You’re not reading too much into it. Republican campaign thrives through demonizing the democrats and media profits thrive through pitting one against the other, so there’s definitely an underlying goal here.

The fanatical will fanaticise and call this a hit list of people the Dems are trying to get rid of in order to derail Trump’s bid for presidency. It will make the people believing that the Dems are controlling the weather even more rabid for an uprising should Trump lose.