straw man - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it.
: Warnock did say some police in Ferguson had a "gangster and thug mentality," NOT that police were "gangsters and thugs."^[4]

straw man - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it.
: The insinuation of inappropriately trading stocks was an attack on Loeffler, NOT the America Dream or every single Georgian.