Rep. Katherine Clark

And so we, at this moment, have to stand up for our Constitution, for the rule of law, for fundamental fairness, and the end of terror that we're seeing here in Minneapolis.

I have to say, in a day that was filled with both outrage and inspiration, it was just such a blow to know that not a single Republican from Minnesota has spoken out against what they're seeing happening in their own communities.

And it is not just restrained to the Twin Cities.

It is throughout Minnesota, and as Joe pointed out, throughout communities in my district and across the country.

So this is the moment.

This isn't a left or right issue, a red or blue issue.

This is about who are we going to be.

Are we going to be a country that has law enforcement that is working for the safety and security of our communities that are accountable and transparent?

and well-trained, or are we going to have a mass paramilitary special force that is working on behalf of the president and carrying out political retribution?

And this should not be a partisan issue.

So we're going to continue to negotiate.

I hope that

people will come and hear what happened in Minneapolis and take those lessons of this is the moment.

History is calling us to stand up at this moment and say, while we are fighting for the economic security, to lower the cost of living for Americans, make sure we protect their health care,

We also have to stand up at this moment for our constitutional rights, whether it's the First Amendment right to protest peacefully or whether it is the right to just go about your daily life and not have to fear being stopped, asked for papers and possibly abducted.

You know, we have had one approach around these government budgets, and that is negotiate and imploring our Republican colleagues to come to the table and negotiate with us.

And we saw what happened.

back in the fall, rather than coming and working with us around extending the ACA tax credits, they chose to go home, to close the government down and to just leave town for over 40 days.

I certainly hope they are not going to make that choice now and do that again to the American people, to our economy and to the message that it would send that they are unwilling to come and negotiate around guardrails for.

Yeah.