Picture a Republican candidate standing on a stage, juggling. Some of the objects are tennis balls. Communism. Trans athletes. Voter fraud. Crime. Immigration. “Woke” schools. These are familiar subjects, comfortable political terrain, the things Republican candidates know how to talk about. Republicans spent years tying themselves to Trump. Now they’re trying to keep MAGA loyal, win swing voters, defend the record, and change the subject, all without dropping the knives. But