California senator physically manhandled and forced out of Noem presser

[Anonymous]

Sen. Schatz said exactly what we all should be saying. Who gives a shit if he was raising his voice and being disrespectful (though I totally disagree that he was). That is not illegal!!! Asking questions in a disrespectful way is NOT ILLEGAL. Handcuffing a US senator and throwing him on the floor for daring to exercise his duties is VERY MUCH ILLEGAL. This is a dictatorship!!!

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She’s speaking, Padilla started yelling. He gets removed because people-doesn’t matter who you are- don’t get to interrupt a press conference.

He wasn’t yelling. Try again.

He was yelling at her while everyone else on the room was silent because she was addressing the press and law enforcement and the American people.

What if other people started “talking” while she was? Chaos. That’s why everyone else was quiet.

He is a special snowflake that he gets to talk while she’s is? Nope.

Yes and lunging at her towards the podium and resisting, if I were an onlooker i would be worried that he would be trying to assault . I mean anyone can yell out i am a us senator

He didn’t lunge. WTF is wrong with you people? Are you allergic to reality?

Did you watch the full video before they took him out of the room? He was lunging toward the podium yelling and interrupting that is very concerning, then when they tried to have him go out he started violently resisting.

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Anonymous wrote:Even the politicians in CA are unruly agitators.

Unruly agitator? Padilla isn't the one shoving people around throwing them to the ground.

Padilla isn't the one who has an army of goons randomly shooting people including harmless journalists and random bystanders.

Nope, that would be Noem's violent unruly agitating goons.

The LAPD works for Kristi Noem? I was unaware of that.

Do you think federal agents had any clue who the rando rushing the press conference was. That was a stupid grandstanding maneuver by whoever that politician is.

DP. I feel like you’re missing the point so because they just profiled him as some rando Hispanic man and treated him like this that’s better to you? Also it’s not his fault they’re ignorant.

What makes you think they had any idea what his race is? He wasn’t a credentialed member of the press. They saw an unscheduled and unidentified guy rushing towards the front of the room and put a stop to it. It was the right thing to do.

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Anonymous wrote:In a press conference, Padilla said that he was at the federal building in Los Angeles for a scheduled briefing, when he heard that Noem was holding a press conference "a couple of doors down the hall."

"I was there peacefully. At one point I had a question, and so I began to ask a question. I was almost immediately forcibly removed from the room. I was forced to the ground, and I was handcuffed. I was not arrested. I was not detained," Padilla said. "If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country."

Padilla didn't take any questions after first addressing the media Thursday.
https://6abc.com/post/us-sen-alex-padilla-was-forcibly-removed-interrupting-news-conference-homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem/16733745/

Several posters have lied repeatedly and said Padilla was escorted into the room by law enforcement or federal agents.

That’s not true. He was in the building for a scheduled briefing, and heard Noem was giving a press conference.

He was not escorted by any leo or fed agents into the room where the press conference was being held.

He barged in and interrupted Noem, who took questions after she spoke.

The bolded is a lie. Why are you relying on some sort f what Padilla said that supports your narrative but not the other things he said that don’t?

In a press conference, Padilla said that he was at the federal building in Los Angeles for a scheduled briefing, when he heard that Noem was holding a press conference "a couple of doors down the hall."

So he walked down the hall, told law enforcement he was a senator, walked in, and immediately interrupted Noem.

He’s a performative, unprofessional, actor.

He's a democratically elected sitting US senator.

Incorrect. He was appointed to fill Kamala's seat. No one elected him. Just like Kamala wasn't democratically selected to run for her party's nomination.

[Anonymous]

The phrase, “If it can happen to a sitting US Senator, it could happen to you” is true.

If you barge into a press conference, start ranting, and lunge at a US cabinet member, you are likely to be tackled by the Secret Service. It’s their job to protect.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm an independent, I work in politics, and I know that when a cabinet secretary is giving a press conference, if you start yelling and interrupting, you will be removed. It wasn't time for questions, and it's unclear if she would be taking any at all. This is clear grand-standing, and frankly it doesn't matter who he is.

I don't think this will have the impact the left thinks it will have on the voters they are trying to sway.

Can someone explain to me the "unprecedented" nature of this event?

Right? If you interrupt a cabinet secretary, you will be taken to the ground and handcuffed. Even if you are clearly identified as a senator. Sure. Happens all the time.

