Ch 7 Primo gets Sly and Doris’ form Christmas letter and the last paragraph is a doozy and even though it is completely irrelevant, I wonder about the random quotation marks – is there a code I am missing?

Our nation, from my perspective, is in a precarious state with little hope of immediate or near term fixes. I believe our political system is too broken for either "party" to remedy, and the ideological extremists make the situation worse with each passing day. I can't afford to waste my vote by staying away from the polls, but casting a vote for (candidate X) will be painfully necessary because (candidate Y’s) vision and personal profile portend a bleak and frightening alternative.