Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Self- . . .

-explanatory . . .


oxymoron (see bold text)
[ˌäksəˈmôrˌän]
NOUN
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true).


(from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/trump-attacks-yovanovitch-during-impeachment-hearing-democrats-call-it-witness-n1083651?icid=recommended)
". . . GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, a top ally of the president's who was recently made a member of the Intelligence Committee, noted that Schiff was the person who told Yovanovitch about the tweet during the hearing, suggesting she wouldn't have known about any alleged attempt at intimidation if he hadn't told her. . . "