real issue

The real issue is that, regardless of his alleged sexual misconduct, he is stupefyingly unqualified for the job and his confirmation would present an immediate danger both to the rule of law and, though they may not yet see it, to Republicans themselves.

Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said the "real issue" was the minister's use of a government car and there would not have been a problem had he used public transport.

Many pointed out that there is already widespread rule-breaking in the water industry and said the real issue was a failure of the water regulator, Ofwat, and the Environment Agency to enforce them properly.

DeSantis had at first called the March 2023 New York indictment, which he noted was about Trump’s hush-money payments to an adult film star, a “manufactured circus” that wasn’t a “real issue”.

They may well be “hawks,” but that is not their issue with Trump and it is certainly not Trump’s real issue with them.