Pro Tip #1: You will never change the mind of the person whom you’re directly debating. Thus, you will never “win” an Internet debate. Instead, focus on making your case to an undecided person who may be watching your exchange.

Pro Tip #1: You will never change the mind of the person whom you’re directly debating. Thus, you will never “win” an Internet debate.

Instead, focus on making your case to an undecided person who may be watching your exchange.https://t.co/ikzLkeewof

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) June 19, 2018

Pro Tip #3: Know the logical fallacies, and call them out when you see them.

Many times, these fallacious arguments sound good initially but fall apart with only minimal scrutiny.https://t.co/CM61NY9Gs0

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) June 19, 2018

Frank Luntz: Democrats in my focus group had a more negative response to Hillary's lies than Republicans

Democrats in my focus group had a more negative response to Hillary's lies than Republicanshttps://t.co/G0HM1xcODs pic.twitter.com/qjmp0gjcl1

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) August 22, 2016

A veteran Republican pollster tested some of Hillary Clinton's statements about her honesty on a focus group, and the results weren't pretty.

On CBS News on Monday, Frank Luntz showed voters video clips of the Democratic nominee, and Democrats actually reacted more negatively than Republicans when seeing Clinton attempt to defend her honesty.

In the first clip, Clinton tells CBS that she has always "tried" to tell the truth.

A chart on-screen that measured voters' reactions showed the green line, for Democrats, plunging even farther than Republicans' when Clinton insisted that she doesn't believe she's ever lied.

Luntz said it was "one of the worst responses on the campaign trail" he'd ever seen, and "not just in this election."

"You don't try to tell the truth — either you do or you don't," Luntz said. "The more that she said, the lower the line went, not just for Republicans but for Democrats as well."...

Clinton "pins" email scandal on Colin Powell, setting off firestorm https://t.co/hGwPbArwcn pic.twitter.com/mHb3lOw1FV

— The Hill (@thehill) August 22, 2016

.@realDonaldTrump: Colin Powell proved how dishonest @HillaryClinton is. He busted her for trying to pin email scandal on him - OTR #greta

— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) August 22, 2016

Hillary's cover up is unraveling -- fast. https://t.co/EQYDu6WQ71

— IBDeditorials (@IBDeditorials) August 22, 2016

.@stephenfhayes: "This is about HRC having made repeated representations that have turned out to be false." pic.twitter.com/iBTsqjV9XB

— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 22, 2016

State Department ordered to expedite publishing of 15,000 deleted Clinton emails https://t.co/oLZPCeWigC pic.twitter.com/wjwFxJHBDS

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) August 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton in July: "There is absolutely no connection between anything that I did as Secretary of State and the Clinton Foundation."

— Liz Kreutz (@ABCLiz) August 22, 2016

Next up: A discourse on the definition of the word "connection." And probably the definition of "no" too. https://t.co/okFdorWmEx

— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) August 22, 2016

Luntz Focus Group Calls @MarcoRubio #GOPdebate Winner

Luntz Focus Group Calls @MarcoRubio #GOPdebate Winner https://t.co/qW3rOvxnew pic.twitter.com/j598f3NlMH

— The Weekly Standard (@weeklystandard) January 30, 2016

Another packed house for @marcorubio in Dubuque, IA #NewAmericanCentury pic.twitter.com/ZzO25caqKz

— Jack Manning (@jManning711) January 30, 2016

Last of four events today—here's the crowd for Marco Rubio in Dubuque. pic.twitter.com/NNs4OYJDuH

— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) January 30, 2016

Frank Luntz on #GOPDebate: If Donald Trump shows humility, he will take that 22% and he can go to 30 or 35%

.@FrankLuntz on #GOPDebate: If @realDonaldTrump shows humility, he will take that 22% and he can go to 30 or 35%. #Hannity

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) August 6, 2015

A Kinder, Gentler Donald Trump: How long will he drop his finger-in-the-eye approach? http://t.co/xkYhBiBoVH

— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) August 6, 2015

GRAPH: Here's what the 2014 budget that Congress just passed looks like

GRAPH: Here's what the 2014 budget that Congress just passed looks like pic.twitter.com/RopNf0RYzl

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) January 18, 2014

Family Leader forum: GOP candidates talk faith, morality around Thanksgiving table

◼ GOP candidates share stories of personal hardships at Iowa forum - Boston Herald

A gathering of GOP presidential candidates on Saturday was unlike any other this year, when instead of finger-pointing and slashing at one another’s records, the rivals told deeply personal tales about faith, family and failures that left half of the six participants weeping.

◼ The Presidential Thanksgiving Family Forum, hosted by Frank Luntz. It runs for about 2 hours and has Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Rick Sanoturm, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, and Newt Gingrich. - The Right Scoop

◼ Watch the Thanksgiving Family Forum -- Complete Video (2:58:11 long)
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◼ Six Republicans vying to be their party’s nominee for president in 2012 met across a Thanksgiving dinner table on Saturday night for an unconventional discussion of their views and policy proposals.

The Thanksgiving Family Forum, held in a Des Moines church in front of some 2,500 social and religious conservatives, was an unusually freewheeling and philosophical discussion, touching on issues of morality, liberty and personal responsibility as well as hot-button issues like abortion and same-sex marriage.

Forum moderator Frank Luntz, the famed Republican message guru, challenged candidates Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum with mostly open-ended questions, and didn’t hesitate to press them on particulars.