It is difficult to identify one credible thing in this article. News is not citing NBC. They have no credibility. News is not repeating what an unnamed lawyer told NPR. Lawyers, in general, have no credibility. They do things to keep their clients out of jail. NPR has no credibility. News is not expressing an opinion about what Trump supporters may or may not like. That has no credibility. Leftist journalists somehow think they can manipulate voters using this technique. I'll stop here. I need not rip this entire article to shreds. It is apparent it has all the components of a fake news story.
Well written news articles contain facts, named sources, eye witness accounts and tell you up front in the first three paragraphs the following: "Who", "What", "When", "Where, "How" and very rarely "Why", as the latter is usually opinion. (Or at least that is what I learned in a journalism course some 40 years ago.)
Excellent analysis.
The article is crap not worth reading or posting. It was obviously posted, and written, to demoralize people who are gullible.