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This is a hallmark of authoritarianism.

In dynamic and fluid situations such as the one in Los Angeles, State and local authorities are the most appropriate ones to evaluate the need for resources and safeguard life and property.

We talked for almost 20 minutes, and he barely — this issue never came up.

He had absolutely positively no reason to even say that.

So, Tom, arrest me. Let's go.

Let me be clear: There is no invasion. There is no rebellion. The President is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends.

President Trump’s order calling federalized National Guard troops into Los Angeles — over the objections of the Governor and local law enforcement — is unnecessary and counterproductive.

Didn’t inherit a crisis — he created one.

He’s a tough guy. Why doesn’t he do that? He knows where to find me.

He’s hoping for chaos so he can justify more crackdowns, more fear, more control.

If you deploy the National Guard, it’s going to be very incendiary, and things are going to erupt, and that creates a public safety problem.

The Secretary of Defense is now threatening to deploy active-duty Marines on American soil against its own citizens. This is deranged behavior.

The level of escalation is completely unwarranted, uncalled for, and unprecedented.

The President is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends.

This is a day I hoped I would never see in America.

This is un-American.

Nothing warranted the raids.

This is creating fear and chaos in our city, and it is unnecessary.