I don't buy it just yet. Weakest of my four scum reads, so it could very well be, but I still think it's an easy claim to make and an easy one to make day 1 because it gives you that opportunity to be like, 'hey don't lynch me, I'm admitting I'm a third party, I'll be on your side if you agree to joint win and town numbers will gain one in voting.'
Ok, the way that you said your sus made me think that you didn't read it