Media strategist Martha McKenna’s advice to Democratic campaigns facing “defund the police” hits from GOP opponents: “If you don’t have to let that attack go, then don’t.” That was the approach Melanie Stansbury’s campaign took in June’s congressional special election.
C&E talked to McKenna about the spot her firm created to counter the attack from Republican Mark Moores and whether there’s a broader lesson here for Democrats ahead of next year’s midterms.
