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out of context - removing a passage or quote from its surrounding context in such a way as to distort its intended meaning.

44:37: out of context

- removing a passage or quote from its surrounding context in such a way as to distort its intended meaning.
: Youngkin was moderating a panel discussion at a Export-Import Bank conference, where he asked McAuliffe to explain to the audience how he goes about recruiting foreign businesses to Virginia.^[11]

1:33:06: out of context

- removing a passage or quote from its surrounding context in such a way as to distort its intended meaning.
: Biden actually said "Mitch, we want to see you come back," while he was in the midst of negotiating a budget deal with him before the 2014 midterms.^[10]

56:06: out of context

- removing a passage or quote from its surrounding context in such a way as to distort its intended meaning.
: Obama's full statement was "We've got to get the job done there, and that requires us to have enough troops so that we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous problems there." ^[8]

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