We will not participate in abuses of power. We will not violate court orders. We will not ignore the Constitution.

'If you are driving on one of those streets and a mob comes and surrounds your vehicle and threatens you, you have a right to flee for your safety.'

My job as the governor of Minnesota is to make Minnesota the best state in the nation.

I would rather that he came and arrested me than do that to the people of my state.

It is wrong to deploy the National Guard and active duty Marines into an American city, over the objection of local law enforcement.

It's wrong to deploy the National Guard and active-duty Marines into an American city over the objection of local law enforcement just to inflame a situation and create a crisis.

I didn’t realize how much animosity there is here – we have a responsibility to the American public to work together.

The way that he acted was completely inappropriate.

I think everyone in this room agrees with that, but nothing Minnesota has done to serve its own people stands in the way of the federal government managing border security and policies.

Trump is not a monarch and should stop acting like one.

democracy is under assault before our eyes.

California may be first – but it clearly won’t end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next.

The National Guard will be redeployed to what they were doing before Donald Trump commandeered them.

federal troops be immediately removed from the city.

Clearly there's no invasion, there's no rebellion, it's absurd.

Today is a big day for the Constitution of the United States, for our democracy.

We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city.

His family was set for expedited removal.