Meanings of political cudgel in English

Within hours of its splashy Libra announcement last month, Facebook's cryptocurrency plans had become a political cudgel.

Under Erdogan, his opponents say, it has been deployed as a political cudgel and hollowed out to an unprecedented degree.

The person who really pioneered the use of Section 230 as a political cudgel is Trump's onetime Republican primary opponent, Texas senator Ted Cruz.

Debates about "mental illness," a nebulous subject that's often used as a political cudgel, are fraught enough without introducing visions of a mysterious demon-y thing.

His Roman Catholic faith is a major inspiration in his music, and his willingness to take up political cudgels legendary.