When in reality, it's just them projecting their own view. Libs or the media do it all the time when "defund the police" comes up. They say "well, it just sounds like you're getting rid of the police entirely and your messaging is off. Its gonna turn off people in middle america." or something.
I think there was a segment of a Citations Needed episode that talks about this.
Relevant Citations Needed eps that I could think of:
Sounds like what I was thinking of. Maybe I'll give those a re-listen this week