You are. He said that about a peaceful, though noisy, protester.
Actually, I went back and looked up the reference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L0K8Xdrv58
It seems he made the statement in the context that if they attempt to throw something (Tomatoes I believe). I h ave no problem with that statement in that context.
There may be another reference, but I haven’t been able to find it as of yet.