Besides, it COULD have happened, so they weren't wrong in the big picture, just like with those racist Catholic MAGA boys.
"Journalists" are already making excuses and practically creating "victim status part 2" for him. If America weren't so evil, he wouldn't have had to resort to this, and really he's doing us a favor by creating a national discussion.
Nevermind that had some "rednecks" coincidentally been in the area, they might have very well had their lives ruined, even if they would have eventually been found innocent (after losing their jobs, going broke in legal fees, etc.).
Yet this crap keeps happening, because there is never any punishment for the perpetrator(s). In fact they are "victims" for being caught.
And people on the left wonder why Hillary's "deplorable" rant became a rallying cry that got Trump elected.