Well, He Started It!

Here’s Kayleigh McEnany defending Trump’s attack on a 75-year-old man who was brutalized by police because he allegedly had some “very questionable tweets” — as if that justifies him almost being killed. #ThereIsNoBottom pic.twitter.com/dHnomI1GIT

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2020

Where we are now.  And this is who they are talking about:

The President must stop spreading lies about #MartinGugino, a peace activist and volunteer at the Catholic Worker. "Gugino made multiple trips from Buffalo to New Haven--a 6 and a half-hour drive--to help prepare and serve meals at Amistad House." https://t.co/Dm50de2GW7

— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) June 9, 2020

The president has claimed without evidence that a nonviolent Catholic peace activist "could be an ANTIFA provocateur." https://t.co/ExP6SCfCDF

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) June 10, 2020

McEnany is the first official to defend Trump amplifying a conspiracy by saying the questions he raised were legitimate. Republicans largely avoided it, White House aides said privately it was unhelpful & cringeworthy, and the chief of staff didn't comment while on the Hill. https://t.co/ajE721H2Mc

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) June 10, 2020

Maybe stop helping? Because, really, this is somewhere well south of "disgusting."

Indecent and untethered, the whole thing. The wild lies from the president and the elected officials unwilling to stand up for basic human decency. https://t.co/NlkwlHwaUD

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 10, 2020