carpetbagger

Example Sentences

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Opponents have painted Democratic Rep. Josh Harder of Turlock as a Bay Area carpetbagger backed by San Francisco elites and tech moguls.

From Los Angeles Times

As far as some Virginians were concerned, he was also an integrationist carpetbagger.

From Los Angeles Times

There were times when fans were skeptical of “carpetbagger country.”

From Los Angeles Times

That will be no mean feat in a district where she is already facing the “carpetbagger” aspersion.

From New York Times

Democrats have branded Hovde as a carpetbagger who left his California mansion to run for Senate in Wisconsin, where he was born and raised.

From Seattle Times