[Under normal circumstances he would probably be angry about this, but-- fine, whatever, he was a fool JUST KEEP ON BRINGING IT UP]

Do you really think this is any better than voting based on weak evidence? [Which is, at the time, what he'd thought he'd been presenting.] I'm not voting for people who just ran with a suggestion I brought up. Being an asshole isn't the same as being a murderer.

[Is he insulting them or defending them, it's hard to tell...]