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|1|Ad hominem|any loser|When Trump first claimed the election was still open, it was briefly plausible that he was doing what any loser in a close election might do: looking for a legal path to challenge the results.|<br>
|2|Appeal to fear|damage he does to American democracy|He will leave the White House the same way he governed: gracelessly, chaotically, putting his own interests first — and heedless of the damage he does to American democracy along the way.|<br>
|3|Demonizing the enemy|gracelessly, chaotically, putting his own interests first|He will leave the White House the same way he governed: gracelessly, chaotically, putting his own interests first — and heedless of the damage he does to American democracy along the way.|<br>
|4|Disinformation|president-elect|That makes it more difficult for other Republicans to cooperate with the incoming Biden administration, despite the president-elect’s professed intention to seek bipartisan accord.|<br>
|5|Dysphemism|toxic politics|Trump will leave but his toxic politics are here to stay|<br>
|6|Exaggeration|will haunt the GOP and the country for years to come|His toxic politics will haunt the GOP and the country for years to come.|<br>
|7|Exaggeration|broader political crisis|But Trump’s continuing claims of fraud have turned his personal meltdown into a broader political crisis.|<br>
|8|Managing the news|refuses to confront reality|Some White House officials — the kind who insist on concealing their names when they’re quoted — have described a psychodrama in the halls of the White House, with a president who refuses to confront reality when it means he’ll wear the label he fears the most: Loser.|<br>
|9|Scapegoating|damaging his successor’s prospects of success|This may sound like bare-knuckled politics with a Trump-era twist. But by keeping the myth of election fraud alive, the president is doing something his modern predecessors never did: He’s actively damaging his successor’s prospects of success.|<br>
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