Rhodey's my BFF and if I wanted him to be the next Iron Man, I'd hope everyone would be a-ok with that. Because I trust him to always do what's right. Still, yeah, I know that'd be a lot of pressure on him, and you're probably feeling that right now.
You shouldn't need public backing to be the next Captain America and save people. Steve's a good judge of character and you're the best person to take up that mantle, so that should be enough. Sure, we know there's assholes out there. And the Feds, but I'm used to calling them ass clowns on CSPAN when I need to.
What I'm getting at is if you need any public support, Sam, I got your back. And there's other people that will too.