An expert in political rhetoric singles out Trump’s repeated use of reification – the tendency to treat people as things – and the role it’s played in his tortured response to the leaked tape.
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Deputy Superintendent, Texas A&M Maritime Academy, Texas A&M University
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Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
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Assistant professor of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University
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Assistant Professor, Public Service and Administration, Texas A&M University
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Research Assistant Professor, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Texas A&M University
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Assistant Research Scientist, Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Physiology, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Law and Director, Workplace Law Program, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Biostatistics, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Economics and Government, Texas A&M University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Genetics and Genomics, Texas A&M University
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Professor of History, Texas A&M University
