Dear leader says 'hoax' and you accept it, because it feels good on an emotional level. You are in tune with the Universe, Trump smiles on you and approves, so hoax it is.
Some people might question and examine the logic and rationale behind the hoax label, and find it's an outright lie.
But if you are an emotional thinker, you need to stay away from the rational thinkers, because they mean you harm and disrespect Dear Leader, who is infallible. He said so, after all.
Never argue with an emotional thinker. He/she is immune to any appeal to logic and rational thought. And he/she may react in anger and do some violence. Emotions after all are his/her strong point, self control and rational thinking are not.
Learnt the latter from my visiting American sister in law. Asked why she decided she could not vote for Hillary, and only emotive statements came forth. Judgmental, negative emotions, with no logic to support them. The emotions were facts in their own right, no support needed.
Emotions are strong things, and remembered long after the chain of thinking that led to them has long faded.
Ask people if O.J. Simpson was guilty or not, and they will answer you instantly.
Ask them for details of the case, and they won't remember much. Ask them how they arrived at their guilty/not guilty conclusion, and they will be unable to answer.