I don't know anybody defending thugs.
I do..........you...........because Trump was referring to these animals when he made that statement.
A long time ago.........i'm older now...........I worked campus security..............primarily dorms..............a resident said a woman was yelling FIRE outside.......we called the police.........and I went outside to look for where it was coming from.
I found the car at about the same time the police arrived................and watched them pull a man raping a young girl STILL IN THE ACT OF RAPING HER.
They drug him out and had to allow him to put his pants back on before putting him into the police car for arrest.............he accidentally hit his head on the opened car door several times before he made it in...................To this day and thereafter.................I have no problem with his head hitting the door................
A young woman was scarred for life being raped in the very place she lived...........
How you interpret what I just said is up to you.............I simply don't care.
Trump's message was directed at the THUGS who are doing much worse things.