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03121aam a22004218i 4500 001 B89462D2D7AA11EAACEF483997128E48 003 SILO 005 20200806010102 008 191213s2020 txu 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019057727 020 $a 1623499062 020 $a 9781623499068 035 $a (OCoLC)1128453682 040 $a TXA/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E913.3 M47 2020 100 1 $a Mercieca, Jennifer R. $e author. 245 10 $a Demagogue for president : $b the rhetorical genius of Donald Trump / $c Jennifer R. Mercieca. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2006 264 1 $a College Station : $b Texas A&M University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xiv, 338 pages ; $c 25 cm 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a Trump and the Distrusting Electorate -- "I don't, frankly, have time for total political correctness." (Ad Populum) -- "It's going to be like this .... I'm going to continue to attack the press." (Ad Baculum) -- "You could have a Trojan horse situation. You could -- this could be the ultimate Trojan horse." (Reification) -- "Now, the poor guy. You gotta see this guy." (Ad Hominem) -- "I'm not saying that he conspired; I'm just saying that it was all over the place." (Paralipsis) -- "I am 'America First.' So, I like the expression. I'm "America First.'" (American Exceptionalism) -- Trump and the Polarized Electorate -- "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters." (Ad Populum) -- "Low-Energy Jeb!" (Ad Hominem) -- "I didn't tweet; I retweeted somebody that was supposedly an expert. Am I gonna check every statistic? All it was is a retweet. And it wasn't from me." (Paralipsis) -- "If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment, people, maybe there is. I don't know." (Ad Baculum) 520 $a "Political communication expert Jennifer Mercieca shows how the Trump campaign expertly used the common rhetorical techniques of a demagogue, a word with two contradictory definitions-"a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power" or "a leader championing the cause of the common people in ancient times" (Merriam-Webster, 2019). These strategies, in conjunction with post-rhetorical public relations techniques, were meant to appeal to a segment of an already distrustful electorate"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Trump, Donald, $d 1946- $x Language. 650 0 $a Rhetoric $x History $z United States $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Communication in politics $z United States $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Personality and politics $z United States $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Populism $z United States $x History $y 21st century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 2017- 648 7 $a Since 2000 $2 fast 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20221005015252.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210217010837.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B89462D2D7AA11EAACEF483997128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search