Gavin Newsom

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

Purposefully inflammatory

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

A federal mobilization an act of overkill for demonstrations that didn’t draw a turnout above three figures

We pay over $80 BILLION more in taxes than we get back. Maybe it’s time to cut that off, @realdonaldtrump.

Come after me. Arrest me. Let’s just get it over with, tough guy.

Blatant abuse of power

We didn't have a problem until Trump got involved.

The deployment of the Marines from Twentynine Palms is an intensely risky move.

Come and get me, tough guy.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

The Secretary of Defense is now threatening to deploy active-duty Marines on American soil against its own citizens. This is deranged behavior.

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 un-American.

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

Tom, arrest me. Let’s go.

The Secretary of Defense is now threatening to deploy active-duty Marines on American soil against its own citizens. This is deranged behavior.

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

The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle.