"She" is well aware of what she is doing. She is denying that those who don't share her "progressive" views are human, as the first step in sending them to re-education camps, and from there to other camps where the non-humans will be dealt with permanently. It seems I've read about this sequence of events somewhere before. Maybe in reference to several different times and places in history.
With her tacit approval of course: "It's for the best. For the common good. For their own good."
'Tis why my finger itches when people like the author worry publicly about being rounded up and sent to concentration camps, and such. Liberals project their own faults on others, always.