political football
noun
: an issue that politicians argue about and try to use for their advantage
This issue is too important to be treated as a political football.
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However, the closure immediately became a political football, with Republicans and gas station operators blaming the policies of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Greater transparency about both the disingenuous arguments made by anti-ESG advocates, as well as greater awareness of the market-beating returns of gap-closing investments, can keep pensions from becoming a game of political football.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2024
Enter Gaetz and Republican Representative James Comer of Kentucky, the chair of the House Oversight Committee, who seek to address these concerns through performative resolutions and investigations that effectively turn Ukraine’s plight into a political football.
—Nina Jankowicz, Foreign Affairs, 4 May 2023
The costs of acidic rhetoric are on display in Springfield, Ohio, where discredited rumors became a political football.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2024
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Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Greater transparency about both the disingenuous arguments made by anti-ESG advocates, as well as greater awareness of the market-beating returns of gap-closing investments, can keep pensions from becoming a game of political football.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2024
Enter Gaetz and Republican Representative James Comer of Kentucky, the chair of the House Oversight Committee, who seek to address these concerns through performative resolutions and investigations that effectively turn Ukraine’s plight into a political football.
—Nina Jankowicz, Foreign Affairs, 4 May 2023
The costs of acidic rhetoric are on display in Springfield, Ohio, where discredited rumors became a political football.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Political football.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/political%20football. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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