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Donald TrumpR · PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
How outlets cover Trump · Dec 18 – Dec 21, 2025

Trump Endorses Bruce Blakeman for New York Governor

Trump endorsed Bruce Blakeman for New York governor after Elise Stefanik left the race. Center and right coverage centers on the endorsement following her exit; the left-leaning article instead covers Trump’s endorsement of Paul LePage for Congress.

Lead article · NBC News · CENTERTrump endorses Bruce Blakeman in New York governor race after Elise Stefanik drops bid
Image · Yahoo News
ARTICLES
11
OUTLETS
11
AVG CRED
72HIGH
AVG BAL
61SOME TILT

Community verdict

23 VOTES
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tl;drSUMMARY ACROSS OUTLETS

Trump endorsed Bruce Blakeman for New York governor after Elise Stefanik left the race and suspended her campaign for the nomination. He made the endorsement after Stefanik’s departure from the contest.

Left-leaning outlets focus on Trump’s separate endorsement of Paul LePage for Congress. Center outlets present the Blakeman endorsement as following Stefanik’s exit, with some noting its effect on the Republican contest. Right-leaning outlets also connect the endorsement to Stefanik’s exit, adding her stated reason for leaving and polling or campaign claims.

Outlets by lean

9 RATED · 2 UNRATED

Compare by side

THE FRAMEAVG CRED 75
“Backing a Maine congressional bid”

Centralmaine.com reports Trump’s endorsement of Paul LePage for Maine’s 2nd District, a separate congressional race.

1 LEFT ARTICLE
Centralmaine.comDEC 18 · 5:39 PM ET
Donald Trump backs former Maine Gov. Paul LePage for U.S. CongressTrump endorsed LePage and predicted that Matt Dunlap would win the Democratic primary.CRED 75BAL 65 PORTRAYS TRUMP: NEUTRALCENTRALMAINE.COM · REPUBLISHED BY PORTLAND PRESS HERALD

How outlets portrayed Trump

Each article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read

Left: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 1 neutral. Center: 0 favorable, 1 critical, 0 mixed, 6 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 1 neutral.

2 UNRATED ARTICLES NOT SHOWN

When each side covered it

Articles per day by side. DEC 18: Left 1, Center 3, Right 0. DEC 19: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0. DEC 20: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0. DEC 21: Left 0, Center 2, Right 1.

RIGHT-LEANING OUTLETS ARRIVED 64H LATER
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