Somebody needs to give anti-Israel protesters some tips on their PR. Agitators took to the streets Wednesday night to protest Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress and decided that the best way to make their case to the public was to burn the American flag.

Suffice it to say, this didn’t go over well. Their tactics were roundly denounced by Democrats and Republicans alike. But, as often occurs when protests involve the burning of the flag, a round of free speech discourse was spurred, primarily by former President Donald Trump, who argued that this expressive act is not just contemptible but actually ought to be illegal.