Authoritarianism consists in undemocratic rule in which obedience is brutally enforced, and dissidence suppressed, using the security apparatus of the state.
Authoritarianism does not consist in using every avenue allowed within the rules of a democratic system in order to exercise power, even if it's "not nice".
Again, it's genuinely puzzling how you could conflate these two things.
Sorry, I can't take anyone seriously who doesn't see a problem with that philosophy.