The provided text examines how the media and public perception frame similar actions differently based on the individual performing them. It highlights the contrast between Governor Gavin Newsom's San Francisco cleanup for a diplomatic summit, which was largely praised as "civic pride" or "savvy staging," and Donald Trump's hypothetical cleanup of Washington D.C., which the text suggests would be cast as "authoritarian overreach" or a "coup." The article argues that this disparity stems from "frame lock," where preconceived narratives about political figures dictate how their actions are interpreted, regardless of the similarities in method or goal. Essentially, the piece asserts that "who is doing it" often overshadows "what is being done" in political discourse, influencing whether an act is perceived as beneficial or tyrannical.

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