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The President is not a king and is not above the law. We will press forward with our challenge to President Trump’s authoritarian use of U.S. military soldiers against citizens.

The deployment is a chaotic escalation.

Deploying an extra 2,000 personnel would be Reckless. Pointless. And Disrespectful to our troops.

This isn’t a new deployment — it’s the same group of soldiers who have been diverted from critical wildfire work and work at the border, now twiddling their thumbs for Donald Trump’s political theater.

Padilla recounts 'being handcuffed just for trying to ask a question'

It's really hard to imagine someone doing a worse job as the secretary of homeland security.

This is clean up from the Pentagon. This isn't a new deployment — it's the same group of soldiers who have been diverted from critical wildfire work and work at the border, now twiddling their thumbs for Donald Trump's political theater.

The curfew played into the hands of federal officials who were attempting to depict Los Angeles as out of control.

The law doesn’t apply to us, and we don’t answer to you.

Donald Trump wants a spectacle not just to distract from his failed policies, but to justify his undemocratic crackdowns and his authoritarian power grabs.

If that’s what they’ll do to a United States Senator for having the audacity to simply ask a question, imagine what they’ll do to any American who dares to speak up.

What in the world does this mean Sen. Schumer?

Are we truly prepared to live in a country where the president can deploy the armed forces to decide which duly elected governors and mayors can lead our constituents?

Let that fundamentally un-American mission statement sink in.

If that is what the administration is willing to do to a United States senator for having the authority to simply ask a question, imagine what they'll do to any American who dares to speak up.

You've seen the video. I was pushed and pulled. Struggled to maintain my balance. I was forced to the ground, first on my knees and then flat on my chest.

Are you with the neocons who led us into Iraq or do you stand with the American people?

Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived.