Go right ahead.

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

Nothing warranted the raids.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Tom, arrest me. Let’s go.

These are the acts of a dictator, not a president.

The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers.

Using the National Guard this way is a completely inappropriate and misguided mission.

There is currently no unmet need.

This is an abuse of power and what dictators do. It's unnecessary and not needed.

This is a serious breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they're actually needed.