Coming from CodeMonkeyZ (sorry, I do not have the telegram link): Refusing to pay the insignificant amount of a million dollars just means they have a better plan in place. Consider this a feint.
Stay on your toes and watch. I think he's right. It would be foolish to think they are out of ammunition.
He is just saying that the concern over the democrats implies that the good guys haven't planned for it. They definitely have.