punching bag

Officers had "effectively become a punching bag", he said.

They were just a useful punching bag for fascist leaders, who needed a hate object to dangle in front of their deluded supporters.

His descriptions of crime in L.A. often border on the dystopian and echo conservative pundits who use the city as a punching bag.

The oil industry has been a Newsom punching bag for the last two years.

She also hit what has become a favourite Democratic punching bag, the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 blueprint for a Republican presidency.