Bck in 2000 I was taken aback by the sudden ignoring of then candidate Bush. After the DNC convention, he suddenly disappeared from the news, while Gore got all of the glory. It was obvious what they were up to, but we were taken unawares.
After 5 years of this stuff, we are able to anticipate their tatics, which is a good thing. We will have to keep on our toes and refute all sorts of stuff. Thankfully, we are now read by enough people that our refutations will be seen by a lot of people.