Posted on 06/18/2025 4:36:21 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
DHS cast the incident as being "disrespectful political theatre."
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) choked up on Tuesday while recounting his brief detention last week after interrupting a news conference being held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles — a disruption that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) slammed as “disrespectful political theatre.”
In remarks on the Senate floor, Padilla appeared to get emotional as he spoke about what happened from his point of view.
“You’ve seen the video. I was pushed and pulled, struggled to maintain my balance. I was forced to the ground — first on my knees and then flat on my chest,” Padilla lamented. “And as I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway, repeatedly asking, ‘Why am I being detained?’, not once did they tell me why.”
Padilla went on to say that “a lot of questions” came to his mind, including where was he being taken, was he being arrested there, and “what would a city already on edge from being militarized think when they see their United States senator being handcuffed just for trying to ask a question?”
DHS dismissed the notion that Padilla merely spoke out as Noem was informing the public about the Trump administration’s troop deployment to Los Angeles in response to violent anti-ICE protests.
“Senator Padilla chose disrespectful political theatre and interrupted a live press conference without identifying himself or having his Senate security pin on as he lunged toward Secretary Noem,” DHS said on X.
“Mr. Padilla was told repeatedly to back away and did not comply with officers’ repeated commands,” the agency added. “[The Secret Service] thought he was an attacker and officers acted appropriately. Secretary Noem met with Senator Padilla...”
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Thank you very much and God bless you.
Typical Democrat. Just an overgrown wuss…. And they wonder why young men don’t vote for them.
Maybe Noem can start crying about being rushed at by a big yelling man
NO ONE CARES!
he earned it, the rude bass turd.
He sounds like a fag, Jim.
This was the most staged effort at trying to be relevant I have ever seen.
Maybe they need to spend another $40 million to figure out why men don’t vote for them.
Maybe because they don’t have any in Congress.
He and Van Hollen should get a room and spoon.
Maybe he should have hung out with “The Man”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahR3JYqkJCk&list=RDahR3JYqkJCk&start_radio=1
A LOT of J 6’ers were treated exactly the SAME way by FBI agents. Tough world we live in. Those tears should be shed for something besides SELF PITY.
Poor little crybaby sissy boy. If I was his mother and had been there, I would have wore his ass out with my belt. He should know better than that.
NTTAWWT
/Seinfeld reference
Should have deported him. Get that border czar to appear and give him the business.
Who cries better??This guy or John Boehner?
He’s a real Killer Padiller.
The differences between Left and Right are more pronounced every day.
This vagina gets arrested and he cries like a little girl.
The Minnesota shooting makes it even more clear that the FBI agents acted well in protecting this event. Padilla could have been a shooter given his refusal to prove he was not an attacker.
Kudos to the LEO’s in LA and to those in MN
Padilla, please show more maturity and properly identify yourself.
Let’s go to Boo Hoo Girl for her reaction.....
Geez what a cry baby!!
Of course, the other side of the story is NEVER told - ‘
“Padilla approached the podium where Noem was speaking, shouting over her....Kristi Noem characterized his behavior as ‘political theater’ and emphasized that he disrupted the event by advancing toward the podium, elevating his voice, and shouting questions before security intervened.”
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