Why is Spez so insistent on becoming public enemy #1? He's so obviously in the wrong here, yet is doubling, tripling, and quadrupling down on what is an obvious

Why is Spez so insistent on becoming public enemy #1? He's so obviously in the wrong here, yet is doubling, tripling, and quadrupling down on what is an obvious screw-up. Frankly I think this might be a worse PR move than what Elon did when he did this with Twitter's API. Is it someone in panic over a potential large impact on the IPO? I dont even think it would have that much of an effect if he hadn't gone on the platform to make the problem worse.