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Falsehoods & Distortions
post hoc - proclaiming that because something occurred after X, it was caused by X, when no causal relationship at all may exist.
21:23: post hoc - proclaiming that because something occurred after X, it was caused by X, when no causal relationship at all may exist. : Taking the credit for defeating ISIS, when the military strategy used was largely inherited from the Obama administration.[2]
34:55: post hoc - proclaiming that because something occurred after X, it was caused by X, when no causal relationship at all may exist. : Taking the credit for African American economic advances that were already well underway in the final years of Obama's tenure.[2]
03:19: post hoc - proclaiming that because something occurred after X, it was caused by X, when no causal relationship at all may exist. : Taking credit for reopening schools, when the survey Biden cites was done in January, reflecting openings already underway before he took office.[1]