This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.

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

If they can handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you.

Trump is not a monarch and should stop acting like one.

brazen abuse of power

He is not a monarch, he is not a king, and he should stop acting like one.

Trump and his loyalists, they thrive on division because it allows them to take more power and exert even more control. And by the way, Trump, he’s not opposed to lawlessness and violence, as long as it serves him.

This is about all of us. This is about you. California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived.

The rule of law has increasingly been given way to the rule of Don.

Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves. But they do not stop there.

If they can handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you.