Scott Adams calls it "word thinking".
You "win" the argument by interpreting a word or phrase in favor of your point of view.
In this case, "Covid Vent" is the strawman that gets beaten like a pinata by the word-thinker.
I guess I can understand that. It’s the equivalent of the left’s “the wanna inject bleach to cure Covid” whenever hydrochloroquine is mentioned.
He’s a real wildcat LOL!