carpetbagger

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“People do worry about a top-down approach,” Hernandez added, lamenting the L.A. carpetbagger attitude of “‘we know what we’re doing, we don’t need your input.’

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2022

St. John is a Christian speaker and home schooling advocate who has feuded with Kent, a decorated Army Ranger combat veteran, calling him a carpetbagger with few ties to the 3rd District.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2022

“Within two weeks or three weeks there was no mention ever made of Bobby Kennedy being a carpetbagger again,” Mr. Lois recalled in an interview with journalist Andrea Chalupa.

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2022

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

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2018

Their new position as freemen taking a part in the government, the rôle of the carpetbagger, and the undesirable conditions of that régime play some part in the story.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 by Various