This is how your meme, you have a very good meme by the way, some people even say it's a perfect meme, this is how the premise of your meme will be debated.
They could, but they won't. They're too chickenshit to defy their reptilian overlords, except for the ones that ARE the reptilian overlords. (I am joking about the reptilian part, but not the overlords part)
It's like this - the Founding Fathers walked around in broad daylight with a huge bullseye on their front and back during the War of Independence. . .on 1/6 the legislators all ran away with their tails tucked between their legs even when it was clear they vastly outnumbered the people who got into the building.
