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Rhetoric profile

Bernie Sanders

Across 11 statements tracked since 29 Apr 2026, Bernie Sanders's most frequent rhetorical moves are absolutes and threat & fear.

U.S. Senator (I-VT) · Independent

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An AI brief of everything Bernie Sanders 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

Absolutes0.6
Threat & fear0.5
Self-promotion0.1
Leverage0.1

Audience impact, last 30 days

−0.7 leans negative

Average of 6 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 3.3 / 10, 2.1 above their usual 1.2.

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

17 Oct 2026 · Breitbart

put a check on the most dangerous president in the history of the United States.
Self-promotionAbsolutesThreat & fear

Audience impact 0 neutral

12 Oct 2026 · Local 10 (Miami)

It’s a little bit too early to speculate on that right now.

Audience impact 0 neutral

29 Sept 2026 · Congressional Record

today the Senate will vote on an important resolution introduced by Senator Van Hollen--and I thank him for his work on this--introduced by myself and more than 20 of our colleagues. In January 2024, I introduced the first 502B resolution on Israel that…
AbsolutesThreat & fearLeverage

Audience impact −4 alarms or divides

29 Sept 2026 · newrepublic.com

She seems like a very nice person, but I don’t think she’s the person who should hold that job. We need people who have the courage to stand up to President Trump. I’m not sure that’s her.

Audience impact 0 neutral

23 Sept 2026 · NBC News Politics

virtually nothing is happening to prepare us for the tsunami that is coming.
Absolutes

Audience impact 0 neutral

23 Sept 2026 · Semafor

There’s a sense of urgency. Candidates have got to start talking about it now. They’ve got to talk about it in ’28, and we have to act immediately when Congress returns.

Audience impact 0 neutral

5 May 2026 · Bluesky

Big Oil is making a $30 million windfall profit every HOUR by using the Iran War as an excuse to rip off commuters at the gas pump. This year, Exxon will be spending $20 billion of its profits on stock buybacks. We must end the Iran War and pass a windfall…
Threat & fear

Audience impact −2 alarms or divides

4 May 2026 · Bluesky

In 1933, Justice Louis Brandeis said: “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.” What he said was true 93 years ago. It’s even more accurate today. Let us choose democracy…

Audience impact 0 neutral

30 Apr 2026 · Bluesky

The world’s leading scientists are warning that AI could “end civilization as we know it.” 97% of Americans believe AI safety should be subject to rules. When will our government wake up?! We need global cooperation — before it’s too late.

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

30 Apr 2026 · Bluesky

I enjoyed speaking with hunger and nutrition advocates from Vermont this week. In the richest country in the history of the world, nobody should be going hungry. I thank these advocates for their tireless efforts.
Self-promotionAbsolutes

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

29 Apr 2026 · Bluesky

Ex-OpenAI board member Helen Toner says AI companies are "deadly serious" about building machines that outperform humans at everything and they don’t know if they’ll be able to control them. So why hasn’t Congress taken meaningful action to regulate AI?
Absolutes

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

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