Yes, this is what I firmly believe. Many millions, not a few. IOW, a cold calculated move - screw the hell out of us to get our votes.
Not hard to believe since that’s what every so-called Republican and conservative was saying except for the Tea Party people last month. They were saying let’s not block it now because we’ll do better in the mid-terms if it goes into effect and fails. Plenty on FR were also saying the whole thing should be implemented with no delays or exceptions for that reason.
Ironically, Ted Cruz was called the “terrorist,” when it was the mainstream right wing that wanted to enact pain on the American people in order to extract their vote as a concession, the textbook definition of terrorism.