To: The United States Senate
Apologies? Get used to Protests!
Donald Trump repeatedly ask for apologies for "harassment". Be it in response to a protest, a complaint, a news story, the list goes on. Demand that Trump apologize directly for the insults to the elected officers, media, groups and individuals he repeatedly maligned throughout the campaign, and learn the distinction between expressive free speech/peaceful protest vs disrespecting hate talk. It is the absence of punishment or suppression for speaking out that still distinguishes our government from those of other repressive regimes. Let us not tolerate any message from Trump or his cohorts that implies even a modicum of suppression.
Why is this important?
I read Mr. Trump's reaction to a NY audience booing Pence and enduring a respectful message from the cast of "Hamilton". This trend in Trump's comment and tweeting is morphing from blatant attacks to a more seemingly polite, "let's be civil and respective" facade. We are in danger of allowing millions of people to misperceive this as a calming, soothing, pseudo-uniting stance from the leader of the country rather than the controlling, suppressing manipulation it is. Expressing dissatisfaction is not harassment. As President Obama said: "Get used to Protests!"