: exaggeration - stretching the truth to make something seem more powerful or meaningful than it actually is. : The "Disney workers" are actually two (2) laid off Disney workers that publicly endorsed Trump.[1]
: trying to save it - advocating for cutting a social program under the guise of trying to save it, rather than pushing to adequately fund it.
: government is the problem - slogan that promotes reducing government regulations and/or diverting public funds to the private sector.
: the outsider - a Washington insider portraying him or herself as a Washington outsider and crusading against it. [14]
: demonizing - characterizing a group or those who support an opposing viewpoint as threatening, immoral, or less than human. : Muslims.
: demonizing - characterizing a group or those who support an opposing viewpoint as threatening, immoral, or less than human. : Muslims.
: anti-intellectualism - celebrating simple-mindedness and denigrating intellectuals or those with professional credentials as being idealistic, naive, or arrogant.
: saber-rattling - making nonspecific threats of consequences to intimidate an adversary and/or impress an audience. : Kasich threatens China with taking out their systems, not putting up with Putin's nonsense, and making the rest of the world take notice.
: half truth - a statement that is essentially true, but lacking critical information and presented as the whole truth. : Cruz mentions Obama sending back the bust of Winston Churchill, without mentioning the bust was on loan to the White House and was just being returned to the UK as planned.[8]
: honor by association - defending or championing cultural sacred cows, which transfers the respect, authority, sanction, and prestige associated with those symbols to the defender. : The police.
: the outsider - a Washington insider portraying him or herself as a Washington outsider and crusading against it. [14]
: it's a disgrace - giving the impression that something has the universal disapproval of everyone, while providing no evidence that it does.
: projection - accusing an opponent of using the same underhanded tactics or committing the same misdeeds the accuser is guilty of. : Cruz rebukes other politicians for taking money from lobbyists and special interests, when much of his financial backing comes from lobbyists and special interests.[13]
: fault as virtue - technique where a weakness is presented as a strength, by focusing on any positive aspect of it. : Trump claims his ability to exploit the political system to his own benefit makes him the person best suited to fix the political system.
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6 OCCURRENCES
anti-intellectualism: demonizing: fault as virtue: honor by association: projection: