@Esqueer_
He knoews he severely overstepped even for his base. so he's backpedalling rapidly, can't undo it though.
He'll try claiming it was an AI deepfake next
@Irish_Lad94
@Esqueer_
I think this is the same song and dance the base loves. Everyone knows he said it. He's attacking journalism to silence opposition and to use the streisand effect to spread the word online.
It's giving the fence-sitters a veneer of plausible deniability. There's no backpedaling.