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Marc Caputo

News · Trump, Republican Party, Florida politics · @MarcACaputo on X

Senior politics reporter at Axios since January 2025, covering Trump and the GOP. Previously at The Bulwark, NBC News (2021–2023), Politico (2015–2021, Florida Playbook and the 2020 Biden campaign) and the Miami Herald.

Previously: The Bulwark, NBC News, POLITICO, Miami Herald

Slant Score · ranked #159 of 175 from most left to most right
1 Center
100 LeftCenter100 Right

Thin record: fewer than a handful of documented items, so this score is pulled toward the center and could move a lot as evidence is added.

The receipts (2)

On-record statement · served the right · +1.5 R · Feb 26, 2021

Shared sexist meme of Kamala Harris; apologized

He forwarded a meme of a model in a revealing outfit captioned 'Kamala Harris on the Senate's $15/hour minimum wage legislation,' then apologized, calling it 'a lapse in judgment that I regret.'

Source: TheWrap →
On-record statement · served the left · +1.4 L · Jul 31, 2018

Called Trump rally hecklers 'garbage people'; apologized

After Trump supporters jeered CNN's Jim Acosta at a Tampa rally, he tweeted that if 'you put everyone's mouths together in this video, you'd get a full set of teeth' and called them 'garbage people.' He deleted the tweets and apologized the next day.

Source: Washington Free Beacon →
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