Nobody knows who actually brought this up.
A lot of people would be interested in knowing.
The people involved so far, like Allred, are well-known Democratic hit men. Allred figured prominently in the California elections.
The Democrats practically invented the politics of personal destruction, going back at least to Robert Bork. The word "bork" is a verb for a reason.
As I said, the Democrats are dead on real issues, policies, and ideas. All they have left is to wreck the opposition.
What's encouraging is that the media doesn't swing the weight it used to. Information has a lot of channels now.