I’m sorry that you cannot tell metaphoric language; that was my fault, if so. If lobbies successfully influence the government, they are a part of it, particularly where their successes (de facto legislating) affect the lives of private citizens. Especially foreign lobbies. Actions define things, rather than nominative definitions. Those lobbyists that are communists are especially government, even beyond a metaphoric indication.
That wasn’t metaphorical language. That was your retort to me saying lobbying push the government. That’s not metaphor, that’s you making up your own definition to words.