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With the race still deadlocked and Harris potentially needing a perfect run through blue wall swing states to win, leading Democrats on Tuesday conjured what they see as the extreme possibilities of Trump’s possible return to the Oval Office. The strategy looked a lot like a bid to put a frisson of fear through the party base to drive up turnout.

Yet there is a potential flaw to playing the fear card. The history of Trump’s riotous presidency is no secret, even if memories may have begun to fade. As he exploits voter anxiety over the high cost of living and immigration, attempts to remind the electorate of what his White House years were like have not yet been decisive. And while Trump’s wildness might alienate some critical moderate voters, his strongman act has delivered him to the threshold of the White House again. That’s partly because, for many like-minded Americans, his antics come across as strength.