''It's hard to be respectful of someone when we all have kids and we're watching him be misogynistic and xenophobic and racist and make fun of handicapped people. And what really bothers me are the people around him: The Sean Spicers, the Kellyanne Conways, the Reince Priebuses that know who he is and actually have the cynical approach and disingenuous attitude to really defend him and try to make it look like he didn't say what he said.

''And so when he's mad at the media for them reporting what he said, that just boggles my mind.''

Popovich said others would have punished for some of the things Trump has said in the past, including when he made fun of a handicapped reporter.

''If our children would've said it, we would have grounded him for six months,'' he said. ''Without a doubt. But we ignore all that because, because why? That says something about all of us and that's what's dangerous, or that's what scares the hell out of me to this day. It makes me uneasy.''