U.S. Governors

This risks not only U.S. negotiations with Iran, but the safety of American service members, diplomats, their families and ex-pats around the region.

We are not going away.

For prioritizing diplomacy and refraining from participating in the military strikes.

But make no mistake: We do not want an all-out war in the Middle East.

Together, we are prepared to keep our communities safe while protecting Pennsylvanians' fundamental rights — and we will be working around the clock to ensure both the rights of protesters and the wellbeing of our cities and towns are…

Violence is not an answer to any political differences, destruction and chaos are unacceptable — and neither will be permitted here in Pennsylvania.

With demonstrations and protests planned across Pennsylvania this weekend, I want to be very clear: all protests and demonstrations must remain peaceful, lawful, and orderly.

The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying soldiers in Los Angeles not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle.

What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty. Your silence. To be complicit in this moment.

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

While you've convened this hearing to explore the issue of so-called 'sanctuary states,' Minnesota isn't even a sanctuary state.

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.

His family was set for expedited removal.

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.

By night, several dozen lawbreakers became violent and destructive, they vandalized property, they tried to assault police officers.

The idea of bringing more, yeah, I would say the President has the right to utilize every authority that he has under the Constitution, to utilize title 10 and to bring in military assets and National Guard units as needed.

This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful. Trump and his shock troops are out of control.

Democracy is under assault before our eyes.

The way that he acted was completely inappropriate.

This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.

If they can handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you.

California will sue to stop this latest illegal action by a President who is a wholly-owned subsidiary of big polluters.

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

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