red herring - throwing an irrelevant fact into an argument to divert attention from the real issue at hand. : Masters brings up the positions he has on his website now, which has nothing to do with the positions he had on his website two months ago.[13]
red herring - throwing an irrelevant fact into an argument to divert attention from the real issue at hand. : Masters brings up Arizona's 15-week law and Graham's bill on abortion, which both have nothing to do with the position he held on abortion two months ago.[13]