Senator Carter, I'm sure you will be happy to cast the deciding vote for our request to drill for oil in the Big Glacier wilderness area. After all, we know your wife is a double agent for the CIA, and I'm sure you wouldn't want her identity made known to certain foreign governments.
A) No fallacy.
B) Appeal to force.
C) Argument against the person, circumstantial.
D) Straw man.
E) Appeal to pity.

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This is an example of an appeal to force, where the speaker is attempting to coerce Senator Carter into voting a certain way by threatening to expose his wife's identity as a CIA agent.

Senator Carter, I'm Sure You Will Be Happy to Cast