This is now defining for the Democratic Party.

What we've seen here should not be normalized.

Don’t come.… If you do, you will be turned back.

A RED LINE has been crossed. Trump is prosecuting his political enemies in Congress. This is just the beginning.

This will only lead to more chaos and pain in our communities.

Body blow to our economy.

The President is not a king and is not above the law. We will press forward with our challenge to President Trump’s authoritarian use of U.S. military soldiers against citizens.

We should never use a person’s need to go to the doctor against them.

The law doesn’t apply to us, and we don’t answer to you.

The curfew played into the hands of federal officials who were attempting to depict Los Angeles as out of control.

This is clean up from the Pentagon. This isn't a new deployment — it's the same group of soldiers who have been diverted from critical wildfire work and work at the border, now twiddling their thumbs for Donald Trump's political theater.

Deploying an extra 2,000 personnel would be Reckless. Pointless. And Disrespectful to our troops.

The deployment is a chaotic escalation.

Padilla recounts 'being handcuffed just for trying to ask a question'

If that’s what they’ll do to a United States Senator for having the audacity to simply ask a question, imagine what they’ll do to any American who dares to speak up.

What in the world does this mean Sen. Schumer?

Donald Trump wants a spectacle not just to distract from his failed policies, but to justify his undemocratic crackdowns and his authoritarian power grabs.

It's really hard to imagine someone doing a worse job as the secretary of homeland security.