In times like this ( in fact, at all times), the rule is the cat must take priority.
No kidding! Any other response would be attacking an authority to which one owes allegiance.
It’s only treason if the cat considers it to be so.
I’ve never known a cat that didn’t.
“You are…a traitor to the paws.”
You all win the thread 
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How about Carl Schurz’ full quote? “My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”
With cities and schools named after them, statues that are not allowed to be removed, and waving their flags at rallies supporting a former president and leading candidate?