“I can understand that but I was responding to someone who claimed ''You mean corporate lobbyists wanting federal enforcement of contract terms and corporate in

“I can understand that but I was responding to someone who claimed ''You mean corporate lobbyists wanting federal enforcement of contract terms and corporate interest.''” You left off the "had nothing to do with it?” part, which was a rhetorical assertion of equivalent hyperbole, but not a direct claim. If you want to interpret it that way you should to include the question mark in the consideration of your response....