Ethos In Bernie Sanders's Speech

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Although, it appears slightly in the beginning of the speech around the 20:44 minute mark ethos is the second appeal after logic. Ethos deals with the credibility of the speaker and is often based on moral character, and the beliefs of that person. In an attempt to get the audience to vote, for him he draw on ethos, here is a excerpt from the speech “I speak to you as former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Somebody was very appreciative of all the sacrifices made by men and women to preserve the essence of what we are as a nation, that is a democratic country. But I will be lying to you this morning if I did not tell you the truth that is democracy is under assault in America.” First and foremost, Bernie Sanders appealed