Instead, “owning it” means shaking it all up like a bottle of taxed soda. That strategy would hum something like this:

“Hey, listen: So, I admit I made a mistake here. It is what it is. Hindsight being what it is, yeah, I would’ve done it much differently. I didn’t mean to break any rules, and I’m sorry it went that far.

“But, let’s be real, it’s really hard to trust the security of government networks and servers these days. Do you trust our nation’s cybersecurity? Our networks are just so vulnerable, our cybersecurity is so porous, and, keeping it 100, I just had a really hard time trusting that on certain levels. And I wasn’t the only one, apparently. Just ask Colin. Just ask Condoleeza.