There are no ifs, ands or buts about it, the central premise of our democratic system is that we have to be able to disagree and have sometimes really contentious debates without resorting to violence.

Those are all topics that we have to be able to discuss honestly and forthrightly, while we still insist that in that process of debate, we respect other people's right to say things that we profoundly disagree with.

And that's a mistake as well.

This kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy.

And we’re going to do it in a temporary basis because we’re keeping our eye on where we want to be long term.

I think that approach is a smart, measured approach, designed to address a very particular problem in a very particular moment in time.

I believe that Gov. Newsom’s approach is a responsible approach. He said this is going to be responsible. We’re not going to try to completely maximize it.

We can’t let a systematic assault on democracy just happen and stand by and so because of your actions, because of your courage, what you’ve seen is California responding, other states looking at what they can do to offset this mid-decade gerrymandering.

The redistricting push is a power grab that undermines our democracy.

a power grab that undermines our democracy

Aid must be permitted to reach people in Gaza. There is no justification for keeping food and water away from civilian families.