How Democratic Candidates Should Nail Their Republican Opponents If They Lied About Haitians Eating Pets
Tim Walz should not have played the nice guy with J.D. Vance during the debate. He was debating a monster who has dressed himself up as a smooth politician. Walz should have knocked Vance out at the beginning. It is too late to advise Walz on how he should have handled Vance’s claim that Haitians in Springfield Ohio were eating cats and dogs, but I hope this analysis will help Democratic candidates running for Congress in any debates they may have against Republican opponents who have pushed the same lie and have not retracted their statements with a sincere apology to the Haitian community. I am writing this while thinking about the race for the NY19 District between Democrat Josh Shapiro and his Republican opponent, Marc Molinaro. This post will include some details specific to that race. I will use red letters to indicate parts that are spefic to the Molinaro/Riley race. Other Democratic candidates will have to adjust these passages accordingly.
Instead of playing the non-confrontational nice guy during the debate, Walz should have looked Vance straight in the eye and said: