play the political card (purei za poritikaru kādo)

Idiom Politics

意味

to use a political issue to one’s advantage

政治的問題を自分の利益のために使う (seijiteki mondai o jibun no rieki no tame ni tsukau)

例文

"The minister tried to play the political card to gain public sympathy."

"大臣は公衆の共感を得るために政治的なカードを使おうとした。" (Daijin wa kōshū no kyōkan o eru tame ni seijiteki na kādo o tsukau to shita.)