Attention Republicans: You're making the situation worse

Since the inaugration of Trump, there have been a lot of protests, marches, and outrage on social media.

Unfortunately, the Republicans are doing a very poor job of handling the situation.  They are simply saying that all of the uproar is just sour grapes coming from the Democrats, who are unhappy they lost the election.  Conway went as far as to say that she thinks the protests in Washington were "pointless".

Now, what the Republicans are saying has some truth to it.  There are some few protestors who are indeed just Democrats who are angry they lost the election and are acting out.  There are some who are the privileged elite who just can't believe the person who was going to give them special privileges didn't win the election and they are angry that they don't get to be better than everyone else now.  But there are also many real protestors who are concerned and worried about what Trump might do as President.  And those are legitimate concerns.

This is where the Republicans are failing horribly.  Instead of being empathetic to the fact that SOME people do have genuine and founded concerns about the Trump presidency, the Republicans are making the situation a lot worse by simply dismissing people and brushing aside their concerns.

The Republicans are content to sit up on a hill, looking down on everyone and blaming the protests and anger on someone else.  They don't seem to understand that in fact, that they are actually fanning the flames of discontent with their attitude towards these protests.  If the Republicans made it clear that they actually care, that they are concerned, and that they accept that people are nervous and angry right now, it would go a long way to help the situation.

These people deserve to feel that their feelings have been heard and accepted; making people feel like their opinions don't matter and are ignored is just going to incite more anger and outrage.

The more that the Republicans show raw contempt for the protestors, the more angry the protestors become and the worse the situation gets.

This is something that's clearly on the Republicans: yes, there are protestors and ugly situations happening, and yes, it's not all the Republicans fault, but they can and SHOULD be doing something about it to make the situation less violatile and less emotional: they should be LISTENING and ACKNOWLEDGING the situation and talking openly about how to address it, instead of just brushing it off.

Otherwise, the anger and division is going to continue, and the Republicans will be a major reason why.

LKvi