You know, if the regressives actually believed that, it puts their shock into proper context. However I have a hard time believing anyone is that stupid. I always assumed this was done to dampen Trump voters. Maybe some of it was but some on the left was too stupid to see that it was merely propaganda.
He probably believed it. If you look at the date, it was when the Trump/Billy Bush video and its aftermath were still the big sorry. The Comey letter was still a few days away from changing the subject.