once again, you're mischaracterizing what took place. You gave example A as a waste of Congress' time and I gave example B of the same, which you agreed I was right about. So far, both on point. and end of story; or it should have been. But THEN, you started comparing the two examples qualitatively, moving beyond the point being made merely about the examples being a waste of time. You had already agreed that my example was valid, but now you wanted to demonstrate that your example was more valid than mine....because you can never allow it to be seen that someone has checkmated you.Us arguing about whether congress wasting time via A vs B is comparable is an argument about a single topic. That's not deflection.
An example of deflection would be me now changing the topic to a new topic, like this: you clearly don't know what deflect means, there is something wrong with you.
As I stated previously, deflecting doesn't require a change of topic, and especially not just because that definition suits your purpose here.. A deflection can be taking the point being made in a direction not intended by the point maker(s). It can be anything that draws the discussion away from that point and attention away from your comeuppance. That's what you do and that's what you did in this discussion.