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Trump and his loyalists, they thrive on division because it allows them to take more power and exert even more control. And by the way, Trump, he’s not opposed to lawlessness and violence, as long as it serves him.
Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves. But they do not stop there.
This is about all of us. This is about you. California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived.
If they can handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you.
Absolutely undermine the sovereignty of individual states.
You’re putting a federal problem on our laps. And know what? It gets old after a while.
The Founding Fathers did not live and die to see that happen in this country for no reason whatsoever other than vanity theater to instill fear, to incite a response.
He is not a monarch, he is not a king, and he should stop acting like one.
What we're witnessing is not law enforcement — it's authoritarianism.
The President, he did it on purpose. As the news spread throughout L.A., anxiety for family and friends ramped up and protests started again.
This brazen abuse of power by a sitting president enflamed a combustible situation, putting our people, our officers and even our National Guard at risk.
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.
$134 million should be going to LA’s fire recovery and is shameful.
[T]his is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.
$134 million that should be going to LA’s fire recovery. Shameful.
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?
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.
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.
What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty. Your silence. To be complicit in this moment. Do not give into him.
