red herring - throwing an irrelevant fact into an argument to divert attention from the real issue at hand.
: Trump brings up his crowd size in Tulsa, which has nothing to do with why he chose to hold an indoor rally during the Covid-19 pandemic.

red herring - throwing an irrelevant fact into an argument to divert attention from the real issue at hand.
: Trump now brings up his ratings for the Tulsa event, which has nothing to do with why he chose to hold an indoor rally during the Covid-19 pandemic.

red herring - throwing an irrelevant fact into an argument to divert attention from the real issue at hand.
: Trump brings up his reading comprehension, meeting times, and global conflicts, which have nothing to do with whether he read the brief about Russian bounties.^[2]