The election is two days away, and the national psyche seems to be unraveling.

Exhibit A: On Saturday night, Secret Service whisked Donald Trump off stage at a rally in Nevada. Attendees at the rally reported seeing a man with a gun, but no weapon was found.

https://youtu.be/O8VnUSoUTII

Here is the suspect being removed under heavy escort.

Man taken off rally floor under heavy police escort amid chaotic scene at @realDonaldTrump event in Reno. pic.twitter.com/eAyvkbrU8y

— M. Scott Mahaskey (@smahaskey) November 6, 2016

Trump returned to the stage. The scare over, reporters went back to their usual modus operandi: blame Trump for bringing on the threat. Glenn Thrush of POLITICO came up with this beaut, which he deleted. But, of course, the internet is forever. Here’s a screenshot.

Back-pedal, back-pedal. Thrush tried to explain what he meant — after getting called out on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/ninjazeebs/status/795074769636966400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Thank god Trump is okay – I deleted Tweet cos of the response, not the sentiment…wanted to discourage anger/negativity – Tweet stoked it.

— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) November 6, 2016

Uh huh. Riiiight.