The photo above was taken with Rep. Domb in the State House on February 19, 2020 with constituents from Amherst, Massachusetts.

PROUDLY REPRESENTING THE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES OF AMHERST AND GRANBY, PRECINCTS 1 AND 2A, IN THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mindy Domb was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives on November 6, 2018 and was re-elected to a fourth term in November 2024.

Statement by Rep. Mindy Domb on the federalization of the National Guard in Los Angeles and the deployment of the U.S. Marines to that city.
June 10, 2025

Peaceful political dissent is not dangerous. It is a basic tenet of a democracy. It is a patriotic act and it is protected by the U.S. Constitution.

Donald Trump is the danger to American democracy. His orders to federalize the California National Guard and deploy 4,000 U.S. Marines to the streets of Los Angeles, over the objections of and overriding the authority of the Mayor of Los Angeles, the LA Police Department, the Governor of California and the Attorney General of California are not normal. Indeed they are a total overreaction, an escalation, an ostentatious abuse of power and, likely, an illegal act.

His actions and statements not only threaten Los Angeles residents, create chaos and provoke fear, but he has also undermined public safety in cities across the country — where Americans know that disregarding a Governor’s authority and using the national guard and the military to silence political opponents, thwart protest, and attack citizens is wrong, unAmerican, weak, deeply undemocratic, and an attack on our democracy and on our rights.

Today, Donald Trump warned that people who protest “will be met by force”.

I commit to continued protest and to vigorous dissent against harmful federal actions and policies, and to defend every American’s right to do so without the threat of military intervention.

Being elected as a State Representative, I took an oath too.  And today I reaffirm my oath of office to uphold the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ constitution and the United States constitution.

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See Mindy’s January 10, 2021 letter to residents of the Third Hampshire District on the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. On December 22, 2022, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol issued its final report on the January 2020 attack on the US Capitol. You can read it here. On January 7, 2025, Special Counsel Jack Smith issued a final report on his thwarted investigation. You can read it here.

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