push around

Presumably, that made them easier to push around.

"I wanted to explore how there can be decent people in politics who are fundamentally good but get pushed around," he says.

But Hochul recently said she is “sick and tired of being pushed around” while other states refuse to adopt redistricting reforms and gerrymander to their full advantage.

Mr Deng told the BBC that while out canvassing, he and his team mates had been assaulted or pushed around by residents opposing the vote.

“We’re human beings, not to be pushed around like cattle,” Moody said.