Ms. Howell diverged from the Party line.
When a lib strays, even one foot, from the "plantation" the massa's beat the hell out of them. There is nothing like eating one's own. This must have been the first time that she has been the target of any vitriol, and she didn't like it, and is now in backpedal mode. The demonRATS beat her up, she throws the pubbies under the bus. Expected. Now she will be OK. Poor baby.