as in demagogic
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Adjective
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In his Broadway debut, George Clooney plays the broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow, exposing the demagogic Senator Joseph R. McCarthy on air in 1954, during his Communist-hunting campaign of terror.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
1 May 2025 -
Both Medicaid and Medicare are fiscally unsustainable in their current forms, yet Democrats continue their demagogic attacks because scoring political points always trumps fiscal responsibility.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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One of the key claims involves a document titled 1776 Returns, which prosecutors cited as evidence of a seditious plot.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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The case is being prosecuted by Jeffrey Nestler, a veteran of the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. who handled the seditious conspiracy trial of the Oath Keepers and other high-profile Jan. 6 cases.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
22 May 2025
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“Rabble-rousing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabble-rousing. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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