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Alisyn Camerota interviews Sebastian Gorka about defeating ISIS and Russian meddling.

By KC Dennison
07/16/2017 • 12:00 AM EST

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: Click or tap on any techniquesee definition - the definition will be displayed here.
 that appears in bold to show its definition.
: post hocsee definition - proclaiming that because something occurred after X, it was caused by X, when no causal relationship at all may exist.
: Crediting Trump for all ISIS territorial losses after he took office, when those victories were a continuation of a strategy started under Obama in 2015.[1]
: The "8000 mile screwdriver" is a term coined to describe Donald Rumsfeld's micro-managing of the troops in Iraq, during the Bush administration.[2]
: minimizationsee definition - portraying something you don't want to address as trivial or insignificant, to divert attention from it and onto matters deemed more important.
: Gorka downplays Trump’s failure to address election meddling by Putin, given what he claims are more urgent priorities like saving lives in Syria. more...
: reversal of realitysee definition - a statement that is not only verifiably false, but is the exact opposite of the truth.
: Trump was generally perceived as weak, not forceful, in Helsinki, and his message to Putin was not clear, but at odds with his own intelligence agencies.[3]
: minimizationsee definition - portraying something you don't want to address as trivial or insignificant, to divert attention from it and onto matters deemed more important.
: Gorka trivializes concerns about election meddling, given what he defines as "national security"—a category that seemingly excludes election interference. more...
: whataboutismsee definition - discrediting a criticism by accusing hypocrisy to shift the focus away from oneself and onto others.
: Gorka shifts the focus from Don Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer to get dirt on Clinton to a DNC consultant meeting with Ukrainian officials to get dirt on Manafort—redirecting scrutiny onto his opponent. more...
: attacking the ratingssee definition - (a form of red herring) the tendency to better remember and give more weight to information presented last attacking a news organization's ratings, circulation, or popularity, while not refuting the substance of its criticism.
: the American peoplesee definition - (a form of bandwagon) promoting a position as having the overwhelming support of all Americans, while providing no evidence that it does.
: whataboutismsee definition - discrediting a criticism by accusing hypocrisy to shift the focus away from oneself and onto others.
: Gorka shifts the focus from the questionable actions of Trump associates to the questionable actions of the Clintons—redirecting scrutiny onto his opponent. more...
: it's sadsee definition - the use of words or phrases with strong emotional connotations to influence the audience's perception or reaction without providing substantive evidence or reasoning.

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References
2. "Rumsfeld's 8,000-Mile Screwdriver". The Washington Post. Published: May 18, 2008.

3. "How Trump Ended Up Looking Weak in Front of Putin". Time. Published: July 16, 2018.