It's common to go from 'crashing the gate' to guarding it.

He's the President—it's the responsibility of every citizen to criticize aggressively when they think it's warranted.

They're called 'facts', and my role is to amplify those, not cheerlead. And I don't care at all what you think of my motives.

When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies.