Similar experience. A homeless guy ambushed me at the drive thru asking for money to buy a burger. I told him I’d buy him a combo and he said no, only cash. I gave him the money because I honestly don’t care how he spends it, but why ask for a burger at a Burger King of all places if you don’t actually want a burger? Now I’m stuck pretending like I’m some gullible idiot to spare him his dignity when he could have just asked for money.

I feel like this was written by someone who didn’t watch the debate. No one’s expecting a change in ticket to go well - the argument is over whether or not it’s necessary. This isn’t a “skeletons in the closet” sort of situation - there’s no amount of damage control that can fix this if it’s real. The media always frenzies when they smell blood in the water, and campaigns respond by stopping the bleeding or giving them something bigger to go after. Trump is wisely keeping quiet, and Biden so far seems unable to make this go away.