Anatomy of Scams, Smears, and Political Dirty Tricks

Warning there's a lot of smoke and mirrors here

Distorting words. Cherry-pick data

Take quotes out of context

Political theater

Fact-checkers

Generalized from unusual single cases

Big Lie

Claiming a minor misstatement or ambiguous statement is a "lie"

Simple insults and name-calling

Lived experiences

Include one a weak version of something the opposition is asking for in a bill and then blame them when they don't support it.

https://www.scu.edu/ethics/all-about-ethics/top-5-dirty-tricks-in-politics/

Smearing the messenger

False flag

See Saul Alinsky