re: #60 Targetpractice

Can’t really see how. One could, in the same breath as condemning the illegal action, note that it would not have been possible if Willard had released his returns months ago. And any claims that the files themselves are fakes or altered is going to bring more calls to “prove it.”

The answer to “prove it” in that case is to simply point out that “disclosures” by hackers are entirely unreliable, that the people in question committed a crime, and “why are you buying that BS from criminals”. If I were Mitt, I’d also have my surrogates use FNC and the talk shows to play up how this connects the Democrats to being soft of crime and criminals.

It would also be possible to incorporate some “dog whistles” into the counterattack, but I do not recommend that be done nor will I suggest how to do so.