“This is very bad optics and runs the danger of alienating the average American who agrees with the protest intent but is mortified by the sight of armed citizens presumably taking the law into their own hands.”
Liberals have scared people into always worrying about what others will think. It’s part of the Alinsky plan - make people think that what they are feeling is abnormal and they are the only ones feeling that way. Make them feel isolated, and therefore, powerless.
We need to quit buying into the liberal brainwashing.