Perhaps, but if I can find a better example, you’ll understand better.
I will concede the author used the term only as a metaphor/opinion and erroneously cut the room’s reaction from the video clip (which would have made the point).
I think I understand what the expression is supposed to mean after reading all the comments, but IMO, it’s just another convoluted expression that I think those of us with half a brain should not “pick up”.