"With all due respect, I am trying to understand why the Marine Corps Band appeared at a partisan political speech tonight, just after the sitting President announced his intention to run for a second term. I feel sorry for any Marine Band musicians who may have voted for President Trump in 2020 to be belittled, to their faces, by their Commander in Chief and be described in essence as enemies of the state. There needs to be a firewall, rule, or code for the Marines not to be used as props for any political campaign event. The two Marines at attention behind the President may have also voted for Trump and may have served under President Trump as their Commander in Chief. Marines follow orders regardless of politics, but this was a pure partisan, divisive attack on at least 74 million Americans who voted for President Trump and the Marines were portrayed as being supportive of this partisan divisiveness. Please stay out of politics."