Good point. But I actually think this was one hand not knowing what the other hand was doing. Against Biden? As they expected during post production and the aforementioned distribution deals.
When Biden was dumped, changed the timeline and for the Dems, substituted one imp firsaired candidae for another impaired candidate, although not for the same reason.
Had this been an abortion first and foremost election, without the foreign policy issues and an economy that stinks, painting Trump as a wife abuser to Ivana, might have resonated more, given the E. Jean Carroll farce.