Samuel Jacobs

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Vivek Ramaswamy tu quoque, saying that, because Nikki Haley's daughter uses Tik Tok, she doesn't have a right to call him out on his association with the app. @KYHSAPLC

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Chris Christie uses a very cliché phrase, saying that "those of us who forget history are doomed to repeat it." While this was a risky move, the audience seemed to enjoy Christie comparing a popular saying/lesson to a real-life issue. @KYHSAPLC

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Chris Christie also frames himself as an authority figure, albeit this time with a focus on combating Islamophobia. Through his imagery of combating hate crimes in New Jersey, Christie makes a much more compelling argument in his use of ethos then DeSantis did. @KYHSAPLC

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DeSantis, through his ethos, shows himself as an authority figure on Middle-Eastern conflicts through his time in Iraq. It is questionable, though, if this is enough for him to be an expert. @KYHSAPLC

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Ramaswamy's juxtaposition between the war in Israel and the "terrorists on our southern border" is extremely unique and controversial. This is also an argument from analogy, as he is ignoring the fact that Mexico is not rampant with terrorists in the same way Gaza is.

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Automatically, DeSantis is seen calling out the "elites" that "don't care" about the American people through his anaphora. Like the other Republican candidates, DeSantis is othering people like Donald Trump in order to appeal more to the population. @KYHSAPLC

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@normy90931 I completely agree with your claim that Biden is trying "to elicit a sense of pride in Americans," but would go as far as to say that we don't only see this with the Invasion of Ukraine, but more broadly with how he is handling global politics in general. @KYHSAPLC

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@AliyahHarow While I do not believe that didactic speech was as crucial to getting Americans to sympathize with victims of current wars, I like how you mentioned "elegiac descriptions," and I feel that you can put that under a broader, somber mood seen throughout the speech. @KYHSAPLC

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Throughout his speech tonight, Biden sets up the theme that the U.S. is a "beacon" of the world, meant to preserve democracies, as they had done in WWII. He emphasizes through repetition that "[they] have not forgotten" Ukraine, and "[they] cannot" give up on aiding democracies.

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As with his last speech, Biden brought in a story tonight about one of his emergency flights to meet President Zelensky in a war-zone. This implies a genuine tone, at least in the second half of his speech. @KYHSAPLC

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Biden speech tonight used similar diction to that seen about a week ago, repetitively stating that "in moments like these" the U.S. needs to stand up and support their democratic allies. This stresses the importance of decisions and opinions on foreign affairs today.

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Biden uses juxtaposition in comparing the Israel-Hamas War to America's 9/11, cautioning Israel not to be "blinded by rage" as the U.S. was. As head of a country that has gone through a similar calamity, Biden is guiding Israel not to make the same mistakes the United States did.