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Republican governors like Greg Abbott in Texas cynically exploited this human suffering by busing and flying migrants in large numbers to blue cities like Chicago and New York.

They retreated into a defensive posture about the issue and then capitulated to the right by signing on to a highly restrictive border security bill early in 2024 that Trump and his allies nevertheless cynically torpedoed.

Worse yet, some observers accused leading Democrats of cynically using the "middle class" as a palatable cover for neoliberal, corporate-friendly politics that worsened inequality and aimed to preserve the status quo rather than challenge it.

And ultimately ChainFest felt cynically opportunistic.

Antiabortion statutes in many states have been cynically drafted with purported exemptions that afford physicians some leeway to perform abortions for women in extreme cases — say, for women in imminent danger of death or severe medical complications.