In the Following Passage from a 1789 Letter, Maximilien Robespierre

In the following passage from a 1789 letter, Maximilien Robespierre denounced the decision to limit political participation to those with a certain amount of wealth (Thinking Like a Historian) : "No doubt you know that a specific sum of money is being demanded of citizens for them to exercise the rights of citizens; that they must pay a tax equivalent to three days' work in order to participate in the primary assemblies; ten days' to be a member of the secondary assemblies which are called departments; finally 54 livres tax and possession of landed property to be eligible for the national assembly. These provisions are the work of the aristocratic party in the Assembly which has not even permitted the others to defend the rights of the people and has constantly shouted them down; so that the most important of all our deliberations was taken without discussion, carried off in tumult. . . ."
According to Robespierre, how did supporters of property qualifications for political participation secure victory?

A) By threatening their opponents with violence
B) By shouting down their opponents
C) By bribing the opposition
D) By confusing the people with misleading arguments