It may have been an overreaction in the abstract, but they are trying to run a business. If things like this had been going on for a while, then eventually some

It may have been an overreaction in the abstract, but they are trying to run a business. If things like this had been going on for a while, then eventually someone is going to say "this isn't a political campaign, it's a business, and these interns are in the way". You can't give due process and full consideration to every inane idea. The business will come to a standstill.