don't just imagine what they're capable of, but what they are doing when the cameras are not there

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

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

This is just Donald Trump doing what he wanted to do in the first administration, which was essentially use the military for domestic law enforcement, to make himself look tough.

They deserve better.

There's got to be a better way.

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

You know, we're not against protests. We want people to exercise their First Amendment rights, that is part of our American tradition and system.

It's at least a baby step. Let's hope there's more to follow.

Please, please do not give the [Trump] administration an excuse to intervene.

This is intentional chaos.

he is not the same person that I dealt with just four years ago, and he’s incapable of even a train of thought

He is not the same person that I dealt with just four years ago, and he's incapable of even a train of thought.

This is not some rabble-rouser. And to see him mistreated that way and tackled to the ground and shackled that way and in the midst of what we’re seeing more broadly in Los Angeles is just atrocious.

I think the United States should be very loathe to engage in another war after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

What an embarrassment. Honestly, … that’s about as small as it gets. How weak.