To me the problem isn’s having to answer voters on the issues — it’s giving airtime to snowmen.
Someone asks a question about Gorebbal Warming - say “the sun controls the warming and cooling of the earth not lightbulbs.”
A couple of homosexuals ask if they can get married, say ‘”sure, just not to each other.”
70% of the public agrees with those answers
I think the GOP understands that they aren’t really “questions” coming from the YouTubers, but rather political statements disguised as questions.