Read the following sentence from the article The mob's storming of Congress prompted bipartisan outrage, as lawmakers accused Trump of
fomenting the violence with his relentless falsehoods about election fraud.
What does the verb "fomenting convey in the sentence?
(A) the idea that the mob was encouraged by false statements
(B) the idea that the claims about election fraud were new
(C)
the idea that many lawmakers are angry about the storming of Congress
(D) the idea that the Capitol violence came about swiftly with little provoking
.

a

Explanation:

Fomenting means to instigate or stir up, so Trump's encouragement fometed the violence

I don't know why politics and certain opinions are being forced on you in what is presumably English class, but the answer would be A, the idea that the mob was encouraged by false statements.

Explanation:

This is because it is widely believed that Trump encouraged the mob, with supposedly false statements, and that is what this sentence is conveying, with the use of the word "fomenting", which means to 'instigate or stir up'

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).

the underlined phrase is an example of : understatment