The “Wrap Up” Smear, as explained by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, works as follows:
- Demonize your political opponent by telling the public lies about them.
- The press reports the lies as if they were true.
- You use the press reports as validation that your lies are true.
Sources:
- January 15, 2020. Chris Bronson. Nancy Pelosi Explains the Wrap-up Smear Tactic to the Press. Runtime: 0:31.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/mpYc8mjXO0B1/.
Video, Politician. - June 22, 2017. “User Clip: Nancy Pelosi The ‘Wrap Up’ Smear.” C-SPAN. Runtime of embedded video: 3:43.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4754024/user-clip-nancy-pelosi-wrap-up-smear.
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