Media: Opposing Obama Was ‘Treason,’ Opposing Trump Is ‘Resistance’

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By Heat Street Staff | 1:17 pm, January 26, 2017
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Remember the Tea Party? Conservative opposition to President Obama and Democratic policies was routinely portrayed in the media as “racist” “obstruction” or even “treason.”

This was a stark change from coverage of Democratic opposition during the George W. Bush administration, when dissent was “the highest form of patriotism.” Now that a Republican is back in the White House, protests against the president, such as the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., and cities across the country, is cool again.

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