Think of "The Scouring of the Shire" - Saruman died too early in the movie, after returning home the hobbits had to clean up the mess he made in the Shire. I think we can nominate Tim Walz as Frodo, needing to finish the job.

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Last year’s Democratic vice-presidential nominee has thrown himself into a robust atonement-and-explanation tour, though aides insist there is no grand strategy.