mind control boss: "I'm going to mind control you! I'm doing it right now by saying this! Oh boy oh boy! I'm going to discredit you and make you fight amongst yourselves and make you decide on stupid things in public and"

left out mention of spreading misinformation 

mind control boss looks absentminded, counting things on his fingers
 
influential decision maker 1: "Do not mind control us. Turn right around this instant and absolve not to mind control all day and all night."

mind control boss looks at influential decision maker 1 with wide eyes.