Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi
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And to see both the President of the United States and the President of El Salvador openly mock the federal courts is an embarrassing spectacle. And so I introduced the Rescue Act, which is an attempt to secure the release of those who have been wrongfully deported. If you're a foreign leader like the President of El Salvador and you refuse to comply with a federal order from a U.S. court,
And to see both the President of the United States and the President of El Salvador openly mock the federal courts is an embarrassing spectacle. And so I introduced the Rescue Act, which is an attempt to secure the release of those who have been wrongfully deported. If you're a foreign leader like the President of El Salvador and you refuse to comply with a federal order from a U.S. court,
And to see both the President of the United States and the President of El Salvador openly mock the federal courts is an embarrassing spectacle. And so I introduced the Rescue Act, which is an attempt to secure the release of those who have been wrongfully deported. If you're a foreign leader like the President of El Salvador and you refuse to comply with a federal order from a U.S. court,
then you should be held accountable. There should be geopolitical consequences, and those consequences should be severe and swift. It should include the suspension of normal diplomatic relations, the suspension of trade relations, determination of foreign assistance. We need an enforceable means of defending due process of all the abuses of the Trump presidency.
then you should be held accountable. There should be geopolitical consequences, and those consequences should be severe and swift. It should include the suspension of normal diplomatic relations, the suspension of trade relations, determination of foreign assistance. We need an enforceable means of defending due process of all the abuses of the Trump presidency.
then you should be held accountable. There should be geopolitical consequences, and those consequences should be severe and swift. It should include the suspension of normal diplomatic relations, the suspension of trade relations, determination of foreign assistance. We need an enforceable means of defending due process of all the abuses of the Trump presidency.
There is no greater threat to individual freedom than his frontal assault, his complete contempt for due process. We live in a country where the Trump administration can wrongfully label anyone a non-citizen gang member, abduct you in the dead of night, and then render you to a foreign prison to be tortured.
There is no greater threat to individual freedom than his frontal assault, his complete contempt for due process. We live in a country where the Trump administration can wrongfully label anyone a non-citizen gang member, abduct you in the dead of night, and then render you to a foreign prison to be tortured.
There is no greater threat to individual freedom than his frontal assault, his complete contempt for due process. We live in a country where the Trump administration can wrongfully label anyone a non-citizen gang member, abduct you in the dead of night, and then render you to a foreign prison to be tortured.
Look, I'm recoiling in horror and shock. I no longer recognize my country. You know, we live in a morally inverted universe where the president is treating our friends as enemies and our enemies as friends. And his mission in life seems to be a strongman, a dictator, in the image of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. And it's just, it's utterly horrifying.
Look, I'm recoiling in horror and shock. I no longer recognize my country. You know, we live in a morally inverted universe where the president is treating our friends as enemies and our enemies as friends. And his mission in life seems to be a strongman, a dictator, in the image of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. And it's just, it's utterly horrifying.
Look, I'm recoiling in horror and shock. I no longer recognize my country. You know, we live in a morally inverted universe where the president is treating our friends as enemies and our enemies as friends. And his mission in life seems to be a strongman, a dictator, in the image of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. And it's just, it's utterly horrifying.
I think our country is undergoing transformation in real time. But for me, of everything that Donald Trump has done, by far the worst is the frontal assault on due process. You know, there's more language in the Bill of Rights about the rights of the accused, about due process. than there is about any other right. Like the founding fathers recognized that due process is not one right among many.
I think our country is undergoing transformation in real time. But for me, of everything that Donald Trump has done, by far the worst is the frontal assault on due process. You know, there's more language in the Bill of Rights about the rights of the accused, about due process. than there is about any other right. Like the founding fathers recognized that due process is not one right among many.
I think our country is undergoing transformation in real time. But for me, of everything that Donald Trump has done, by far the worst is the frontal assault on due process. You know, there's more language in the Bill of Rights about the rights of the accused, about due process. than there is about any other right. Like the founding fathers recognized that due process is not one right among many.
It's foundational to everything else. And Donald Trump is striking at the very foundations of our democracy and our constitutional system.
It's foundational to everything else. And Donald Trump is striking at the very foundations of our democracy and our constitutional system.
It's foundational to everything else. And Donald Trump is striking at the very foundations of our democracy and our constitutional system.
Look, Donald Trump thinks America's a monarchy, and he's the king, and we're his subjects. And there's been a powerful grassroots movement of Americans from every major city, from every place in this country, sending a powerful message that America's not a monarchy, that Donald Trump is not a king, that we're not his subjects. We are citizens, and we're willing to fight for our democracy.
Look, Donald Trump thinks America's a monarchy, and he's the king, and we're his subjects. And there's been a powerful grassroots movement of Americans from every major city, from every place in this country, sending a powerful message that America's not a monarchy, that Donald Trump is not a king, that we're not his subjects. We are citizens, and we're willing to fight for our democracy.