Ilhan Omar: “I rise today to denounce the Trump administration's police state tactics in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, New York City, and…”

“I rise today to denounce the Trump administration's police state tactics in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, New York City, and so many other cities across the country. We should speak clearly about what is happening. Masked agents of the state in unmarked vehicles are terrorizing communities. They are disappearing people. They are targeting political opponents of the President. They are using militarized force to silence, intimidate, and brutalize not just Americans who are exercising their First Amendment rights but also members of the press. They are partnering with Trump's donors, Silicon Valley oligarchs, for a sinister and deeply un-American agenda of surveillance and criminalization based on people's political views or, in some cases, just based on where they live. There was a story that Trump told during the campaign about the need to restore law and order, about the need to target criminals. Within moments of assuming the Presidency for the second time, though, his true agenda became clear. The administration has no interest whatsoever in targeting criminals. What they want is to fulfill Stephen Miller's white nationalist fantasy. They are targeting law-abiding people. In fact, they are punishing immigrants who are following the law. Let me say that again: They are punishing immigrants who are following the law. That is what it means to use IRS data to target people. It means targeting people who are paying their taxes.”