The president's critics say the statements he made encouraged the violence that later took place and they faulted him for not calling quickly and forcefully enough for the rioters to stop their actions at the Capitol.
We should stay sceptical before such protests — if only because, were we to solve one surface worry without drilling into its ultimate cause, we'd simply facilitate its movement elsewhere.
But truth be told, I was actually there to talk about a problem— how our outdated patent system is fueling the high cost of medicines and costing lives.