"He had absolutely positively no reason to even say that."
"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."
"He’s hoping for chaos so he can justify more crackdowns, more fear, more control."
"The Secretary of Defense is now threatening to deploy active-duty Marines on American soil against its own citizens. This is deranged behavior."
"Go right ahead."
"This is un-American."
"So, Tom, arrest me. Let's go."
"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."
"The level of escalation is completely unwarranted, uncalled for, and unprecedented."
"This is a day I hoped I would never see in America."
"This is a hallmark of authoritarianism."
"Governor Gavin Newsom has called illegal."
"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."
"Having Elon speak out against the irrational tariff policy, against the deficit exploding Trump bill, and the anti-science and anti-immigrant agenda can help check Trump’s unconstitutional administrat..."
"There is currently no unmet need."
"Using the National Guard this way is a completely inappropriate and misguided mission."