What could possibly be unprecedented about that?

I can't tell if you are being facetious or not. If you interrupt an official national security press conference or other official event, you will be forcibly removed from that press conference. Happens all the time in Congress. And I bet Senator Padilla would ask for the removal of protesters asking questions mid-Senate hearing. Its disruptive and disrespectful. I'm just telling you, this isn't the watershed moment you'd like it to be.

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Anonymous wrote:In a press conference, Padilla said that he was at the federal building in Los Angeles for a scheduled briefing, when he heard that Noem was holding a press conference "a couple of doors down the hall."

"I was there peacefully. At one point I had a question, and so I began to ask a question. I was almost immediately forcibly removed from the room. I was forced to the ground, and I was handcuffed. I was not arrested. I was not detained," Padilla said. "If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country."

Padilla didn't take any questions after first addressing the media Thursday.
https://6abc.com/post/us-sen-alex-padilla-was-forcibly-removed-interrupting-news-conference-homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem/16733745/

Several posters have lied repeatedly and said Padilla was escorted into the room by law enforcement or federal agents.

That’s not true. He was in the building for a scheduled briefing, and heard Noem was giving a press conference.

He was not escorted by any leo or fed agents into the room where the press conference was being held.

He barged in and interrupted Noem, who took questions after she spoke.

The bolded is a lie. Why are you relying on some sort f what Padilla said that supports your narrative but not the other things he said that don’t?

In a press conference, Padilla said that he was at the federal building in Los Angeles for a scheduled briefing, when he heard that Noem was holding a press conference "a couple of doors down the hall."

So he walked down the hall, told law enforcement he was a senator, walked in, and immediately interrupted Noem.

He’s a performative, unprofessional, actor.

He's a democratically elected sitting US senator.

Incorrect. He was appointed to fill Kamala's seat. No one elected him. Just like Kamala wasn't democratically selected to run for her party's nomination.

Incorrect. He was appointed to fill Harris's seat, then was elected in a special election and the general election.

[Anonymous]

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She’s speaking, Padilla started yelling. He gets removed because people-doesn’t matter who you are- don’t get to interrupt a press conference.

He wasn’t yelling. Try again.

He was yelling at her while everyone else on the room was silent because she was addressing the press and law enforcement and the American people.

What if other people started “talking” while she was? Chaos. That’s why everyone else was quiet.

He is a special snowflake that he gets to talk while she’s is? Nope.

Yes and lunging at her towards the podium and resisting, if I were an onlooker i would be worried that he would be trying to assault . I mean anyone can yell out i am a us senator

He didn’t lunge. WTF is wrong with you people? Are you allergic to reality?

Did you watch the full video before they took him out of the room? He was lunging toward the podium yelling and interrupting that is very concerning, then when they tried to have him go out he started violently resisting.

Here is some of the video before notice how he is past the all the other people standing pressing forward and yelling and trying to get in front of her pushing his way in wild!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In a press conference, Padilla said that he was at the federal building in Los Angeles for a scheduled briefing, when he heard that Noem was holding a press conference "a couple of doors down the hall."

"I was there peacefully. At one point I had a question, and so I began to ask a question. I was almost immediately forcibly removed from the room. I was forced to the ground, and I was handcuffed. I was not arrested. I was not detained," Padilla said. "If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country."

Padilla didn't take any questions after first addressing the media Thursday.
https://6abc.com/post/us-sen-alex-padilla-was-forcibly-removed-interrupting-news-conference-homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem/16733745/

Several posters have lied repeatedly and said Padilla was escorted into the room by law enforcement or federal agents.

That’s not true. He was in the building for a scheduled briefing, and heard Noem was giving a press conference.

He was not escorted by any leo or fed agents into the room where the press conference was being held.

He barged in and interrupted Noem, who took questions after she spoke.

The bolded is a lie. Why are you relying on some sort f what Padilla said that supports your narrative but not the other things he said that don’t?

In a press conference, Padilla said that he was at the federal building in Los Angeles for a scheduled briefing, when he heard that Noem was holding a press conference "a couple of doors down the hall."

So he walked down the hall, told law enforcement he was a senator, walked in, and immediately interrupted Noem.

He’s a performative, unprofessional, actor.

He's a democratically elected sitting US senator.

