Yes, claiming to feel harassed or uncomfortable by other people with the aim of forcing a moderator to threaten them with expulsion from the space if they don't

Yes, claiming to feel harassed or uncomfortable by other people with the aim of forcing a moderator to threaten them with expulsion from the space if they don't recant a political statement is absolutely, 100% a way that many people attempt to push their political views on a community. Making any judgment at all about what moderators should do in this situation is equivalent to asking moderators to take sides in the political conflict at hand.