Sentences with phrase «cynical shift to the right»
When Bill Clinton rolled out his infamous 1994 crime bill — his naked and cynical shift to the right, made for unapologetic political expediency, that led directly to a spike in drug arrests and incarcerations — he did it with support from black faith leaders, who said that while they didn't like everything in the crime bill, they did like its stated goal of protecting children.
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When the Journey 4 Justice Alliance (which is little more than a union - funded front group) filed a series of specious civil rights complaints against the school systems in Newark, Chicago, and New Orleans back in 2014, I wrote that the actions seemed to herald «a cynical shift in strategy by reform opponents» to paint charters in a racially - divisive light.