott Stadthagen said Shomari Figures was not the voice of Alabamians and praised Republican House candidate Rhett Marques. Stadthagen also criticized Doug Jones over abortion, citing Jones’s 2018 Senate vote against a ban on abortions after 20 weeks.
Stadthagen alleged that Figures and Jones received campaign money from out of state and urged rally attendees to vote for Republicans, including Tommy Tuberville. The article identifies Jones as the Democratic nominee for governor against Tuberville and Marques as the Republican nominee running against Figures for the 2nd Congressional District.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Jones in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Jones’s record.
People in this story
SWIPE →Democratic gubernatorial nominee criticized by Stadthagen
Democratic U.S. representative and congressional candidate criticized by Stadthagen
Figures's version of this story ↗Republican senator and gubernatorial candidate praised by Stadthagen
President whose Mobile rally featured Stadthagen
Republican House candidate promoted by Stadthagen
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