During a Fundraiser in May, 2012, Presidential Candidate, Mitt Romney

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During a fundraiser in May, 2012, Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney stated, "There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims … " Romney received criticism for this comment because his explanation was a fallacy known as a(n)

A) faulty analogy.
B) ad hominem.
C) non sequitur.
D) overgeneralization.