This actually seems more like something you’d see making fun of conservatives than a joke conservatives would come up with

Actually it’s only Zelda if it’s from the Zelda region of Hyrule, otherwise it’s a sparkling twink.

This kind of shit isn’t surprising, occasional exercises in self awareness and depreciation are a clever way for people to come off as more good faith than they actually are. Often people in power will preformatively cop to their own faults and hypocrisies in order to lend themselves an air of humility.