[I don’t know.
If so, why were they told to move from a public park?
Would you have wanted Tea Party protesters to move off of The Mall just because Obama said to? ]
And in the past several days, the protestors had rioted and looted. Just what was the Secret Service supposed to do - wait for the President to be shot before dispersing the crowd? The media’s just annoyed that Trump’s not in the emergency room, either mortally-wounded or nursing a near-fatal bullet wound.
What’s funny about my defense of Trump is that I wasn’t even particularly much of a fan at the beginning. But who I really hate, with the heat of a thousand suns, are the people who are attacking him, not because I have any particular love of Trump, but because of what they’re trying to do to us - in this case, aid and abet rioters and looters who are destroying the livelihoods of tens of thousands of small business owners and their employees, many of whom are Trump voters. Trump-haters don’t hate Trump for who he is, a dissolute libertine full of braggadocio just like many of them - they hate us, and they are attacking Trump for engaging in the thankless task of trying to defend us.
That’s why I support Trump. Because there are more rewarding things he could be doing, from a personal standpoint, that would not alienate a huge chunk of the glitterati he used to associate with. He has been cast out of those circles precisely because he defends deplorables and right-wingers, unlike Arnold, Romney, McCain and any number of RINOs. He could have gone all squishy so he could have a quiet life like those RINOs, and go back to hobnobbing with the glitterati. But he hasn’t. He has kept the faith with us. And that is why I overlook all of his other foibles. Someone I thought would stab us in the back as soon as he took office has been far more staunch a supporter of our priorities than any president in the last century other than Reagan.
I understand this perspective and realize it engenders a lot of loyalty but I see politics differently.
I try not to put too much trust in any politician and I assume their willingness to fight for me lasts exactly as long as it's in their self interest.
That's why I have this anachronistic attachment to principle and the rule of law.
I also realize that hypocrisy is the default setting for all politicians and most commentators but I had to comment on Trump making a speech supporting peaceful protest while at the same instant using federal law enforcement to physically remove peaceful protesters from public spaces.