They'll pay at election time and the media will pay in lost viewership/revenue. CNN is already finding out how that works, and Tulsi Gabbard got her ass handed to her on Twitter by people all across the spectrum. Bann is correct - their base is tiny and shrinking daily. The more they do this crap the more voters they lose. There are about 8 people in this country who want to have open borders and give everyone in the world health care on our dime.
The bots are correct that it was a political move on Trump's part, because he's got their number and knew that they'd destroy themselves.