Crushed like Antifa and BLM were crushed?
Crushed like the many celebrities and social media darlings were crushed when they directly wished and threatened violence on the then President and his supporters?
Crushed.
How do you crush 70+ million people who watch ongoing corruption being rewarded with premium positions and fat contracts and thus choose a candidate who promises to expose and punish it?
Why would you want to crush them? Logic gives a ready answer if you want to crush people demanding honesty and integrity from their elected officials and from the media supposedly tasked with holding them to account.