circular firing squad
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A political party or other group experiencing considerable disarray because the members…
A political party or other group experiencing considerable disarray because the members are engaging in internal disputes and mutual recrimination.
- "What we're seeing here is a kind of circular firing squad, with everybody standing in a circle pointing fingers at the person beside them," said Representative Robert S. Walker of Pennsylvania, the chief deputy Republican whip.
- He said it was not the party that had lost the last election, but the "circular firing squad" of MPs.
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