‘Ignore Him’

Mark McKinnon, a former George W. Bush operative now backing Kamala Harris, writes in Vanity Fair that she should ignore Donald Trump in next week’s debate.

Said McKinnon: “He hates-hates that. You and Walz have figured out how to pick the lock on his psyche. Don’t call him dangerous—it only makes him appear stronger and bigger. Keep hitting him with weird. Keep bruising his ego. Not with head shakes and tut-tutting (neither of which works in a debate), but by brushing off his absurdities with clarity.”

He adds: “You don’t need to land a heavy blow, just a deft gut punch—and gut check—every now and then. Keep deflecting his jabs with composure, poise, and mild disbelief bordering on low-grade disdain. It diminishes him and makes him smaller.”