Yeah, since 2016 it's become apparent that my father never believed anything he said about morals when I was a kid. Just saying the words he thought he was supposed to say.
My doc got me some serious topical shit from a compounding pharmacy : 30% benzocaine, 6% lidocaine, 6% tetracaine. Gotta put it on at scale and rub it in really thoroughly (use an exam glove for this so your fingers don't go numb), and cover it with plastic wrap. Do that an hour to 90 minutes before the appointment, and have a gummy on the way in.
That made it survivable for me, still not fun tho.
Second, to try to recast Harris as the more mainstream American. Your typical mayo-American suburban mom type's immediate reaction to Harris is going to revolve around a comparison of skin tones and evaluation of just how other Harris is. Pointing out that Trump is weird implicitly implies that Harris is normal by contrast.
Same reason she's going to pick some completely uninteresting Generic White Guy as her running mate.
Ooh that's gonna get your car keyed.