"This is an abuse of power and what dictators do. It's unnecessary and not needed."

"There's no targeted effort here to find criminals. Like they said we're going to do. They're sweeping up friends and …"

"It was the sheriffs who got things under control, not the National Guard. In downtown L.A. that night, it was the LAP…"

"You bring up the National Guard, you rise tensions. People come out and this is what you're starting to see happen."

"This is a sign of a dictator who takes over a National Guard against the governor's will, [and] against all elected o…"

"There is a way to do enforcement. It's targeted enforcement. It's been done over and over again and hasn't resulted i…"

"We saw that happening starting when [he said he's] going to defund California and stop giving the federal money. Now …"

"They're just treating everybody as a criminal. They're not distinguishing between who are the real criminals versus -…"

"If you are going after serious criminal offenders, we support that. There is no disagreement about that. But they're …"

"Some of those people, they're just dismissing their cases. They're trampling on due process. They're not even getting…"