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: post hoc - 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 just 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]
: minimization - characterizing something that you don't want to address as trivial or insignificant, in order to shift the focus away from it and onto "more important" things. : Gorka trivializes Trump's failure to address election meddling with Putin, in the face of saving lives in Syria.
: reversal of reality - a statement that is not only verifiably false, but is the exact opposite of the truth. : Trump did not appear forceful in Helsinki, but was generally perceived as weak, and his message to Putin was not clear, but even at odds with his own intelligence agencies.[3]
: minimization - characterizing something that you don't want to address as trivial or insignificant, in order to shift the focus away from it and onto "more important" things. : Gorka trivializes Trump's failure to address election meddling with Putin, in the face of other "more pressing issues."
: whataboutism - discrediting a criticism by accusing hypocrisy, in order to shift the focus away from oneself and onto others. : Gorka shifts the focus from Don Jr. meeting with a Russian lawyer to get dirt on Clinton to a DNC consultant meeting with Ukrainian officials to get dirt on Manafort.[4]
: attacking the ratings - attacking a news organization's ratings, circulation, or popularity, while not refuting the substance of its criticism.
: the American people - promoting a position as having the overwhelming support of all Americans, while providing no evidence that it does.
: whataboutism - discrediting a criticism by accusing hypocrisy, in order to shift the focus away from oneself and onto others. : Gorka shifts the focus from the misdeeds of Trump associates to the misdeeds of the Clintons.
: it's sad - giving the impression that something has the universal disapproval of everyone, while providing no evidence that it does.
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