The phrase "crocodile tears" means someone is pretending to be sad or sorry, but they're not genuinely feeling that way. It refers to insincere or fake emotions. Full definition
No wonder Republicans are able to shed crocodile tears for debtors and attack President Obama for representing Wall Street (as if this is not equally true of the Republicans). (michael-hudson.com)
If the present direction of tax «reform» is not reversed, Mr. Obama will shed crocodile tears for the middle class as he sponsors the Deficit Reduction Commission's program of cutting back Social Security and revenue sharing to save states and cities from defaulting on their pensions. (michael-hudson.com)
It might be sad that no one and nothing can live up to these long - ago standards, but I am not going to start crying crocodile tears over what can not be changed and may, in fact, have never even been true. (hyperallergic.com)