Condeming political opponents as criminals even as your party comrades commit felonies is a common tactic of Marxism.

MEET EX-CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE AND ELECTION DENIER SOLOMON PENA (R). SEEN HERE BEING PERP-WALKED AFTER HIS ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH A SERIES OF DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS TARGETING THE HOMES OF DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS LIVING IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM.