Sister Souljah moment

English Etymology Referring to presidential candidate Bill Clinton publicly criticizing activist Sister Souljah for her statements about the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Noun Sister Souljah moment en US politics A politician's public repudiation of extremism perceived to be allied or associated with them or their political party. en 2011-10-19 The GOP Needs to Escape the GOP w:Robert Schlesinger w:U.S. News & World Report 3 33 18 The embodiment of the no-compromise style the public disdains, Bachmann seems congenitally incapable of such a move unless it's a reverse Sister Souljah moment, where she castigates her party for being insufficiently beholden to its base. en 2012-09-17 w:Hardball with Chris Matthews MSNBC w:Chris Matthews http://www.today.com/id/49074549/ns/msnbc-hardball_with_chris_matthews/t/hardball-chris-matthews-monday-september-th/ Determined to get that office, to get that house, he's shown not a single "Sister Souljah" moment, not a moment of independence from the people to whom he's sworn his allegiance. 2012-10-06 It Could Be His Party w:Ross Douthat http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/opinion/sunday/douthat-it-could-be-his-party.html But this wasn't some sort of Sister Souljah moment, where Romney called out his fellow conservatives in order to curry favor with the center. https://web.archive.org/web/20220617032621/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/opinion/sunday/douthat-it-could-be-his-party.html 17 June 2022 en Further reading en eponyms en Bill and Hillary Clinton