Politicians say a lot of things in public, and so it’s only natural that occasionally they will use words incorrectly. Lampooning sometimes follows, and in most cases the mistakes should be quickly forgotten and forgiven. (The exception being gaffes, where an inadvertent truth is revealed, but we can talk about that another time – I’m sure it won’t be long until we have an excuse.) Sometimes, however, our political leaders use a word incorrectly, and deserve to be called out on it. One such case occurred last night.

Source: I do not think that word means what you think it means | The Monthly