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The phrase "a hypocrite on the issue" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone who expresses opinions or beliefs about a particular topic but acts in a way that contradicts those beliefs.
Example: "Many criticized the politician as a hypocrite on the issue of climate change, as he frequently flew in private jets while advocating for reduced carbon emissions."
Alternatives: "a double standard regarding the issue" or "a phony on the matter".
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America, however, is a hypocrite on the issue.
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He appears to be a hypocrite on this issue as well as so many other things.
Day after day the governor or his surrogates dig up some statement or contradictory votes Mr. McCain has cast to try to portray him as a hypocrite on his signature issue of campaign finance law.
A final point: almost all American politicians are gigantic flaming hypocrites on the issue of women's rights around the world, including not only Hillary Clinton but everyone else running for the presidency as well.
He screamed that Obama was a hypocrite on diversity in that he used the issue of the war on women during the presidential campaign to pound the GOP and then turned around and stacked his cabinet with white males.
Warren Buffett is a bit of a hypocrite on taxes ("Soak the Rich …," Nov. 26).
The point of the article is that Mr. Romney is a hypocrite on guns, as on so many things.
But the admission, especially given Modi's previous statements to the contrary, prompted critics to brand him a hypocrite, especially on issues of empowering women.
On Wednesday, the Sun accused Brand of being a hypocrite for campaigning on housing issues when, according to the paper, he pays rent for his home to a firm in the British Virgin Islands – usually viewed as a tax haven.
It really has created the perfect Platonic form of fail: not only have the members of Reddit's core community made themselves look like hypocrites on an issue incredibly close to their userbase's heart, they have done it in order to protect a user who created forums to post content which was at best sleazy, and which at its worst bordered on the paedophilic.
In June, Hilton implied Lukyanova was a hypocrite for hating on the nickname that "literally made her internet famous". .
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