It’s not that it shouldn’t, it’s that he’s claiming that it’s being levied solely as retaliation, and is either totally false or exaggerated for purposes of waging lawfare.

Retardocrats not being known for their reflectiveness, the simple assertion that, “of course we never do anything” is sufficient to get most of them convinced.

The reason there are so many of these is to get people to brainwashed reactive libtards to wake up and recognize “wait, no, it was us doing this, and they were talking about the shoe being on the other foot while we did it to them first.”

It reduces their support while increasing ours.