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Steelmage99 said:Wouldn't it only be a tu quoque if the statement "Hillary sold 20% of US' uranium to Russia" was actually true, instead of the nonsense that it is?
No, because the fallacy is committed whether the accusation is real or fabricated. It's literally saying 'you did that too'. It doesn't impact the underlying logic if the accusation is untrue, and it's the logic that's the matter for concern when discussing a fallacy.