He can be heard stating that he is Senator Padilla! They knew who he was! Noem is already on Fox News lying that she didn’t know who he was and that he was lunging towards the platform! Lies lies lies!!!
U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a news conference hosted by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem on Thursday morning in Los Angeles.
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The assault on @SenAlexPadilla is unacceptable and the perpetrators must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. Senator Padilla is a devoted public servant who was doing his job. Nothing warrants this assault.
We need immediate answers and accountability.
Senator Alex Padilla, a senator elected by the people of California to represent them, handcuffed after trying to ask Kristi Noam a question at a press conference in Los Angeles: https://t.co/CpYwTZzqvA
If GOP Senators do not think what happened to Alex Padilla will happen to them when they get in the Trump Administration’s way, they are sorely mistaken.
Senator Alex Padilla was fulfilling his Congressional oversight duties when he was thrown to the ground and handcuffed.
This is no isolated instance; this is a pattern of behavior by the Trump administration. There is simply no justification for this abuse of authority.
Sen. Alex Padilla clearly identified himself and they still pushed him to his stomach and handcuffed him? Just because he wanted to ask Kristi Noem a question? What kind of fascist regime is this?
Holy shit, this is INSANE!
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla was just forcibly removed from a press conference held by cosplay DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
What the fuck is going on?
He is a fucking Senator.
WTF!!! Democratic Senator Alex Padilla was just THROWN TO THE GROUND AND HANDCUFFED BY POLICE! All he did was try to ask Kristi Noem a question and do his job as a U.S. Senator. Unacceptable!!!
Watching this video sickened my stomach, the manhandling of a United States Senator, Senator Padilla.
We need immediate answers to what the hell went on.
BREAKING: Democratic Senator Alex Padilla was just detained by Trump's agents for attending Kristi Noem's press conference. This is what dictatorship looks like. Make sure everyone sees this.
Donald Trump just stripped California's clean air standards.
Why? Because he doesn't care about the health and safety of our communities. He only cares about big oil donors and polluters –– all the while he's ceding our clean energy economy to China.
Kristi Noem had California Senator Alex Padilla physically assaulted, removed from her presser, then thrown to the ground and detained.
They’re not hiding the fascism any more.