Stop the Authoritarian overreach of the Trump administration

The president's authoritarian and anti-democratic actions in using military force against civilians protesting immigration policies are unacceptable in a free society. Ordering troops to intimidate and detain Americans for exercising their constitutional rights to dissent crosses a bright line. This represents a dangerous escalation and failure of leadership that gravely undermines core democratic values and norms. Elected representatives have a duty to forcefully condemn these alarming acts and take immediate steps to reassert democratic constraints and civilian control over the military through all available constitutional means. Allowing this abuse of power to continue unchecked puts the nation on a perilous path toward outright authoritarianism and tyranny. Urgent intervention is required to uphold the rule of law and prevent further erosion of fundamental rights and liberties that millions have fought to secure and preserve for all Americans.