But clicking it again would be reflex wouldn't it? The guy would be thinking that he was sending the TEST alert, that he was intending.
I think we all have the experience of blowing off warnings, because we think ( usually correctly, ) that we "know better."
... Of course, this doesn't excuse anything! How did it come about that this poor sap was put on the spot like this?
I have, not a theory but an idea of how the whole general tenor and mood of the "Get Trump" ambience can lead to this sort of thing, even if none of actual actors is conscious of it. Whether there is some master manipulator behind the whole thing, I couldn't say. I remain doubtful, but intrigued.
A lesson here for the naive: believe NOTHING the government tells you...especially one replete with LIB losers and their “friends”.