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muddy the waters - introducing irrelevant information or overly complex reasoning to confuse or complicate an issue that is otherwise straightforward and easy to understand.

20:59: muddying the waters

- introducing irrelevant information or overly complex reasoning to confuse or complicate an issue that is otherwise straightforward and easy to understand.
: Youngkin introduces unrelated comparisons, like the Texas abortion law and its flaws, which adds unnecessary complexity and ambiguity to his position on the abortion bill in question.

18:58: muddying the waters

- introducing irrelevant information or overly complex reasoning to confuse or complicate an issue that is otherwise straightforward and easy to understand.
: Trump introduces tangential points, like prior U.S. intervention, Nicholson's job performance, and Soviet history in Afghanistan, which confuse and dilute the question about holding Russia accountable for arming the Taliban.

22:45: muddying the waters

- introducing irrelevant information or overly complex reasoning to confuse or complicate an issue that is otherwise straightforward and easy to understand.
: Conway introduces analogies that are strictly a matter of opinion and wholly debatable, which add unnecessary complexity and subjectivity to the otherwise straightforward process of determining inaugural crowd size.