scapegoat

She ends up being the scapegoat sometimes because people who are in charge are just going to be the scapegoat.

Meanwhile "Weekend Update" host Colin Jost is quick to throw his news co-host Michael Che under the bus as a possible scapegoat.

Humanity loves a scapegoat, especially one that doesn’t implicate the rest of us.

Sancho immediately responded on social media by saying he was being made "a scapegoat".

“That’s the thing. She’s just a scapegoat.”