If you did something wrong or you are trying to cover for someone who did something wrong, you would be in a panic about what people are saying and thinking. You would give a long list of instructions to your followers on what they should think and say. You would have written a lot of denials. You would have written a lot of clever talking points that are designed to deflect attention to someone else. A lot of leftists seem to be in a panic, somehow.
Democrats have always issued talking points. In most instances their emotions (anger, bitterness, etc) take over.