I guarantee they have been trying to do this for quite a while now. It’s part of the Rules, Alinsky’s Rules that is.
This is a false flag op and/or they are trying to scare people away from leadership positions in the movement.
Nothing new here, really, but we do need to stay aware...
The movement has no need of "leaders."
From FReeper ThePatriotsFlag
Something special is happening with the Tea Party Movement of today. Of course people will try to gain control of it because it is a very powerful source of energy. But the concern that it is “not controlled” and therefore “doomed” is unfounded. It needs not be nor should it be confined ... to a leader, to an organization or to a specific plan. Such activity would nullify the greatness of what it has become to date and could grow to in the future. One needn’t worry ... one only need to join the energy, shun people who attempt its control and allow plans to be spur of the moment. With a leader, there is a target, with an organization, a counter-organization, with a plan, a thwarting of the plan. But as pure ENERGY ... nothing can stop it. Think of it as energy ... join it, and be a part of this historical change-making effort.
The collectivists and central planners have no idea how to combat the movement so long as it is leaderless.....there is no target.
Asymmetrical warfare is the way to defeat them.