I’m not talking about journalists who happened to be murdered on his watch (not that the murders of journalists in the Philippines isn’t gravely troubling!). This Nationalist-Socialist flat-out justified murdering journalists!
“Just because you’re a journalist you are not exempted from assassination, if you’re a son of a bitch.”
He was elected by the people, and these people are paying attention. They are not 100% satisfied with Duterte, but they realize he is the right choice for such a time as this.