Following a weekend of large protests at airports across the country, California Senate Democrats took their outrage at President Donald Trump to the floor today. Senate leader Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) introduced a lengthy resolution condemning Trump's recent executive order temporarily banning U.S. entry to visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries and to refugees worldwide.
In part, the resolution said that the order "desecrates our American values and panders to fears and nativist instincts..."
The resolution passed on a 26-11 vote, with no Republicans supporting it. Sen. Jeff Stone (R-Temecula) echoed the views of others in his party when he said Trump acted in the interest of national security.
"The president's number one goal is to keep this country safe," he said. Stone rejected the notion that the travel ban discriminated against Muslims.