“This is what dumbasses do - paint themselves into a corner from which there is no rational escape”
Except when the dumbass is a deep state democrat. Then no-one will point out that they are stuck in a corner. That fact just goes down the memory hole of the media, never to be heard of again. If it is ever brought up, it is “debunked” or “old-news”.
For example, how many times have you heard CNN/NBC/ABC/MSNBC/NYTimes/WashPost etc pointing out that Kamala Harris actively urged the BLM/Antifa rioters on in public. Down the memory hole.