President Trump will do one of his rallies in Minneapolis this week. Once this was announced, Minneapolis Mayor Frey and others made some uncomplimentary comments about Trump and were not particularly welcoming to the President. This negativity brought some negative reaction in the local paper and from Republicans basically arguing that you respect the office and recognize that elected officials are representatives for all.
At first I agreed kind of buying into the Minnesota nice thing, but then I thought about Trump’s behavior and the way he has treated Representative Omar. He is taking his road show into her home area. Representative Omar is my representative. She was elected by a significant majority of those she represents. Hence, the argument that we ALL should respect duly elected officials who were elected to represent all of their constituents is not the attitude of our President. Leaders model the behaviors they value. Well – what you see is what you get. Respect is something you earn.