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Abdul El-Sayed Will Be Sworn in on the Quran to Help 'Make America Bigger'
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What happenedAbdul El-Sayed Will Be Sworn in on the Quran to Help 'Make America Bigger'.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "Abdul El-Sayed Will Be Sworn in on the Quran to Help 'Make America Bigger'". The right frames it as "Abdul El-Sayed Mulling Over Which Quran to Use for Senate Swearing-In".
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Same-event confidenceMedium
3 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.
Framing confidenceModerate
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CenterAbdul El-Sayed Will Be Sworn in on the Quran to Help 'Make America Bigger'
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Right / center-rightAbdul El-Sayed Mulling Over Which Quran to Use for Senate Swearing-In
Abdul El-Sayed Will Be Sworn in on the Quran to Help 'Make America Bigger'
Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed will be sworn in on a copy of the Quran when he takes his seat in Congress in January, vowing it'll help him "serve from the same sense of trying to make Americ...
Abdul El-Sayed Mulling Over Which Quran to Use for Senate Swearing-In
Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed said Thursday he expects to place his hand on a Quran when he takes the oath of office in January, though he has not settled on […]
