I guess it wasn't really against Trump supporters, but against people causing a restaurant owner to be harassed in real life. Happened to be Trump supporters, but to be honest it could have been any other subreddit; wouldn't have been the first time.
The only reason I've heard that this even remotely defensible is because it was against Trump supporters.
I'm sorry, but that doesn't cut it with many of us.[1]
I don't care about political beliefs. He abused his power in such an obvious & egregious way that he should be terminated.
[1] And not that it should matter, I hate Trump as much as the vast majority of Reddit & Hacker News.