A dog whistle a white
Republican might use towards a black Democratic opponent while being interviewed on Fox news the day after that black man won his primary, and that electing said black man would be to "
monkey this up." Be warned, the white politician may try to deny the obvious connotation by pretending that this is a common idiom, like "
monkey around", or "muck it up," but you're smarter than that.
"We have to work
hard to make sure we continue Florida going in a good direction... The last thing we need to do is to
monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state." (emphasis on the word "
monkey")