The Dworkin Report - This is a Major Loss for Donald

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3. It's called "anchoring"- So Gaetz is so bad that he makes some other monster look good by comparison.

The anchoring effect, also known as anchor bias, is a psychological phenomenon in which people rely too heavily on the first piece of information they hear.

In other words, if you hear a certain fact or number (the “anchor”), it can strongly influence your subsequent judgments or decisions, explains Haley Hicks, a licensed clinical social worker in Dallas, TX.

https://psychcentral.com/health/the-anchoring-effect-how-it-impacts-your-everyday-life#definition