Impossible to answer definitively without identifying the sponsorship of the operation.
Whether you think it malign or benign is still probably a matter of personal judgment at this point, but, intriguing though it was, I came to a conclusion after the 2018 midterms that did not subsequently change. The early meat was gone. The novelty gave way to recycling. Hope over logic became ever more obvious.
I know when I’m being manipulated, as I was married to a narcissistic sociopath for 8 years. I have defenses learned through painful experience. What counsel regarding caution I shared here was typically shot down by well-meaning anons, who were nevertheless too eager for the promised outcomes to guard their minds.