The media flap that was waiting to happen — the confrontation in which the cast of “Hamilton” dressed down from the stage our incoming vice president — followed the usual pattern of this sort of incident, which is that both sides tend to act badly, and only the rare soul does well. The cast behaved badly when it ambushed a guest in its house, without warning and in front of an audience it knew would side with it, committing therein an instance of “bullying,” which left-wingers all claim to abhor.

That said, Trump (and Newt Gingrich) did not help themselves either when they struck back in the aggrieved and combative manner in which the affront had been given, calling the play, which is said to be excellent, “overrated,” and leading some of their fans to sound idiotic in urging a boycott of a production that has been sold out now for years. It was Mike Pence, the boo-ee, if you will, who handled things better, telling his relatives who saw the show with him that “this is what freedom is.” This answer is fine, but it should be augmented. And this is what Pence ought to do: