Political Quotes

Rob Bonta

The Public Record

Attorney General of California since 2021

Quotes by year · 2021–2026148 total · peak 2026 (71)
2021: 6 quotes2022: 2 quotes2023: 1 quote2025: 68 quotes2026: 71 quotes
Oct 28, 2025

They’re not going to be allowed to interfere in ways that the law prohibits.

nbcnews.com
Oct 28, 2025

There will be observers of the election monitors, so-called election monitors, that the DOJ is sending.

nbcnews.com
Oct 28, 2025

The feigned worry by the Republican Party I don’t think is a good source of true raising of concerns and servicing of concerns about the elections.

nbcnews.com
Oct 28, 2025

They are doing this on purpose. It is deliberate. It is intentional. They have the funds. They’re just not using them.

nbcnews.com
Oct 10, 2025

We’re not just waiting; we’re ready to take him to court. He should get slapped down in seconds.

thenation.com
Oct 10, 2025

Insurrection has a definition. There has to be a violent insurrection to overthrow the government.

thenation.com
Oct 10, 2025

The president is untethered from the facts on this, and he’s untethered from the law. He doesn’t know what the Constitution is.

thenation.com
Oct 5, 2025

The Trump Administration’s flagrant disregard for the courts was on full display.

nbcnews.com
Sep 4, 2025

The ruling affirms that President Trump is not King, and the power of the executive is not boundless.

truthout.org
Aug 29, 2025

He will get slapped down with a court order within minutes if he tries to do that; he just can’t do it.

thenation.com
Aug 29, 2025

They’re trying to socialize this idea that not all court orders should be followed—and that’s very dangerous.

thenation.com
Aug 29, 2025

If and when he breaks the law or tramples over the Constitution, we’ll take him to court.

thenation.com
Aug 29, 2025

Unfortunately, we have a lawless federal administration, where Trump is blatantly and brazenly, consistently and frequently breaking the law.

thenation.com
Aug 11, 2025

When we push back and fight and show courage and go to court, we win.

democracynow.org
Aug 11, 2025

We have sued the president here in California 37 times in 29 weeks — more than once a week — to great success.

democracynow.org
Aug 11, 2025

This is something that is deeply rooted in our history and our law as something that is prohibited, and Mr. Trump is blatantly engaged in this unlawful conduct.

democracynow.org
Jul 29, 2025

The President and Congress are implementing a cruel, backdoor abortion ban through this provision, putting their political agendas over people’s lives.

cnn.com
Jul 29, 2025

Let me be clear: federal funds don’t pay for abortions. This provision is purely retaliation against Planned Parenthood for its constitutionally protected advocacy for abortion care.

cnn.com
Jul 17, 2025

The president’s efforts to pull personal, private, and unrelated health data to create a mass deportation machine cannot be allowed to continue.

nbcnews.com
Jul 17, 2025

It is devastating to think that individuals may not seek essential medical care because they are afraid that if they do so, they may be targeted by this administration.

nbcnews.com
Jul 14, 2025

But as with so many of his other actions, this funding freeze is blatantly illegal, and we're confident the court will agree.

cbsnews.com
Jul 14, 2025

Taken together with his other attacks on education, President Trump seems comfortable risking the academic success of a generation to further his own misguided political agenda.

cbsnews.com
Jul 9, 2025

This care remains legal in California.

nbcnews.com
Jul 9, 2025

The Trump administration's relentless assault on transgender adolescents is nothing short of an all-out war to strip away LGBTQ+ rights.

nbcnews.com
Jul 7, 2025

The actions of [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and CBP during the raids in Los Angeles are not about safety or justice—they're about meeting enforcement quotas and striking fear in communities.

commondreams.org

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