[SeekAndFind]

I know what it means, but who is the rose ( or the person referred to as such )?

[fwdude]

The rose could be the pope, depending on the context. It can also refer to an idea, ideal, or whatever.

What I'm saying is that the radical left has been giddily enamored by this pope, thinking he was one of their own in every respect, but when a contrary action or word emerges, at least from their own viewpoint, they suddenly turn on him as a "traitor."