[hedgetrimmer]

The point is that the article you cited in order to claim that Reagan, who proposed NAFTA during his first presidential campaign, was a protectionist

Excuse me mr. 'I attended law school', but I didn't make a claim anywhere. I just copied some text.

You're really reaching.

[1rudeboy]

Main Entry: ¹claim
Pronunciation: 'klAm
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French clamer, from Latin clamare to cry out, shout; akin to Latin calare to call -- more at LOW
1 a : to ask for especially as a right <claimed the inheritance> b : to call for : REQUIRE <this matter claims our attention> c : TAKE 16b <the accident claimed her life>
2 : to take as the rightful owner <went to claim their bags at the station>
3 a : to assert in the face of possible contradiction : MAINTAIN <claimed that he'd been cheated> b : to claim to have <organization...which claims 11,000...members -- Rolling Stone> c : to assert to be rightfully one's own <claimed responsibility for the attack>
synonym see DEMAND
- claim·able /'klA-m&-b&l/ adjective

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I refer you to definition 3 a. If you object to my choice of that word, then pick another one. If you choose to insist that you "just copied some text," fair enough. It's not often that someone admits that they bring nothing to the conversation.