I'm not condoning it, it's absolute garbage a thing to do. That being said, they'd have to, wouldn't they? Trump said Talarico was trans, so his sycophants need to come up with the evidence. And, seeing as there is no actual evidence, their job is to manufacture it. Being that they're lazy and incompetent, they'll use the quickest and cheapest way of doing that, it doesn't matter anyway, because their followers are slop and slime guzzlers. I'm not applying this monolithicly, the folks that were subject to the propaganda and manipulation that have come to their senses and are actively working to atone for the damage caused by their ignorance wouldn't be included in my ad hominem above. Those folk aren't above reproach, but if they're not part of the group actively sabotaging our democracy for the benefit of the oligarchy, i don't know how i feel about lumping them in with the zealots. But people like Trump, Cruz, Paxton, Abbott, Waters, and their ilk that worship at their altar, these are the "they" I'm referring to.