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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Jun 9, 2025

To call what’s happening in Los Angeles a invasion or a rebellion just defies credulity.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Jun 9, 2025

Trump’s actions, without a request from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, was 'unlawful' and should be rescinded.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Jun 8, 2025

Let me be clear: There is no invasion. There is no rebellion. The President is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Jun 8, 2025

President Trump’s order calling federalized National Guard troops into Los Angeles — over the objections of the Governor and local law enforcement — is unnecessary and counterproductive.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Jun 8, 2025

The President is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jun 4, 2025

He’s putting in all the people that will support him, or have a relationship to him.

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Anthony G. Brown
@anthonygbrown· MD· Jun 4, 2025

The ruling safeguards services communities rely on to educate students, preserve parks and care for the elderly from unlawful and reckless cuts.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Jun 2, 2025

With respect to the tariffs — and corporations using that opportunity to harm consumers, to take advantage of them, potentially manipulate pricing — this is the bread and butter of what we do.

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Andrea Joy Campbell
@andreajoycampbell· MA· Jun 2, 2025

Because we now do not have a partner at the federal level looking to advance consumer protection, more of these cases now fall on us.

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Andrea Joy Campbell
@andreajoycampbell· MA· Jun 2, 2025

The guidance and the work that we’re doing to ensure folks know what their rights are is just as important as the litigation that we are filing against the federal administration.

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Andrea Joy Campbell
@andreajoycampbell· MA· Jun 2, 2025

One thing I think we demonstrated in the first 100 days of this administration — and continue to — is that we are organized, we are strategic, and we’re unafraid to take on what’s coming, whether that be unlawful executive orders or…

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Jun 2, 2025

We're very concerned with the Trump Administration's ongoing threats to California schools

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Dan Rayfield
@danrayfield· OR· May 28, 2025

President Trump’s sweeping tariffs were unlawful, reckless, and economically devastating. They triggered retaliatory measures, inflated prices on essential goods, and placed an unfair burden on American families, small businesses and…

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Kris Mayes
@krismayes· AZ· May 28, 2025

I will continue to fight for affordability for Arizonans and against President Trump’s illegal abuses of power.

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Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· May 26, 2025

The ban on realistic-looking toy guns is meant to keep New Yorkers safe and my office will not hesitate to hold any business that violates that law accountable.

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Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· May 26, 2025

Walmart failed to prevent its third-party sellers from selling realistic-looking toy guns to New York addresses, violating our laws and putting people at risk.

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Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· May 26, 2025

Realistic-looking toy guns can put communities in serious danger and that is why they are banned in New York.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· May 24, 2025

This is an insult. A disgrace. And a betrayal of the promises made to Black people.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· May 24, 2025

We don’t need more promises. We need protection. We need power. And we need justice.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· May 24, 2025

We need systemic protections, not symbolic gestures.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· May 22, 2025

Reducing emissions is essential to the prosperity, health, and well-being of California and its families.

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