but she cant publicly say so or the uneducated masses with go bonkers
She is now in crisis handling mode and employing lies to recover.
She knows it will work because they could not fathom that she would lie to them. In fact, they cannot believe that their side lies at all, even though they know they themselves lie to win an argument. However, in their minds that is not lying, it is doing what is necessary for the cause which is more important.