WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Congressman Chuy Garcia

“Your tactics and your troops are not welcome in Chicago. Don’t even think about trying what you did in Portland in Chicago. Not here, not ever, not on our watch." -- CBS2

Philly Dist. Atty. Larry Krasner

Trump Is a “Wannabe Fascist.” I Will Charge His Agents If They Break Law. -- Democracy Now

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot

 "Well, I have said it before and I will say it again, no troops, no agents that are coming in outside of our knowledge, notification, and control that are violating people's constitutional rights." -- Business Insider

Elon Musk, ravings of an imperialist

We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2020

If chattel slavery — heritable, generational, permanent, race-based slavery where it was legal to rape, torture, and sell human beings for profit — were a “necessary evil” as @TomCottonAR says, it’s hard to imagine what cannot be justified if it is a means to an end. https://t.co/yScNxPq6ds

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) July 26, 2020