The cynical view is that these people are simply using the attacks as a way to push through legislation that they wanted to push through regardless. Politicians like these are just opportunists and would use any hot button issue to get their way because they know that&#x27;s the easiest way to railroad through their pet laws. It&#x27;s easy to get people to vote against their own interest, all you need is fear.<p>There are many such tricks, another is to bring the important stuff up for vote in the last little bit before a session closes and to waste as much of the session prior to that by debating some inane point of some un-important issue at great length leaving insufficient time to debate the important stuff.<p>It&#x27;s all tricks and psychology, reason has little to do with it.