play politics

1. Act for personal or political gain rather than principle, as in I don't think this judge is fair—he's playing politics. [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

Veterans’ health services, nutrition assistance to young women with infants… all of this is suspended because these guys want to play politics.

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It has very serious implications and the Democrats are willing to play politics and it is disgusting to us.

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“This is not something to play politics with. I’m grateful to the court for seeing the urgency of this dangerous diversion of homeland security funding.”

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Vullo, to demonstrate it can be evenhanded and will not play politics with the First Amendment.

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“I can't survive without Medicare yet when the time came to protect and fund Medicare, Congresswoman Kaptur voted no. A bipartisan vote and Marcy Kaptur chose to play politics instead of standing up for us,” the narrator states.

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