The Trump administration… rely on everyone complying in advance out of fear…. we cannot be scared of this administration.

People started to say, if you comply with authoritarianism, we are going to vote with our pocketbook.

Authoritarians rely on the perception of power.

In order to mask that reality, Donald Trump is trying to take control of the media, using extortion style tactics.

I tried to defeat fascism and bigotry, but today, it was too strong. Even for me.

We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.

The majority proceeded with a resolution that brings great pain to the millions of Americans who endured segregation, Jim Crow and the legacy of bigotry.

The scourge of gun violence and political violence must end. The shooting of Charlie Kirk is the latest incident of this chaos and it must stop. We cannot go down this road.

Are we going to do something or are we going to argue over rhetoric? … We have to pass gun safety legislation and stop this… People can finger point all they want.

I think it's both.

From the moment I was elected, I have felt that I accept a certain level of risk in doing this job.