off message

idiom

: saying things that do not agree with the official position of a political group or party

A few Cabinet members seem off message on government policy.

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But congressional Republicans told Axios that Harris appeared to get under Trump's skin, leading him to repeatedly veer off message. —

Juliegrace Brufke, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024 Vicente is known as an elegant leader with a brain for operations who never steps off message, but her abilities as a fundraiser raised questions, the sources say. —

Matt Donnelly, Variety, 1 Apr. 2024 Driven not by ideals so much as by pain and anger, Norma McCorvey was prone to outbursts, and frequently off message. —

Marin Cogan, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2021 Step off message and the vice president-elect could get frozen out. —

Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2020 Ed Espinoza, executive director of the liberal group Progress Texas, said O’Rourke would get off message. —

Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2022 In the days following the 48-14 loss to Syracuse, Jim Mora got off message, sounded too much like his predecessors. —

Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 17 Sep. 2022 Don't let people get him off message. —

NBC News, 16 Jan. 2022 During his second of five rallies Monday, the president appeared upbeat and energized before a crowd of thousands in his Democratic opponent's hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, but veered off message to sow doubts about the upcoming election results. —

Caitlin Conant, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2020