And the argument that a *presidential election* can be turned into a referendum on something other than the president, well, you know, good luck with that.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) February 21, 2019
My response:
Previous presidential elections have been referendums on Massachusetts furlough law, the proper criteria for awarding Purple Hearts, and the wearing of earth tones.
— Steve M. (@nomoremister) February 21, 2019
I could have added "email server management."
If it were the summer of 2020, Republicans might find a way to make the presidential election a referendum on Jussie Smollett and Nick Sandmann, with the eager cooperation of the mainstream media (which is now as obsessed with the Smollett story as Fox News). I can easily see Sandmann, the smirking kid from Covington Catholic, having a speaking role at the Republican convention.
Republicans' main goal going into 2020 will be to find some trivial but potentially embarrassing fact (or pseudo-fact) about the Democratic nominee and work it until it's better known than the Democrat's stand on any issue. The mainstream press will play along. Failing this, the goal will be to find some enemy in the culture who can be hung around the Democratic candidate's neck.
It will happen. The only question is how well it will work.
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