Chapotraphouse

I suspect they were copying the Demonrat tactic of propping up the more 'outlandish' candidates, whether they are socdem teachers called 'tankie' or Adolfo Mussolini 2.0, as to 'sabotage' the other party's campaign or something. This could work, if you're taught to hate these people, like some sort of Pavlov's dog experiment. This is called the Pied Piper strategy

Unfortunately, Republiremoved vulgar word media, like Demonrat themselves, don't exactly get that this could have the risk of backfiring.