attack dog

For the right-wing man of our time, the craving is more for an attack dog, someone who will charge in to fight your battles, unconstrained by intellectual concerns about whether doing so makes sense.

I know many people saw Pierre Poilievre as an attack dog when he was the opposition leader, but since he's been campaigning to be PM, I've seen a different side of him.

The president-elect’s first choice for attorney general, attack dog and former Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, fell under the weight of his own legal woes.

Whichever persona he assumes, attack dog or affable colleague, the lies are the one consistent feature of his speeches.

Instead, he focuses on being “an attack dog.”