Brianne Nadeau

...as done. And so the American people are feeling freedom again. I think they lived under the oppression of Democrat rule in so many of these cities. They forgot what it felt like to actually be free and to be safe. But now for the last 11 days in D.C., people are feeling different and they recognize what America used to be and they want it back permanently. So these Democrat governors, they need to wake up because the people in their communities and in their cities recognize how they've threatened their way of life and they're not going to take it anymore.

The senator really hit the nail on the head. When you think about it, the lies that are being told by this administration and all of his talking heads are incredibly egregious. One of the first acts that Trump did as president was pardon the January 6th insurrectionists, putting more criminals on the street in one day.

Niin voidaan edes ajatella. Tässä on alkuperäinen asia. Kun kuulemme sääntöä säästämällä sääntöä kaupungille, kysyn itseäni, onko se nyt meidän maamme? Elämäämme säästössä?

As you said in the opening, we are starting to resemble places like North Korea right now with these military actions. And by the way, National Guard is not trained to patrol our streets. The other day one of their armored vehicles actually collided with a private car and trapped a passenger inside who had to be removed with the jaws of life.

We are seeing federal police all over our streets. So here in Ward 1, which is the most diverse ward in the District of Columbia, largest immigrant population, most racially diverse, people are afraid. As the senator said, restaurant reservations are actually down. We've seen some restaurants actually close for fear of their own staff being targeted by ICE. ICE has been swarming the streets. This morning we heard reports of two parents

being picked up, taking their kids to school in the morning. They've been in automobile chases that have injured innocent bystanders. They are targeting landscapers, they are targeting handymen. Some of these people who've worked their entire lives here in the District of Columbia

have every right to be here in our country, and until recently were protected here in the District of Columbia. That's what we're seeing. People are afraid to go outside. Now, we are also seeing something incredibly inspiring, which I hope other cities will take heart from, which is our citizens are rising up.

Ja se on pitkän traditio täällä Kolumbiassa. He järjestävät, he näyttävät, kun he näkevät suomalaisten asian ulkopuolella, he kuvataan heitä, he puhuvat heille.

They demand to know what they're doing. They frankly, they yell at them and they tell them to get out of our neighborhoods because they don't want them here. Because they're not keeping us safer. And the other thing that is really disheartening as opposed to the spirit of our neighborhoods is that

It's really undermining the trust in the police in our communities, which also makes us less safe. Because it used to be that we could trust whichever police were out on the street. We're looking out for our community members, and now we're worried that they're targeting them. Arrests are up. They're charging people with crimes, with illegal searches. I mean, the courts are starting to step up, which is good to see, and throwing out these arrests and charges because of the illegal searches.

I cannot emphasize enough. This is tyranny. This is a military takeover of our nation's capital. These are fascist acts. Americans need to know what is going on and they are not hearing the truth on Fox News.

Our residents are angry and our residents are scared of this new federal presence because they do not know what laws the feds are actually following. And at this point, everyone in our community is at risk just walking around.

going about their business, resisting even, you know, pushing back against these acts. You know, we've got people out there filming, we've got people protesting, we've got people organizing. And everybody's doing that at their own risk because there's no guarantee right now that the First Amendment is being protected by these thugs. And I'm very worried for my residents, but I know that as in the past,

Look, you know, we're used to this here in the District of Columbia. Our autonomy, our very existence is constantly under threat by Congress, by hostile presidents, ever since we got the very bit of autonomy that we had 50 years ago.

What people need to understand is in a fascist takeover of a government, there is always a scapegoat, whether that's the Democrats, whether that's cities, whether that's people that don't look like us, whether that's immigrants. Know your history and understand that what is happening right now is something that has happened before in the past. And this is not just about the District of Columbia. He will be coming for other cities.

and he will be coming for all of the people that do not bow down before him. The thing that we need help with right now in the District of Columbia

is for those of you who live in a state where your governor has authorized the National Guard to be here. That includes West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ohio, Tennessee. Speak out about that. Your National Guard does not need to be here and has no business being here. Please speak to your senators and tell them that this takeover of the District of Columbia is not something you support.

Because we don't have those votes in the Senate. We may be the first, but we will not be the last. He is coming for absolute power and absolute control. And we always knew that this would happen here in the District of Columbia. We need to stop it from happening everywhere else. Everybody needs to stand up and see the District of Columbia as your own cities as well, because this is a threat to everybody.