Wake up. We’re losing this country in real time. This is not bloviation. This is not exaggeration. It’s happening … The rule of law is being replaced with the rule of Don, period, full stop. And so we have to assert ourselves with more…

I don’t think Donald Trump wants another election.

While the Trump Administration undermines cities, California is partnering with them — and delivering real results.

I don’t think Donald Trump wants another election. You think for a second he wants?

This guy doesn’t believe in free, fair elections. He tried to wreck this country.

I’m not calm, and I’m not going to submit myself to niceties. Not when this guy is trying to wreck our goddamn country.

With these new deployments, we’re doubling down on these partnerships to build on progress and keep driving crime down.

We cannot even make it through the first week of school without mass shootings. And the [GOP] will continue to do absolutely nothing while our kids are being gunned down. This is sick.

I said that what’s happening in L.A. and the federalization of the National Guard, sending of the United States military, the Marines—700 of them, 4,700 in total—is a preview of things to come across this country.

He’s militarizing American cities. This is Putin’s playbook. This is authoritarianism. It’s happening.

This is existential, this moment. He’s trying to rig this one by literally shutting down mail-in voting. This is happening. Everyone, wake up.