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by snarf21 1702 days ago
This is a "no such thing as bad publicity" political tact. If the case doesn't go forward because, you know, the actual 1st amendment, then the next response will be how he is being cancelled by the liberal media. This is mostly signaling to his base that he is out there fighting for them but the other side isn't playing fair.
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I think it's more of a "screw gamers/intellectuals/scientists/researchers because my base hates them" tact.
As an aside, seeing the word "tact" used like this is a little disorienting, even if it is a widely used slang form of the word "tactic".

There is the (originally nautical?) term "tack" which means "A direction or course of action, especially a new one.", and it's hard to separate those similar sounding/meaning/looking words.