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Recent Examples of demagogic
These were the kind of comments that Republicans of the past might have seen at Democratic conventions and viewed as demagogic.
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Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
First off, reading out demagogic business bashing scripts is not Biden’s nature.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 26 June 2024
This time, an incumbent president had narrowly defeated a demagogic challenger, who was refusing to concede.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
Within a year, Fulbright had helped persuade 66 other senators to join him in censuring McCarthy and ending his demagogic run.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
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Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
First off, reading out demagogic business bashing scripts is not Biden’s nature.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 26 June 2024
This time, an incumbent president had narrowly defeated a demagogic challenger, who was refusing to concede.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
Within a year, Fulbright had helped persuade 66 other senators to join him in censuring McCarthy and ending his demagogic run.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demagogic
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On Friday, Tarrio attended a press conference alongside other Proud Boys and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who was also convicted of seditious conspiracy but had his 18-year sentence commuted by Trump last month.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy and sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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School districts opted to cancel class or switch to virtual learning throughout the eastern U.S. and as far west as Oklahoma, citing dangerously low temperatures and treacherous travel conditions.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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As President Donald Trump pushes to regain control of the waterway, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino offered his country as a transit hub for U.S. deportees, aiming to curb migration through the treacherous Darién Gap.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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The blame for this terrifying scenario, McCarthy declared, rested with traitorous federal employees, who had sold their country out and had to be purged from its service.—
Made by History,
TIME,
9 Feb. 2025
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Guinevere, usually relegated to the thankless role of traitorous wife, acts here as Arthur’s beloved confidante.—
Elizabeth Hand,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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By then, no official blacklist existed but she was routinely assailed by right wingers as a treasonous ingrate and tool of Hanoi.—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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Edward Snowden's treasonous betrayal of the United States and its most sensitive lawful intelligence activities endangered sources, methods, and lives.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Demagogic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demagogic. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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