Argumentum ad hominem
Ad hominem arguments are personal attacks that have nothing to do with the truth of the target’s statements. Donald Trump uses this technique in practically every speech he gives. Hillary Clinton brought into question about his tax returns and why he hasn’t showed them, to which Trump makes an ad hominem statement of “I did! I emailed them to you” As a cheap shot of her controversial “Mass email” deletion.
Appeal to authority
In this fallacy, one attempts to justify one’s beliefs by appealing to a powerful figure. On the March 6 edition of Face the Nation, Hillary Clinton mention about how in the past, Colin Powell summed it up well also did a similar action, which Hillary stated in bases “If he did it, then why
Ad hominem arguments are personal attacks that have nothing to do with the truth of the target’s statements. Donald Trump uses this technique in practically every speech he gives. Hillary Clinton brought into question about his tax returns and why he hasn’t showed them, to which Trump makes an ad hominem statement of “I did! I emailed them to you” As a cheap shot of her controversial “Mass email” deletion.
Appeal to authority
In this fallacy, one attempts to justify one’s beliefs by appealing to a powerful figure. On the March 6 edition of Face the Nation, Hillary Clinton mention about how in the past, Colin Powell summed it up well also did a similar action, which Hillary stated in bases “If he did it, then why