: 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 Churchill, without mentioning it was on loan and was just being returned to the UK.[8]
: honor by association - defending or championing cultural sacred cows, which transfers the respect, authority, sanction, and prestige associated with those symbols. : 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 characterizes his ability to exploit the political system to his own benefit as a quality that makes him the person best suited to fix the system.
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6 OCCURRENCES
anti-intellectualism: demonizing: fault as virtue: honor by association: projection: