"federal troops be immediately removed from the city."
"Turns out, chasing hard working people through ranches and farms and snatching women and children off the streets is not good policy."
"I’m Sen. Alex Padilla."
"If they’re willing to do this to a United States senator representing the state of California, just imagine how it’s going with their immigration enforcement."
"Madam Secretary, I do not recognize you anymore."
"Today is a big day for the Constitution of the United States, for our democracy."
"I was there peacefully. At one point I had a question, and so I began to ask a question."
"The National Guard will be redeployed to what they were doing before Donald Trump commandeered them."
"By night, several dozen lawbreakers became violent and destructive, they vandalized property, they tried to assault police officers."
"Come on! Is this really leadership? You’re an embarrassment to the United States."
"I encourage everybody to please peacefully protest – just like I was calmly and peacefully listening in that press conference."
"I have called for your resignation. I didn’t think you were qualified before your confirmation, and you have done nothing to inspire confidence in your ability to lead competently."
"You’re not worthy of my attention or my questions. You’re an embarrassment to this country, you’re unfit to lead, and there’s been bipartisan members of Congress that have called for your resignation."
"Your inability to hold yourself accountable makes you incapable to lead. To lead. This alone makes you unfit to be the secretary of Defense."
"You broke the law in sharing classified information and in doing so, endangered the lives of our service members that you are responsible for."
"California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the raids 'chaotic federal sweeps' that aimed to fill an 'arbitrary arrest quota.'"
"Clearly there's no invasion, there's no rebellion, it's absurd."
