Isn't the issue here that whatever government does there still will be someone protesting against it? You know, watching the news and seeing 100k people protes

Isn't the issue here that whatever government does there still will be someone protesting against it? You know, watching the news and seeing 100k people protesting looks impressive, until you realize that you live in a country of 350M citizens and that 100k protesters is just 0.029% of total population. Add social media to the equation and it is entirely possible to organize flash mob of 100k of Game of Thrones fans demanding "EPIC BOATSEX". So, as a politician you learn very early in your career to ignore all protests, simply because someone is always protesting against something. You wouldn't get much done if you spent most of your time talking to protesters.