adding qualifiers - adding an extra word or phrase to a response, which makes it ultimately meaningless, but still leaves the desired impression.
: Pence's denial that Trump said things "in the way [Kaine] said he said them," is not saying that Trump didn't say the things Kaine said he said.

adding qualifiers - adding an extra word or phrase to a response, which makes it ultimately meaningless, but still leaves the desired impression.
: Democrats "talking about" defunding the police, is not saying Democrats actually defunded the police.^[15]