California Governor says "Democracy is under assault"

Donald Trump, without consulting California law enforcement leaders, commandeered 2,000 of our state's National Guard members to deploy on our streets, illegally and for no reason.

This brazen abuse of power by a sitting president inflamed a combustible situation.

putting our people, our officers, and even our National Guard at risk.

Just yesterday, we filed a legal challenge to Donald Trump's reckless deployment of American troops to a major American city.

Today, we sought an emergency court order to stop the use of the American military to engage in law enforcement activities across Los Angeles.

if some of us could be snatched off the streets without a warrant based only on suspicion or skin color then none of us are safe and we all know this saturday he's ordering our american heroes the united states military and forcing them to put on a vulgar display to celebrate his birthday

just as other failed dictators have done in the past.

California may be first, but it clearly will not end here.

Other states are next.

Democracy is next.

Democracy is under assault before our eyes.

This moment we have feared has arrived.