"Trump chose theatrics over public safety"
"An absolutely shameful use of taxpayer dollars that could be used to actually HELP people."
"Don’t come… If you do, you will be turned back."
"$134 million should be going to LA’s fire recovery and is 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?"
"Trump's actions put democracy 'under assault,'"
"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."
"These tactics sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city."
"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."
"Instead of rolling back the program — meaning cutting people off for basic care — we’re capping it."
"the deployment was poorly planned, and claimed the soldiers were 'without fuel, food, water or a place to sleep.'"
"$134 million that should be going to LA’s fire recovery. Shameful."
"There was 50,000 people outside. They were scaling the walls, scaling the walls."
"We begged the President of the United States to send in the National Guard. He would not do it."
"What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty. Your silence. To be complicit in this moment. Do not give into him."
"Los Angeles is my home. I am the proud son of immigrants from Mexico who worked so hard, who sacrificed so much to live their American dream."
"The increasingly aggressive and cruel tactics of the immigration enforcement is what's prompting the response of people who are passionate about speaking up for our fundamental rights and due process."
"The National Guard, to your point, it's not only not necessary here, it's counterproductive."
