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Falsehoods & Distortions
straw man - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it.
52:05: straw man - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it. : Trump said NATO is "obsolete," NOT that it should be dissolved.[10]
1:04:35: straw man - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it. : Pence called Putin a "stronger leader," and Trump, "a leader, far more than our president," but NEITHER called Putin a "great leader."[11]
1:10:13: straw man - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it. : Pence said Putin was a "stronger" leader than Obama, NOT that Putin was a "better" leader than Obama.[11]