It is him who did it that we should blame

Question

The sentence reads weird.
I want to emphasis that it is him we should blame, not me, not you, not anyone else, so I write the sentence like

It is him that we should blame.

It looks OK to me. But now I want to add some attributive to "him", like

It is him who refused to pay ....

And the whole sentence would be

It is him who refused to pay that we should blame.

Now it reads very weird. How do I save this sentence while retaining "It is him" part?

MMsset · Answer

You could go the direct route:
“ He didn’t pay, we should blame him.”
Being this direct emphasizes the seriousness of said allegation.
Or you just could say: “He didn’t pay”
↗️ This sentence implies that you and reader/listener know that the offender did not pay and therefore conclude that said offender is the person to blame.

It is him who did it that we should blame

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