What is meant by the term stalking horse? DNC called RFK Jr. a stalking horse:
What is meant by the term stalking horse?
Meaning of stalking horse in English
in politics, someone who competes for a position that they have no chance of winning, in order to divide the opposition to a particular group or to take attention away from another person who that group really wants to win.
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stalk·ing horse
noun
1.
a false pretext concealing someone's real intentions.
"you have used me simply as a stalking horse for some of your more outrageous views"
2.
a screen traditionally made in the shape of a horse behind which a hunter can stay concealed when stalking prey.
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