Sister Souljah moment

plural Sister Souljah moments

1. USgovernmentA politician's public repudiation of extremism perceived to be allied or associated with them or their political party.

   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.

   2012 October 6, Ross Douthat, “It Could Be His Party”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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   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.

   2011 October 19, Robert Schlesinger, “The GOP Needs to Escape the GOP”, in U.S. News & World Report, volume 3, number 33, page 18

   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 September 17, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Chris Matthews (actor), via MSNBC