I don’t care what the writers reasons are.
I think the citizens of Seattle and the citizens of Washington state deserve the governments they duly elected.
When they, the citizens of Seattle and the citizens of Washington state want to demand their governments change policy, any policy, they can do so.
The U.S. President nor anyone else needs to presume they speak for Seattle or Washington citizens who have in fact NOT spoken out for help against their own governments.
Yes. Criticize the governments in Seattle and Washington state but leave it to the citizens of Seattle and Washington state to pressure and or change their governments, but beyond that stay out.
I think the citizens of Seattle and the citizens of Washington state deserve the governments they duly elected.
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
H. L. Mencken