If Dems refuse to be contrite about any of this, and firmly deny all responsibility for the shooting and pin the incident on the Republican intraparty strife, while also just dredging these tweets up for this guy, the whole incident will blow over as a point of relevance by the general. Why? Because the conservative outrage machine only advances when it successfully gets Democrats to express remorse for or condemn a person they wave in the Dems' faces.

If the Dems and leftists firmly say "I don't give a shit, none of this involves any of us and we let you get away with spewing far more violent rhetoric," at every turn, the chuds movement does not progress the same because they have no scalps to collect and show as a mark of progress. When someone like Jack Posobiec screenshots or quote tweets stuff and goes "can you believe this person?!?" and invite brigades toward some liberal politician or journalist, they only feel accomplished once the target has backed down, deleted their account, or apologized. If none of that happens and the attacked person is steadfast, the burning rage has nowhere to go and moves on to other targets or dies.

It is insane Dems have never learned this after years of it being done to their faces by Republicans, even for things like the Pelosi hammer attack that Republicans are actually responsible FOR. The initial chud reaction to a Dem doubling down might be to make threats or try doxxing, but if you're brave enough to face it you are by that point basically taking the bumblebees stinger and dooming it to death soon after.