She only had to win the primary to be the party's candidate. The general election may as well have been uncontested because of how solidly democrat her district is. The CPC could pull something like this off but PPC doesn't have this luxury. If it looks like the PPC will pick up even one seat, every PPC candidate will be subject to hard media scrutiny to find something that fits the narrative. Granted that if they can't find anything they'll just make baseless accusations of white nationalism but Max should still be careful about picking soft-targets for criticism.

Still though, when you're in the losing position there's no reason to run a "safe" campaign. For all his faults, Trump was a great model for how to shift from fringe candidate to winner. It's better to put out bold ideas then bland ones even if those ideas have obvious problems. You need to create a message that resonates with the voter base to build interested. You're not going to do that with modest tax reform policies.