If he shouldn’t be there, did anyone think of just calling the police?
Bad idea, the police do not “come to the rescue” , they merely enforce the laws of a tyrranical state, no guarantee they will do the right thing
Calling the police is almost always a bad idea.
I really see two mistakes here. First that the gop op didn’t expect thuggish behavior and second that he and his team weren’t prepared to respond accordingly if that were the case.