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How is the swamp used as a metaphor here?
It stands in for entrenched corruption or a murky, corrosive environment rather than an actual wetland.
What subject does the first quote apply it to?
It applies the metaphor to criticism of a specific political figure.
What subject does the second quote apply it to?
It applies the image to describing the hateful conditions behind a major act of violence.
Are these quotes meant literally about wetlands?
No, both use swamp figuratively to describe corruption or hatred, not an actual landscape.
What tone do both quotes share?
A critical, pointed tone aimed at exposing something troubling beneath the surface.
Both quotes treat the swamp as shorthand for something corrosive, whether in politics or in the causes behind tragedy.
