"It's outrageous and un-American that we have U.S. Marines who are trained to kill foreign soldiers overseas, deployed in our American city."
"What I saw in the park today looked like a city under siege, under armed occupation."
"The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW. Absolutely outrageous."
"Who are these people? And frankly, the vests that they have on look like they ordered them from Amazon."
"Our city, this region, has not built nearly enough housing over the past 30 or so years—relative to job growth, relative to demand, relative to just people being born."
"How dare you say that city officials encourage violence? We kept the peace."
"You don't know his name? But yet you served with him before you were vice president, and you continue to serve with him today."
"Body blow to our economy."
"The deployment is a chaotic escalation."
"The curfew played into the hands of federal officials who were attempting to depict Los Angeles as out of control."
"We don’t want them here. They don’t need to be here. Our local law enforcement have complete control of this situation."