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
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.
See Saul Alinsky