Might mean (unverified): Attack or criticize less powerful people.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (punch down)

verb:  (intransitive, slang) To attack or target a group that is weaker or of lower status than oneself.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see punch, down.

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