I guessed you missed this little bit, emphasis added. Albeit, it's showing their approval of other people's speech, who did much worse than "calling him names"

I guessed you missed this little bit, emphasis added. Albeit, it's showing their approval of other people's speech, who did much worse than "calling him names": Caught off guard by Hillary Clinton’s election defeat, Democrats who defended these powers under President Obama may suddenly be having second thoughts as the White House gets handed over to a man they described — with good reason — as “unhinged,” and “dangerously unfit.”