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straw man - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it.

An introduction to the straw man fallacy with examples. See authentic examples below.

1:08:49: straw man

- misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it.
: While the WH correspondent was questioning "the competence" of, among other things, the administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan, he was never questioning the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan.

42:12: straw man

- misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it.
: While Youngkin did say "Trump represents so much of why I'm running," he didn't say "So much of the reason why I'm running is because of Donald Trump."^[10]

08:37: straw man

- misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it.
: While Harris did say that Pence and Trump have failed in their handing of the pandemic, she said nothing about the American people failing in their handing of the pandemic.

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