They're trying to own conservatives. They know that if they make Republicans vote on giving cops medals their base's instinct is to want the cops to get medals, but they can't vote to give these specific cops medals because they tried to keep the base out of the capitol. I think it might work because their base is hogs, and they hate comprehending anything. So these guys are going to have their vote split between the Republicans and the Patriot party, letting Dems get elected with no effort.
You wanted to understand how it worked using Lib brain, that's it. I can't make it make sense, the thought process really does stop after the "got 'em" moment.
You cannot convince me that those first two are not AVALANCHE members from Final Fantasy 7.
I figured it was going to be a joke involving FF7 somehow and that was the hmmm, but couldn't find any Barrett or Heidegger and quickly lost confidence in my understanding