He is a guest right this very moment on the Hugh Hewitt Show and that's what he said he did. If true it doesn't say much for the electorate does it? AS long as stupid people vote anyone can get elected.
I can understand why you might think that, but let me assure you, intelligent people ARE NOT just as easily manipulated as stupid people. Our main problem is thinking that stupid people couldn't possibly be THAT stupid---and we forget how necessary it is to exhaustively explain to them the things are are obvious to us.
Stupid people require exhaustive reprogramming to learn how to reason---and the recidivism rate is disappointingly high. (And yes, some of their decisions are as harmful as criminal acts, so recidivism, is an appropriate world to use.)