carpetbagger

Example Sentences

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Boebert, meanwhile, is already painting her potential opponent as a carpetbagger.

From Los Angeles Times

He returned to electoral politics in 1994 when he ran for the Senate in his adopted state of Maryland, challenging liberal Democratic incumbent Paul Sarbanes despite criticism from some that he was a carpetbagger.

From Seattle Times

By the time Marty left Boston a little more than a decade later, the outsider had become unusually admired for an eternal carpetbagger.

From Washington Post

In this telling, Black Americans were dismissed as unprepared for the tasks of self-government and cast as props for regimes dominated by northern “carpetbaggers” and southern “scalawags.”

From Washington Post

Mayberry has responded by accusing Mowers of being a carpetbagger looking to move back to New Hampshire just to win a House seat.

From Washington Times