Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves. But they do not stop there.

I cannot believe the disrespect that was shown to a United States senator, who was thrown down, handcuffed and not allowed to ask a question of our secretary of homeland security.

When the president of the United States is calling up your National Guard over the top of local law enforcement, saying that they don’t need it, that they have things under control, it tends to have an inflaming effect on what’s going on…

So you’re admitting that this is just a political circus.

This year, passing a balanced budget required the difficult decision that reflects the reality of Trump and Republicans tanking our national economy and attempting to strip away healthcare.

Direction to DoD forces to either detain, just as they would at any federal facility guarded by military, lawbreakers under Title 18 until they can be arrested and processed by federal law enforcement, or arrest them.

FEMA fundamentally needs to go away as it exists.

ICE will continue to enforce the law.

ICE will continue to enforce the law.

If some of us can be snatched off the streets without a warrant – based only on suspicion or skin color – then none of us are safe.

By the way, Trump, he’s not opposed to lawlessness and violence, as long as it serves him. What more evidence do we need than Jan. 6?

democracy is under assault before our eyes

democracy is under assault

Trump chose theatrics over public safety

What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty. Your silence. To be complicit in this moment. Do not give into him.

This is about all of us. This is about you. California may be first – but it clearly won’t end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next.

[T]his is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.

Trump, without consulting California leaders, commandeered 2,000 of our state's National Guard members to deploy on our streets illegally and for no reason.