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

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?

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

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.

Donald Trump admits he will arrest a sitting governor simply because he ran for office.

the overwhelming majority of protests are nonviolent

This is core to many in the MAGA base. It’s different.

I feel like the entire MAGA movement started as a rejection of the Bush and neocon war in Iraq. That was a central part of their identity.

It’s time for every member to go on record. Are you with the neocons who led us into Iraq or do you stand with the American people?

Sen. Alex Padilla called Trump a 'tyrant'.

I was forced to the ground, first on my knees and then flat on my chest, and I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway.

blatant abuse of power

We don’t want them here. They don’t need to be here. Our local law enforcement have complete control of this situation.

I had the audacity to try to ask a question as a senator of a Cabinet secretary

If that's how this administration responds to the senator with a question, ... that cruel, disrespectful treatment of so many people who deserve much better

Of course, she had no data, had no answer

I wanted to ask about their justification for the federalization of the National Guard, ... not only not necessary, but counterproductive