Political Rhetoric

https://newrepublic.com/political-ad-database/hillary-clinton-hat/OC8yNy8xNjpIYXQ

The campaign rhetoric I chose to write about is Hillary Clinton’s advertisement titled “Hat”. The visual advertisement calls Trump out on his slogan, “Make America Great Again” by using his products against him. When Trump continually talks about how jobs are being outsourced to outside nations at a cheaper rate, he forgets that he is also a business man who cares only about profits for his business. His products are all created in outside nations. His shirts are made in Bangladesh, his ties in China, and his suits in Mexico. So by definition, he is just a hypocrite that people do not research because he says what the average American thinks but is too afraid to say.

The ad itself is a logos speech, shown by the comparison of Trump’s statements of job outsourcing and what he actually does. I actually think this is a really effective way of persuasion because it shows that Trump is not loyal to what he says, it backs the people who call him out of flip-flopping on his statements. Now if he were to remain loyal to his statements of outside countries stealing the American peoples jobs, I believe he would have to discontinue some of his products due to being unable to exploit workers in the United States for lower wages which would hurt him business wise.

I am not a supporter of either candidate, but I do believe that this ad is highly effective in attacking the other. What I believe Clinton gains as a result of this advertisement are more media and press questioning him about his statement and how his businesses operate regarding his standings when it comes to job outsourcing.

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