Yep. They’d like to keep this charade up as long as possible. Whoever the big donors buy off, get the most money. Hopefully the days of crony funded corporate candidates are coming to an end.
Wouldn’t surprise me if Louie was somehow on the payroll chain too, or getting nice favors to do what they want him to do.
Even if Louie himself is not on a payroll chain, his follower minions certainly are. If they lose, he loses.