Destroying government property is a crime, so will pro-Hamas rioters be punished like election deniers?

Compared to the burning of the American flag and virulent anti-Jewish nastiness on full display in Washington by rioters during the recent visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — בנימין נתניהו, what happened with defacement of the Christopher Columbus monument in Washington is pretty minor.

A pro-Hamas protestor spray-paints graffiti on the Christopher Columbus monument in Washington, D.C. PHOTO CREDIT: The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF). Video link in article.

There is no excuse for burning of the American flag in America. None at all. Period. Full stop. If people want to protest the policies of the American government, or if they don’t like something the president is doing, they have plenty of opportunities to protest and I will fully support their right to protest. I have plenty of my own problems with President Joe Biden, and the same for former Presidents Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton. I could make a list of things I didn’t like that were done by former President Donald J. Trump, former President George W. Bush, former President George H.W. Bush, and even former President Ronald Reagan (though a lot fewer than the others on that list).

In America we have a Constitutional right to criticize our government.

But when protests turn into destruction of property and defacement of symbols of our country — of which the flag burning was the worst, with…