taking the bait

“Some people are taking the bait and are playing right into the hands of management. But the guild is not on strike over scented products, I can tell you that.”

She cautioned against taking the bait.

The Democrats keep taking the bait, and the liberal social media bubble swells with indignation — Can you believe he said it again?!

And in between he taunted and teased the Republican lawmakers in the chamber who were protesting and jeering, readily taking the bait — and even one person’s pin — to score political points of his own.

If we want to give democracy a fighting chance, we have to stop taking the bait.