Read the excerpt from paragraph 4.
Seven years of the Truman-Acheson Administration, and what's happened? Six hundred million people lost to the Communists. And a
war in Korea in which we have lost 117,000 American casualties, and I say to all of you that a policy that results in the loss of 600 million
people to the Communists, and a war which cost us 117,000 American casualties isn't good enough for America. And I say that those in
the State Department that made the mistakes which caused that war and which resulted in those losses should be kicked out of the State
Department just as fast as we get them out of there....
Which sentence best explains the credibility of the claim made in the excerpt?
OA. The claim is credible because politicians running for political office are not allowed to misrepresent the people they are
running against.
OB. The claim is not credible because it contains an ad hominem attack and hasty generalizations.
OC. The claim is credible because it mostly contains facts about what was going on at the time.
OD.
The claim is not credible because it contains loaded language and outcome bias.
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