Now the deep state: they. are. panicking.
Trump should just come out and say "My responsibility when calling it a hoax? How about your responsibility when reporting it correctly? Oh, that's right, you want to make me look bad whenever and however possible no matter who it hurts." I guess the severity of the moment would hope him back from saying such a thing, but I'm just so sick of these people not getting called out bluntly for their more than obvious bias. It's like they really believe the world is seen through their biased eyes and ONLY their biased eyes.
Imagine if I called someone "green" and a Green Party member comes out of nowhere and says "you're using the term 'green' because, obviously, you hate us." Yeah. Obviously.
Waiting for the inevitable Fake News report: "He said abreast and he happened to be looking at a woman while he said it! Here's why that is sexual harassment and why he must be impeached"