What the Fallacy?!
False Cause
The Definition
Presuming that a real or perceived relationship between political events means that one is the cause of the other.
The Explanation
Politicians often confuse correlation (things happening at the same time) for causation to take credit for good things or blame opponents for bad things, even when the events are unrelated.
Political Example
The Governor claimed that because the state's economy improved two months after he signed a bill naming the state bird, his leadership directly caused the economic boom.