Accidentally Based (BBC Question Time)
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He could have made a great point, she saw that, and boom, to the demon they know how to fight and can 'score points' against with their sheep audience.
This. It's safer to target the white man with strawmen or gishgallops.
If the first fellow was based (doubtful, but never know) she runs the risk of being racist if she disagrees. If he is a flop like her, then it just becomes a damp squib of a segment.
She goes to the hated man first, sets up a strawman, then goes back to the first person to reinforce.