Incorrect. He was appointed to fill Kamala's seat. No one elected him. Just like Kamala wasn't democratically selected to run for her party's nomination.

He was appointed to fill Harris’s seat more than four years ago. He was elected in 2022, in a landslide.
https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_California,_2022

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a press conference, Padilla said that he was at the federal building in Los Angeles for a scheduled briefing, when he heard that Noem was holding a press conference "a couple of doors down the hall."

"I was there peacefully. At one point I had a question, and so I began to ask a question. I was almost immediately forcibly removed from the room. I was forced to the ground, and I was handcuffed. I was not arrested. I was not detained," Padilla said. "If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country."

Padilla didn't take any questions after first addressing the media Thursday.
https://6abc.com/post/us-sen-alex-padilla-was-forcibly-removed-interrupting-news-conference-homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem/16733745/

Several posters have lied repeatedly and said Padilla was escorted into the room by law enforcement or federal agents.

That’s not true. He was in the building for a scheduled briefing, and heard Noem was giving a press conference.

He was not escorted by any leo or fed agents into the room where the press conference was being held.

He barged in and interrupted Noem, who took questions after she spoke.

The bolded is a lie. Why are you relying on some sort f what Padilla said that supports your narrative but not the other things he said that don’t?

In a press conference, Padilla said that he was at the federal building in Los Angeles for a scheduled briefing, when he heard that Noem was holding a press conference "a couple of doors down the hall."

So he walked down the hall, told law enforcement he was a senator, walked in, and immediately interrupted Noem.

He’s a performative, unprofessional, actor.

He's a democratically elected sitting US senator.

Incorrect. He was appointed to fill Kamala's seat. No one elected him. Just like Kamala wasn't democratically selected to run for her party's nomination.

He was appointed to fill Harris’s seat more than four years ago. He was elected in 2022, in a landslide.
https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_California,_2022

Don't expect these people to know the facts. They simply regurgitate what Fox tells them.

I absolutely love it when they say, "Well, Kamala wasn't democratically selected..." 1) There is no such thing as democratically selected. You are either elected or you're not. 2) The party leadership had every legal right to replace their candidate and they did 3) They say this as IF they would have somehow voted for a democrat if he/she won during the primaries. COME ON. Comment on your own abismal failure of a party since there was not a chance of snow in hell that you would have ever voted for a democrat.

[Anonymous]

"I'm a Senator! I can act however I want!". Apparently not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was it theatre? Yeah but at this point it’s all theatre. We have Gaza resort AI videos, Kristi getting dressed up as ICE Barbie and posing in front of El Salvadoran prisoners and MTG and Boebert yelling nonsense in congress all day. And the general public eats all of the theatrical stuff up like candy so why not get on their level. It works. The politics rule book got thrown out in 2016. It’s a free for all now.

+1 The nerve of this woman of all people complaining about political theater, ye gods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I'm a Senator! I can act however I want!". Apparently not.

The only one doing whatever the hell he wants is Trump. The Senator had every right to ask questions. Why are you such a p888y and can't take a simple question? Afraid you won't be able to answer it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Even the politicians in CA are unruly agitators.

Unruly agitator? Padilla isn't the one shoving people around throwing them to the ground.

Padilla isn't the one who has an army of goons randomly shooting people including harmless journalists and random bystanders.

Nope, that would be Noem's violent unruly agitating goons.

The LAPD works for Kristi Noem? I was unaware of that.

Do you think federal agents had any clue who the rando rushing the press conference was. That was a stupid grandstanding maneuver by whoever that politician is.

DP. I feel like you’re missing the point so because they just profiled him as some rando Hispanic man and treated him like this that’s better to you? Also it’s not his fault they’re ignorant.

What makes you think they had any idea what his race is? He wasn’t a credentialed member of the press. They saw an unscheduled and unidentified guy rushing towards the front of the room and put a stop to it. It was the right thing to do.

Any person who has EVER worked in politics or staffed a political person knows that your briefing book includes any important people who you may encounter. The fact that she didn't know who the SENATOR from California was is outrageous and on brand for ICE Barbie and her stupidity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I'm a Senator! I can act however I want!". Apparently not.

Keep it up, MAGA. It’s not a good look for your bloated leader. The more he or his stooges threaten public officials, the more the country will turn against at him. Just look at his tanking numbers.