They won’t actually say it’s their position on issues unless they get enough support. It’s pretending to play devil’s advocate.

It’s more like a pseudo-devil’s advocate. Someone who claims to just be arguing against a topic for the sake of making a point even though they don’t agree, but actually doesn’t agree with what you said.

Isn’t the term, “playing devil’s advocate”? Take out the ‘playing’ and all you have is a devils advocate.