PolitiFact | Hakeem Jeffries ⁠11%

7/16/2026, 7:11:06 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 19 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 24.2% saturation with 90 hits. Analysis detected 550 faulty-reasoning hits from 372 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 27.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠11% (19,620 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 89.60% of the article peer group.

Hakeem Jeffries is a member of Congress representing parts of Queens and Brooklyn in New York City. 
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Hakeem Jeffries 
stated on October 24, 2025 in an X post: 
“The Trump administration just declared that erecting a ballroom is the president’s main priority,” rather than issues such as the cost of living and health care. 
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By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2025 
Hakeem Jeffries 
stated on September 29, 2025 in remarks to reporters: 
"Republicans have effectively ended medical research in the United States of America." 
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By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2025 
Hakeem Jeffries 
stated on July 8, 2025 in a House floor speech: 
President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.” 
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By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2025 
Hakeem Jeffries 
stated on May 12, 2025 in a press conference: 
“About 20% of households with veterans rely upon” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 
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By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2025 
Hakeem Jeffries 
stated on May 22, 2023 in a tweet: 
“(Donald) Trump ran up more debt than any other president in American history.” 
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By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2023 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%@politifact: 2.0%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.6%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 3.5%@politifact: 2.5%Availability Heuristic3.5%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 1.3%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 7.5%@politifact: 3.5%Framing Effect7.5%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.3%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.2%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.8%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 3.5%@politifact: 1.1%Pessimism Bias3.5%This article: 15.6%@politifact: 5.1%Negativity Bias15.6%This article: 4.8%@politifact: 0.6%Self-Serving Bias4.8%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.4%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 3.2%@politifact: 0.5%In-Group Bias3.2%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 5.1%@politifact: 0.8%Halo Effect5.1%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 2.4%@politifact: 1.1%Recency Bias2.4%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.2%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 9.4%@politifact: 4.7%Appeal to Authority9.4%This article: 7.0%@politifact: 0.8%False Dilemma7.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.6%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 10.2%@politifact: 3.0%Hasty Generalization10.2%This article: 1.3%@politifact: 0.2%Red Herring1.3%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 13.2%@politifact: 2.4%Appeal to Emotion13.2%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.5%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.6%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 1.0%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 8.1%@politifact: 2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)8.1%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 24.2%@politifact: 1.7%Unattributed Quote24.2%This article: 7.0%@politifact: 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection7.0%This article: 1.9%@politifact: 1.6%Biased Writer Voice1.9%This article: 9.9%@politifact: 1.0%Indoctrination9.9%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%@politifact: 0.4%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 9.9%@politifact: 0.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…9.9%

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Hakeem Jeffries

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