Notice how quiet they are.... They know the drill...
The powers that be usually float a few attacks (often contradictory ones) before settling on the one(s) that they think will fly...
The faithful here know its best to wait until their masters have crafted the spin completely before committing themselves to a 'republican reality'. Once they are told the official way to view this THEN they will parrot it mindlessly... Just like the good little dittoheads they are.