It's normal for activists to march in favor of their causes (climate change was the issue this week). It's certainly normal for the press to defend the First Amendment. What is not normal is for the president on his 100th day in office to rant and rave about the media in a campaign-style screed. It's not normal for the president of the United States and leader of the Free World to declare: "Media outlets like CNN and MSNBC are fake news. ... They are a disgrace." It's not normal for a president to stand in front of a crowd citing poll ratings — about the press. And it's sure not normal to read the poem "The Snake" to describe illegal immigrants.