Political Quotes

“these times are not normal. In normal times in the history of the United States of America, government agents bashing down doors, trashing living rooms, terrorizing children, detaining and arresting people without a judicial warrant would be condemned by the administration and they would say: We need reform. In normal times, masked agents in unmarked cars without identification on their bodies would be forbidden by the Government of the United States of America. In normal times, mass sweeps in the streets or shootings of U.S. citizens for no reason, citizens without any criminal record, and killing two of them, would prompt sweeping reforms by that administration. And in normal times, the Government of the United States would say: When we are responsible for harms that violate people's rights and injure them, they should have recourse. They should have redress. In normal times, that is what would happen. These times are not normal because this administration has no respect for the law. It is not only condoning, it is encouraging an out-of-control, lawless, and reckless Agency--ICE--and also the Customs and Border Patrol, which is operating unlawfully as a matter of clear statute outside where it should be just geographically.”