Think about all seven billion people in the world today and what do we have in common? No matter who the person is, they will make mistakes throughout their life. Yes, even future presidents make them too. Certain candidates are known for repeatedly being caught using logical fallacies. During the Democratic Debate, Hillary Clinton used two kinds of fallacies. Hillary Clinton used the red herring fallacy and the ad hominem fallacy. The first fallacy she used was the red herring fallacy. It means that the speaker will change the subject of an argument in order to distract the audience from the true question. She was asked if she should of seen the Benghazi attacks coming, but she clearly talked herself around the question. Once asked, she responded on how Benghazi had a murderous dictator with American bloods on his hands. She then mentioned that our closest allies were in Europe burning up the phone lines. Hillary Clinton then throws out the statement, “we never put a single American soldier on the ground in Libya.” Finally, she tops it off saying that the Libyan people had their first free election since 1951. Hillary Clinton’s time then runs out and the question was nowhere close to being answered. The next fallacy used in her debate is the ad hominem fallacy. The ad hominem …show more content…
Presidential candidates should answer how they truly feel and what they know about a topic instead of dodging or attacking the question like an ex-girlfriend. We Americans put our faith in the president to keep the country flourishing, safe, and great. In this democratic debate, Hillary Clinton used the red herring fallacy and the ad hominem fallacy. In the end, everyone can see right through her answers. All that people have to do is pay attention to how she answered these questions and they would be able to understand they are