Sentences with phrase «score political points from»
They couldn't bother to vote on legislation on child abuse at EU, but they're now trying to score political points from it.
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Today much of our debate about marriage comes from a similar hope to score political points.
«We, therefore, urge vice president, Osinbajo, not to join President Muhammadu Buhari in de-marketing our dear nation, in a bid to score cheap political points and divert public attention from their failure in governance.
«To use an event as tragic as Sandy to try and score a few cheap political points is beyond reprehensible, and I expect more from my NYC colleagues, who quite frankly should know better,» Grimm said.
«To use an event as tragic as Sandy to try and score a few cheap political points is beyond reprehensible, and I expect more from my NYC colleagues, who quite frankly should know better,» said Grimm.
«The time for petty point - scoring on climate change, from any political party, is surely past,» the Conservative MP said.
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has cautioned politicians from using the robbery attack that happened in Offa last week to score cheap political points.
There's a chance of that, certainly, but the strategists shouldn't let this sad news deter the leader of the opposition from scoring political points on a key issue affecting the country.
The website, 233prime, an initiative of Gabby Asare Otchere Darko's Danquah Institute and managed from their Labone office, on August 11 2016, posted images of the car, with the aim to wrongly accuse the brother of the President, who runs several businesses in and outside Ghana to score cheap political points, and accusing the first family of living an opulent lifestyle.
The number saying «there was too much party political point - scoring instead of answering the question» was down from 67 % to 45 %
As a group, we urge all, especially, politicians, to desist from using the Kingdom, the King and other relations of Otumfuo Osei Tutu, to score cheap political points.
While some people Used the Ebola epidemic to score cheap political points, God in his infinite mercies took it away from our land.
To now see Ralph Northam and the Democratic ticket exploit imagery from that tragic weekend to try to score political points is both outrageous and beneath the dignity of the offices they seek,» Leavitt said.
«To now see Ralph Northam and the Democratic ticket exploit imagery from that tragic weekend to try to score political points is both outrageous and beneath the dignity of the offices they seek.»
Beatriz at Dinner Rated R for language and a scene of violence Rotten Tomatoes Score: 78 % Salma Hayek is a masseuse whose car breaks down at her client's home, where she is invited to a big dinner with the very Trump - like John Lithgow, a greedy real estate developer with a very differing political, ethical and moral point of view from her own.
However, climate change has gone from being a scientific actuality to a political wedge issue, used as a cudgel by parties of all persuasions to point fingers and score points.
Gay rights activists knew that these Republicans were not on their side, but by getting them on the record struggling to explain their bigotry, this questioning likely reached moderates in favor of equality, while also helping to create a political environment in which Obama and Democrats were able to set themselves apart from the Republicans and reaffirm their support for equality, while also scoring political points with an influential constituency.
Are you saying the House Democrats retraumatized a bunch of teenage shooting survivors watching the House session from the gallery in order to score some cheap political points?