Does anyone remember where the "Shoved Down Our Throats" talking point started?

[gvstn]

4. My Mom has been using it for a couple of years now

And I hate it every time she says it. It sounds gross. Perhaps I am taking it a bit too literally.

There was definitely one issue that it became the talking point for a few years ago. I'm not sure if it was the ACA or gay marriage or what? There was one week where every GOP talking head/Rep used it in reference to one topic and since then every pundit uses it for every topic that comes down the pike.

It has been bugging me because there is a new set of commercials for some "Reduce your Tax Debt--We'll negotiate with the IRS" company, where the "citizen" says "I didn't pay $75,000 in taxes and the IRS came after me, I called company X and they got the IRS off my back!" It is much the same to me where someone doing something wrong is euphemistically "attacked" without taking responsibility for their part in the whole affair. I don't like it.