This is a very QAnon way of responding to news. Just add in "who's pulling the strings?" and you are pretty much there. You make no assertions, don't engage with the news itself at all, but just "ask questions".
Ahh yes, internet-connected mass schizophrenia thanks to abusive leaders, anonymous/artificial internet commenters breaking humans. They team up on bad ideas trying to get their justice. Buckle up for more of this.
You missed the initial step where they engaged with the news enough to process it and realise that rich people paying taxes they owed was in some way bad for their political team and needed to be undermined.