After reading the thread and the response there was definitly something unique at play here.
Unfounded rumor: "new rule"
Plausible deniability: I didn't make the old rule.
The response was obviously an admission that something old was being made new again. She didn't touch on who was implementing it.
Made me think of old laws in various states where the same argument could be made.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/st...-laws-by-state