Yes. Note that the person telling us is a new progressive elect with nothing to lose, no corporate support, and absolutely nothing to gain by hiding how it all works.

When possible, broadcasting an extortion attempt is the absolute best way to handle one, and they picked the guy with absolutely no reason to keep this hidden.

I hope and expect to hear more attempts in the near future: I can think of no better way to end the current practices than for those employing them to try them on this new crowd only to have them broadcast for the rest of us.