I don't think you get it.
The whole point is that evil people succeed by getting people to a) look the other way, b) look past their lesions and sores (<Molly Ivins voice>: "But he's soooooow guud on the isshas!"), or c) see their considerable shortcomings as something else.
Slick and Hitlery obviously think it's possible to overcome her high negatives -- hell, that's probably catnip to both of them. What could be better than putting their tongues down Lady Liberty's throat without permission? More better, to claw their way into office, fighting all the way, the better to enjoy it and so that they can say they hold it by right of conquest.
On the other hand, people so depravedly amoral are incapable of comprehending that normal people just might find their actions repugnant.
Let's prepare for the worst and hope for the best.