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by tomjen3 3657 days ago
If you are going to use that description, it will apply to every politician with modest success, however it is not what is commonly thought of as a demagogue, probably because something that applies to almost everybody is a meaningless adjective.
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Encouraging violence? Appealing to emotion I'll grant – though not typically as exclusively as Trump has – but appealing to prejudice? Not seeing it.