While I would ordinarily agree with you that this smells of hacking I can’t get over how absolutely clumsy the left has gotten in their bitterness.
There is a difference between a bully and a warrior. Leftists are bullies, which is why when their first intimidation fails, they have to "improvise" the second, or they run away, or fall into a heap of tears.
The problem for them is that, since Reagan, we haven't been led by a warrior, until now, so the first intimidations have always succeeded, and are still causing angst in the ranks of the GOP establishment. The more we are able to remove the establishment players over the next few years, the more successful Trump's agenda will become.