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Original Question
Megyn Kelly poisons the well, the Donald creates a strawman, and a few others.

What else? The Donald says "what I say is what I say", another fallacy that I can't recall the name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOqtra7j6UM

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"What I say is what I say" is blatantly obvious statement, but not necessarily a fallacy unless it is used in an argument. For example,

Person 1: Donald, do you think it is wrong to say those hurtful things about people that have little to no evidential support?
Donald: "What I say is what I say."

Here Donald would be Avoiding the Issue by committing a Non Sequitur .

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