Donald Trump: false equivalency


  Article: Appealing to Anonymous Authority
  Published: August 14, 2021

false equivalencysee definition - implying that two things are essentially the same, when they only have anecdotal similarities.
: Between just the raw number of whites killed by police and the raw number of blacks killed by police, when the number of blacks killed is proportionately twice the rate of whites.[2]



  Article: Offering False Dichotomy Solutions
  Published: November 12, 2020

false equivalencysee definition - implying that two things are essentially the same, when they only have anecdotal similarities.
: Between Obama's response to the swine flu and Trump's response to the much deadlier COVID-19 virus.[6]



  Article: Recasting Fault as Virtue
  Published: October 12, 2016

false equivalencysee definition - implying that two things are essentially the same, when they only have anecdotal similarities.
: Between Trump's tax returns, which he can release whenever he chooses, and Clinton's emails, which she can't release because they no longer exist.