My opinion (YMMV):
I agree; she IS that dumb.
IDK if she was outright calling for a hit. She sure seemed (to me) to be hinting at that. It sounded to me like she was walking right up to the line.
The other option - again IMO - is that she is so comfortable with such idioms that they just come out when she speaks. Sort of Freudian? Or from habit? In either case, that says a lot about who we have as Speaker.
Regardless, it was VERY ODD.
AWK News 1.15.20: Targeted and Silenced for a Reason. Pain Coming.
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