carpetbagger

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Mr. Fetterman, who is recovering from a stroke he suffered in May, has cast Mr. Oz as a carpetbagger and out of touch with everyday people.

From Washington Times • Sep. 3, 2022

From Heizer’s perspective, the family history proves he’s not a carpetbagger like some other artists who headed west to make earthworks, Robert Smithson prominent among them.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2022

We already knew that Stan Kroenke is a carpetbagger who only brought the Rams back to Los Angeles to make money off of gullible NFL fans, but LeBron James?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2021

Chris Boyle, the campaign’s communications director, portrayed Mr. Gershon as an inexperienced elitist and a carpetbagger.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2018

Leslie, a South Carolina carpetbagger, declared that "South Carolina has no right to be a state unless she can support her statesmen," and he proceeded to live up to this principle.

From The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states by Fleming, Walter Lynwood