Blame Shield

(v.)
1. To immediately blame the nearest, most blamable thing for something/a situation when the real thing to blame is yourself.

This is most common with parents and leaders/people in places of power in establishments/companies, sometimes in governments.

Once, a kid got sick from second-hand smoking, and his parents (who were heavy smokers) blame shielded and blamed the kid's phone and the internet.

I blame the Indians

It’s not your fault if you blame the Indians let me explain if the Indians killed Christopher Columbus A lot of people in the Americas wouldn’t be alive so if the Indians killed Christopher Columbus you wouldn’t be alive making you not mess up

Person one: why do you do that
Person two: I blame the Indians!