Felt like a pretty clear dog-whistle to me. Especially since the rest of the behavior around it looks like a dog-whistle as well. "How could you say it means t

Felt like a pretty clear dog-whistle to me. Especially since the rest of the behavior around it looks like a dog-whistle as well. "How could you say it means this thing. I've never heard of that thing before! I meant it in this other way!" But also the clarification gives away the game: "If you say that someone was given no quarter, you mean that they were not treated kindly by someone who had power or control over them." <- Even this could still refer to the war crime. The original tweet was saying "No quarter for insurrectionists, anarchists, rioters, and looters." Who would be the person that had "power or control" over people who don't recognize your authority? He has to be viewing them as military combatants, in which case he clearly meant it as the war crime, but ran to the other definition in the hopes it would cover it up.