Rumors
When dealing with politics you will always have wedge driving aggression rumors, which “[divides] groups and [destroys] loyalties”, and this is what lead to an investigation of how Hillary Clinton received donations for her presidential campaign (Knapp 497). It also helped destroy her credibility and she loss some supporters because of it. The rumor began when someone claimed that Clinton approved a quid pro quo deal with Russia, giving away 20% of uranium, to gain monies for her foundation. The rumors began with a book written by Peter Schweizer called Clinton Cash. However, Donald Trump turned the rumor into an even bigger deal. He changed the rumor slightly by saying that she solely approved the arrangement of 20% of America’s uranium to Russia. He used this allegation at least three times during his presidential campaign and is why I consider it to be a wedge driving aggression rumor. He used this rumor to gain support for his presidency and