"This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful. Trump and his shock troops are out of control."
"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."
"Turns out, chasing hard working people through ranches and farms and snatching women and children off the streets is not good policy."
"he’s acting like a “dictator.”"
"California may be first – but it clearly won’t end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next."
"democracy is under assault before our eyes."
"federal troops be immediately removed from the city."
"California will sue to stop this latest illegal action by a President who is a wholly-owned subsidiary of big polluters."
"By night, several dozen lawbreakers became violent and destructive, they vandalized property, they tried to assault police officers."
"What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty. Your silence. To be complicit in this moment."
"He is not a monarch, he is not a king, and he should stop acting like one."