misdirect

Trump’s followers are also going to misdirect their rage, anger, blame, and other negative emotions and behavior at some “enemy.”

She misdirects him to an empty stall, then slips out behind him and pulls the door shut, using her whole body to prevent him from opening it.

It is kind of like the ultimate misdirect, you know what I mean?

So juxtaposing that line with footage of the adult Yellowjackets being threatened with evidence of their shared past — again — could be a misdirect.

“The inevitable outcome is an undermining of the broader missions of science and public health and the misdirecting of resources and effort,” they wrote.