Sure. But context matters. I doubt everyone would have gotten too riled up if he was hailing a cab instead of showing alignment with neofascist ideals.

If “my” candidate wanted to do it, I’d seriously reconsider their fitness for office.

Just change every “X of Y” to “X of America.”

Then we’ll change the X, also to “America.”

I always heard it “…as long as a liberal had to smell it.”