I mean who cares. Big story over nothing.
It is not a matter of “who cares”. This is character assassination, done up close and ugly. An untrue and disprovable assertion is made, then the story is “walked back” when the push-back is vigorously applied.
This kind of fake news did not used to be subject to a strong disavowal, and the narrative got embedded in the national consciousness BEFORE it was dismissed. Allegations of this sort are now being made, not as an attempt to try to make the parties involved to “come clean” but as a means to dismiss and marginalize them entirely.
Alinsky tactics raised to national “shadow government” Deep State policy.
You have missed the point completely. The vicious Leftards have smeared the R. candidate with a totally ridiculous set-up provocation, enabled by the delusional FoxNews reporter. No one remembers when these smears get discredited, only the initial flamethrowing headlines have a lasting impact.... just as intended.