For just under 40 minutes, the Republican candidate who won’t release his medical records stood on stage and “swayed,” “bopped” and “danced” to a playlist of his favorite songs. It would have been a fitting end to a boozy night out with friends, perhaps, but as The Washington Post noted, it was an exceedingly “bizarre” way to conduct what had been sold as a “town hall” just three weeks before the presidential election.

Monday’s event, about 30 miles outside Philadelphia, was supposed to be as an hour-long opportunity to hear Donald Trump answer questions from voters in a must-win swing state. A recent poll found Pennsylvanians are most worried about the economy, the future of democracy, immigration, gun control and abortion; this would be an opportunity for the former president, who has dodged serious interviews and rejected another debate after face-planting at the last one, to provide cogent answers to pressing concerns — all while rebutting critics who question his mental fitness for office.

But after precisely four softballs lobbed by vetted members of the audience, Trump stopped taking questions altogether. Two people had medical episodes at the event, after which the former president decided it would better to instead stand on stage in silence as music played for the better part of an........

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