Trump Is Supposed To Be Defining Harris

Having seen a whole lot of campaigns:

The pivot—by K Harris, Tim Walz, Pete B, Sens Murphy * Schatz, others—to saying THESE GUYS ARE CREEPY AND WEIRDOS is an important shift.

'This is not America' is super-serious way of making the point. 'They're just weird' has extra punch —… https://t.co/xupsURlvDM

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) July 26, 2024

Instead, Harris is defining Trump.

Pittsfield, Massachusetts would like a word pic.twitter.com/qiUOknyZYa

 — George Conway (@gtconway3d) July 27, 2024

The emperor is buck nekkid. Label Trump “weird,” and how does he ever recover from it? After all, most of his campaign is about schoolyard insults. The attack you can’t rebut is when the schoolyard calls you “weird.”