Americans tend to approve of the right to protest more in the abstract than when manifested. For decades, public protest often triggered an exaggerated reaction: If you don’t like how things are in the United States, get out. Particularly since the Vietnam War, this response has often been partisan, with members of the political right encouraging the frustrated left to simply leave.
Trump’s exaggerated claim that Pennsylvania has 500,000 fracking jobs
“And there’s very few states that benefit like you do from fracking. I mean, you have 500,000 jobs.” — Former...