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AZLD4Candidate

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1. I love right wing weasel words like "Some people" and "People are saying"

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Sat May 8, 2021, 03:10 AM

May 2021

They require no facts and are an attempt to put people on the immediate defensive.

Control the language, control the debate.

I can't wait to debate my opponent here in Arizona. . .I plan on turning that on him. "Some people claim you're nothing but a right wing tool that takes your talking points from the propagandists at OANN and Talk Radio. Would you like to explain how your ideas and those on whatever AM talk radio hatefest program are pretty much the same? How does that help the people in our district?"

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I love right wing weasel words like "Some people" and "People are saying" AZLD4Candidate May 2021 #1

She slipped that "President's relatively light schedule" in there too Shermann May 2021 #2