There is plenty that they could run on, although I agree with you that I personally think it's nothing. I'm sure they could just distort figures and run on an economic boogeyman to get at least 48% of the general population vote.
I think the reality is that this doubling-down on culture wars is (hopefully) alienating the folks that swing elections -- genuine independents in genuine purple states. That's a small, very influential demographic. Is destroying leftism really going to resonate with them? I don't know.
I don’t understand why they could not concentrate on providing support for issues that relate to rural voters, like farm subsidies, issues related to national defense, issues related to providing affordable health care, issues related to the opioid crisis that affects rural America, etc. They really just need to look at the nation and see what the problems are and make solving them their platform.
One issue they could grab easily: veteran and active duty mental health. I would like to see some form of mandatory therapy sessions for them after incidents and periodically. Why mandatory? Because people will go and no one can shame anyone for that.
I hope they don't let him off the hook. He needs to pay for his actions like anybody else. No matter what party or affiliation, if you break the law being a dick, you should get slapped on the dick.
It’s concerning and insane, but at least he’s showing everyone these behavior patterns instead of pretending to be normal in the interest of winning the election.