People who put politics and power ahead of their faith and relationship to Christ manipulate religion and everything else they can get away with manipulating or lying about to help them gain power and/or further their agenda.
That's what it means, and whether it's some good ole' boy, a national politician, or some dolt running their mouth in a chat room, they all put their politics above Christ because they all have faith in nothing but Self and Self Alone no matter what they claim to believe in order to further their own agenda.
have a nice day