{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-trump-is-trying-to-jail-his-political-opponents-actually-going-through-with-authoritarian-actions", "Schatz: Trump Is Trying To Jail His Political Opponents, Actually Going Through With Authoritarian Actions", "2025-10-08", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "HI", "Brian Schatz", "S001194", "www.schatz.senate.gov", "schatz", "https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai\u2018i) spoke on the Senate floor today about President Trump\u2019s calls for the arrests of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, which came as National Guard troops prepare to deploy to Chicago at the president\u2019s direction and over the objections of local leaders.\n\n\u201cTrump is going through with these authoritarian actions. The last time he posted that one of his political enemies should be jailed, it was James Comey. And then James Comey was indicted this morning,\u201d said Senator Schatz. \u201cThis morning, Donald Trump is in one of his moods, and he says Governor Pritzker should go to jail. Are we to assume he's kidding this time? I'm asking my Republican colleagues who swore an oath to the Constitution and love this country, just like I do, to say, publicly or privately: \u2018Enough is enough.\u2019\u201d\n\nA transcript of Senator Schatz\u2019s remarks is below. Video is available here.\n\nWe all swore an oath to the Constitution. And I am honestly scared.\n\nI used to do this sort of shtick on Twitter, where I would say, \u2018The thing about what Donald Trump said on Twitter is that he's\u2026\u2019 And then I would just say, \u2018He's trying to take your health care away.\u2019 And my point was, that's a distraction from the main issue, which was that he was going to try to take your health care away.\n\nThat's not true anymore. He's going through with these authoritarian actions. The last time he posted that one of his political enemies should be jailed, it was James Comey. And then James Comey was indicted this morning. He pled not guilty. His trial is in January.\n\nAnd so this morning, Donald Trump, with the assistance of the Texas governor, who is endlessly servile to him, is mobilizing \u2013 over the objection of the Illinois governor \u2013 two- or three hundred troops to go into Chicago to do it. Nobody knows really what other than to terrorize people. They're belaying off a helicopter into an apartment building in urban Chicago. Give me a break.\n\nAnd lest you think this is theater. This morning, Donald Trump is in one of his moods, and he says Governor Pritzker should go to jail. Are we to assume he's kidding this time? Are you sure he's kidding this time?\n\n\u2018Oh, he's just trolling.\u2019 Last time, three weeks ago, he clearly wasn't trolling. The attorney general went through with what he asked.\n\nAnd so I'm asking my Republican colleagues who swore an oath to the Constitution and love this country, just like I do, to say publicly or privately \u2013 I don't care \u2013 \u2018Enough is enough.\u2019\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-trump-is-trying-to-jail-his-political-opponents-actually-going-through-with-authoritarian-actions"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8958657272160053, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}