Experience argues it would be tough to out-ugly today’s Republican leadership when it comes to the weaponization of personal insults.

Donald Trump has confirmed that repeatedly since Kamala Harris was elevated to the position of presumptive Democrat nominee.

It started immediately. She was “dumb as a rock.” She’d failed at everything she’d ever done. She laughed too much. She wanted to outlaw red meat to fight climate change. She “doesn’t like Jewish people,” even though she’s married to one. Doug Emhoff, her husband, is “a crappy Jew,” Trump agreed. She’s a “bum,” a “failed vice-president,” a crazy socialist. She’d fill the Supreme Court with Marxists.