Jake Tapper trips over reality while reminding Trump that protesters have 'constitutionally-guaranteed right to peaceably assemble' (and people have thoughts)

The Trump campaign has its first rally since the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown scheduled for tomorrow night in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the president tweeted a reminder for anybody who shows up to cause trouble:

Any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes who are going to Oklahoma please understand, you will not be treated like you have been in New York, Seattle, or Minneapolis. It will be a much different scene!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 19, 2020

CNN’s Jake Tapper felt compelled to share a reminder with the president:

Protesters have a Constitutionally-guaranteed right to peaceably assemble. https://t.co/H82HTXkxxE

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 19, 2020

First of all, would that include certain businesses owners and their customers, or does it only apply to “protesters”?

Weird, because when states barred protesting and church-going, there didn't seem to be much of concern about the Constitution. https://t.co/Z6jzPgVhbv

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 19, 2020

You weren’t concerned about church-goers though.

Why is that? https://t.co/T41PsPcOKd

— Stefan Molyneux, MA (@StefanMolyneux) June 19, 2020

Other “rights” also apply:

We have a Constitutionally-guaranteed right to own and carry firearms too, but that gets less of a passionate defense for some reason. https://t.co/v9ZrjoAT8E

— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) June 19, 2020

Besides, it’s pretty clear what kind of behavior Trump was referring to:

Reminder: "Mostly peaceful" is not the same as a "peaceably assemble" https://t.co/CQPhY9ADCv

— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) June 19, 2020

Jake Tapper trips over reality while reminding Trump that protesters have 'constitutionally-guaranteed right to peaceably assemble' (and people have thoughts)

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