Ever since President Donald Trump won the 2016 election, the authoritarian left has actively trying to undermine his Presidency. In order to defeat him, the left thinks they have to focus on his associates. As a consequence, many people working alongside President Trump have been the target of vicious campaigns aimed at destroying their reputation.

Trump’s second Army Secretary nominee, Mark Green, is the most recent victim of the left’s attack on Trump. As a result, he recently announced that he’s withdrawing from the position. He claims that by deliberately mischaracterizing his religious and political views, liberals have made him a distraction.

Earlier this week, Green released a statement letting his followers know that he’s withdrawing his nomination to be Army Secretary “with deep regret.” He explained that “due to false and misleading attacks” against him, his nomination “has become a distraction.” To clarify, he said, “tragically, my life of public service and my Christian beliefs have been mischaracterized and attacked by a few on the other side of the aisle for political gain,” adding, “while these false attacks have no bearing on the needs of the Army or my qualifications to serve, I believe it is critical to give the President the ability to move forward with his vision to restore our military to its rightful place in the world.”

BREAKING: Mark Green, Pres Trump's pick for Army Secretary, is withdrawing his name from consideration: pic.twitter.com/srGWhiH7uH — Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) May 5, 2017

Green was primarily attacked by the LGBT community for his views on transgender people. In the past, he’s said, “if you poll the psychiatrists, they’re going to tell you that transgender is a disease.” While this is true, it’s a fact that angers many liberals. They worry that the truth is too upsetting to those afflicted with the mental disorder. However, just like we don’t lie to schizophrenics by telling them that they’re well, we likewise shouldn’t deceive transgender people by telling them they don’t have a problem.

He was also attacked for comments he made about Islam. At a Tea Party event last fall, he encouraged his audience to “take a stand on the indoctrination of Islam in our public schools.” Liberals took this statement, which is simply common sense, and made it seem like he was a bigot.

They criticized him for his stance position on the Second Amendment as well. At a pro-gun rally in 2013, he claimed that by protecting one’s right to bear arms, the Constitution provides Americans with the “ultimate checks and balances” against tyranny. Specifically, he said, “the Second Amendment, while it allows citizens to protect themselves from other citizens, goes well beyond just allowing us to defend ourselves from a criminal.” He continued, “the men who penned and ratified this document gave us the right to keep and bear arms as an ultimate checks and balances against the federal government,” adding, “when considering magazine size and weapon type, comments like, ‘You don’t need a 10-round magazine to hunt deer’ completely misses the point of the Second Amendment.”

Despite being mocked for saying this, it’s clear that this was what our Founding Fathers intended. They had just fought off an authoritarian regime and didn’t want the United States to become one. According to them, if the citizens were just as well armed as the military, the government wouldn’t try to abuse their power. They wanted civilians to have the same weaponry as those in charge. Back then it was muskets. Now, it’s machine guns, aircraft carriers, and fighter jets.

In addition to stopping tyranny, the Second Amendment also makes it possible for people to protect themselves and their loved ones. Just recently, a gun-owning hero shot and killed an armed lunatic terrorizing a sports bar. Incidents like this are why it’s so important to protect gun rights. If he wasn’t there to stop the deranged criminal, countless others could’ve been killed.

Fortunately, President Trump understands the importance of gun-ownership. It’s likely that the person he picks to replace Green will also be an ardent defender of gun rights. On top of that, since the left has made it clear that they’ll viscously attack whoever he picks, regardless of their skillset, the person he chooses will be someone capable of standing up to the scrutiny.

The campaign against Green proves that liberals will do whatever it takes to undermine Trump. In order to ruin his reputation and hurt Trump’s, Democrats took many of his comments out of context in order to make him look like a hateful bigot. This type of behavior must not be tolerated. Anyone actively defaming others needs to be held accountable for the conduct.