In an interview with Huffington Post, Se. John McCain (R., Ariz.) employs an illegitimate Ad Hominem attack against Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.), Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas), and Rep. Justin Amash (R., Mich.).
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MSNBC host Chris Matthews engages in an illegitimate ad hominem attack against Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) when discussing the senator’s conduct during former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s confirmation hearing for secretary of defense.
Read MoreAd Hominem: MSNBC Commentators vs. Wayne LaPierre
When MSNBC’s Karen Finney and Eugene Robinson attack NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre instead of his proposal to put armed police officers in the nation’s schools, they are employing an ad hominem attack.
Read MoreAd Hominem: NRA ‘Elitist Hypocrite’ vs. Obama
A TV ad by the National Rifle Association employs an ad hominem attack when it labels President Obama an “elitist hypocrite” for supposedly sending his children to a school that employs armed guards. Sidwell Friends School, a Quaker school in the nation’s capital, confirms that it does not employ armed guards.
Read MoreChris Matthews: ‘Balloon head’
FlackCheck.org examines Chris Matthews’ January 24, 2011, comment on “Hardball” about Rep. Michele Bachmann (R., Minn.)
Read MoreEd Schultz: ‘slut’
FlackCheck.org highlights Ed Schultz’s characterization of conservative political commentator Laura Ingraham.
Read MoreRush Limbaugh: ‘Slut,’ ‘Prostitute,’ ‘Femi-Nazis’
FlackCheck.org flags Rush Limbaugh’s characterizations of Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke.
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