When the White House attempted to conscript Congress into turning its investigative powers on his enemies, it boomeranged on them.
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The dollar was also stronger against the pound, which boomeranged on developments in Britain's plan to leave the European Union.
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We all saw how pockets of unethical behavior by some devils in the mortgage-backed securities market ultimately boomeranged on average homeowners.
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Many Democrats are still steamed over the party-line vote to impeach Bill Clinton, which boomeranged on the GOP even though he did lie about Monica Lewinsky.
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"The midterm politics of the Kavanaugh nomination just boomeranged on Republicans," said Brian Fallon, the head of the liberal activist group Demand Justice, which is leading opposition efforts against Mr. Kavanaugh.
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The British pound boomeranged on Thursday following Prime Minister Boris Johnson's call for a national election, plunging then recouping some losses to land half a percent lower on the day against the dollar.
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Kemal Ozturk, a former columnist for the pro-government newspaper Yeni Safak who is well-connected in government circles, said the self-interest of people close to Mr. Erdogan had boomeranged on them.
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Like most presidents, he did not relish consulting with Congress, a misreading of democracy that boomeranged on him, as a newly elected Republican majority refused to approve his plan for a League of Nations.
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NEW YORK, Jan 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yields boomeranged on Friday after the Labor Department reported that domestic job growth slowed more than expected in December, first falling on the news before retracing the dip shortly after.
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Halfway through the evening, the Texas senator reprised a campaign trail attack on Trump's "New York values," knowing that Trump would retaliate by characterizing it as a slander against September 11 first responders—and it boomeranged on him.
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Republicans went after Bill ClintonWilliam (Bill) Jefferson ClintonBen Shapiro: No prominent GOP figure ever questioned Obama's legitimacy The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump tries to reassure voters on economy 3 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 MORE hard, even eventually impeaching him; I vigorously opposed those moves then and pointed fingers at the Republicans for playing a dangerously divisive game that ultimately boomeranged on them.
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In December 1961, Goldwater had told a news conference that "sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the Eastern Seaboard and let it float out to sea." That comment boomeranged on him during the campaign in the form of a Johnson television commercial, as did remarks about making Social Security voluntary, and statements in Tennessee about selling the Tennessee Valley Authority, a large local New Deal employer. The Goldwater campaign spotlighted Ronald Reagan, who appeared in a campaign ad. In turn, Reagan gave a stirring, nationally televised speech, "A Time for Choosing", in support of Goldwater.
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Carpio says that song title is an allusion to the South China Sea and has an implied message that China owns the South China Sea. He said that the video is part of a larger effort of China to influence public opinion to make up for its failures at the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Carpio attributed the disproportionate number of dislikes of "Iisang Dagat"'s YouTube music video as evidence that the move "boomeranged" on China making Filipinos "more angry at China". Jay Batongbacal, Director of the UP Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea says that the video is an attempt to placate Filipino public opinion following recent diplomatic protests filed over China's continued activity to assert its territorial claims in the South China Sea taking advantage of countries' preoccupation in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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