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Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"He says health care in England stinks. He should know. He speaks with an English accent."


Definitions:

Kansas-Nebraska Act

An 1854 U.S. law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, leaving the decision of slavery to the residents, which led to a violent conflict known as "Bleeding Kansas."

Far-Reaching Consequences

Outcomes or effects of an action, decision, or event that have a wide-ranging impact, affecting many areas or people beyond the immediate context.

Abraham Lincoln

The 16th president of the United States (1861-1865) who led the country during the Civil War, preserved the Union, and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which began the process of freedom for America's slaves.

John Brown

A white American abolitionist who believed in and advocated for armed insurrection as the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States.

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