I would call it “exaggerated paraphrasing” or maybe “enhanced paraphrasing”, but certainly not “tortured paraphrasing”. In any event, Donald Trump is going to win this one, too. He really is a professional at this, and these professional politicians are really, really bad at this kind of thing.
Fact is: Politicians are really bad at EVERYTHING!! This is only a small example. What have the voters created? Frankenstein’s monster!!! Time for torches and pitchforks?