John Curtis

Across 9 statements tracked since 22 Sept 2026, John Curtis's most frequent rhetorical moves are threat & fear and absolutes.

U.S. Senator (R-UT) · Republican

Meantly read

An AI brief of everything John Curtis said in each finished week and month: the lines they repeat, who they are talking to, how the tone moved and what changed.

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Most used moves, last 90 days

Per 100 words, from the transparent pattern engine

Threat & fear0.4

Absolutes0.3

Deniability hedge0.1

Deflection0.1

Labeling0.1

Audience impact, last 30 days

+0.6 leans reassuring

Average of 8 statements: how they are likely to leave the audience they target, from −5 (alarm, anger, division) to +5 (reassurance, unity). It describes effect, not truth.

This week against their usual

Hostility this week 0.7 / 10, 0.4 below their usual 1.1.

Hostility is a style measure from 0 to 10, built from threats, labels, “us versus them” framing and similar moves, compared with the same person's earlier statements. It says nothing about whether a claim is true.

Latest statements

15 Oct 2026 · Roll Call

This is the right move, both for the loved ones of the victims and for the country.

Audience impact −1 leans negative

12 Oct 2026 · KRDO 13 (Colorado Springs)

Apoyo plenamente la pena de muerte, pero transmitir ejecuciones en directo es lo que hacen los yihadistas. Estados Unidos es mejor que eso. Una civilización se erosiona cuando cultiva el gusto por las ejecuciones como forma de entretenimiento.

12 Oct 2026 · KRDO 13 (Colorado Springs)

I absolutely support the sentence of death, but livestreaming executions is what jihadists do. America is better than that.

Absolutes

Audience impact +2 reassures or unites

9 Oct 2026 · NBC News Politics

Seneca warned that Rome’s bloody spectacles corrupted the people who watched them. A civilization erodes when it cultivates an appetite for executions as a form of entertainment. Secretary Hegseth’s plan to livestream the Fort Hood execution risks feeding…

Audience impact −3 alarms or divides

30 Sept 2026 · Congressional Record

Thank you, Senator Tillis, Senator Armstrong. It was a delight to travel with you. I think it is appropriate to point out how much work goes into a trip like this. To our team and our staff that put this together and to the Ukrainians that were our hosts, a…

Threat & fearLabelingVague promise

Audience impact +3 reassures or unites

29 Sept 2026 · Roll Call

I will just tell you that right now in Utah, they’re worried about affordability and they don’t want to be worried about how their tax dollars are being spent.

Audience impact −2 alarms or divides

29 Sept 2026 · Congressional Record

when Utah's pioneers first arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, they had almost nothing. They had no reservoirs, no pipelines, no pumps, no Federal grants, and no municipal bonds. Their most sophisticated earth-moving equipment ate hay. What they did have was a…

DeflectionAbsolutesDeniability hedge

Audience impact +3 reassures or unites

29 Sept 2026 · Congressional Record

I, too, would like to give my colleagues a shout-out. Senator Padilla and Senator Merkley, thank you for being down here on the floor with me for this first UC of my Senate career. More importantly, thank you for your work on this bill. And a shout-out to our…

Threat & fearLeverageAbsolutes

Audience impact +3 reassures or unites

22 Sept 2026 · PBS NewsHour Politics

A toaster is a wedding gift. A private island party paid for by a Putin-connected oligarch is something else.

Audience impact 0 neutral

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