From DSC:
As you can see and hear below, Senator Alex Padilla had been trying to get answers for several weeks now from Homeland Security, but wasn’t hearing much back. So he heard that the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, was holding a press conference down the hallway and he attended it to see if he could get some answers to his questions. And while I don’t have all the details on how this situation unfolded, there is NO WAY that a U.S. Senator should be pushed out of a conference room and then pushed to the ground and handcuffed for trying to get answers for his constituents! No way!
As others in the videos below assert, a line has been crossed in our country!
Let’s move to impeach Donald Trump and also rid his administration of these incompetent individuals who are destroying our democracy! If they don’t like the Constitution and how our country has been governed for over 200 years, then perhaps they should consider leaving this country.
The actions they are taking are NOT making America great again. They are making America the stench of the world.
And it’s not just Donald Trump and members of his administration that should be held accountable. Let’s also start holding Donald’s instruments of power — such as his ICE Agents and others who behave like them — accountable. To any ICE agents out there, take those damn masks off. You shouldn’t be hiding behind masks.
By the way, the silence from the Republicans is deafening.
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If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable. pic.twitter.com/ZMExvMmZfE
— Senator Alex Padilla (@SenAlexPadilla) June 12, 2025
BREAKING: Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks out after being forcibly removed and cuffed from DHS Sec. Noem’s press conference. pic.twitter.com/3yZWDPYICl
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 12, 2025
URGENT BREAKING: Democrat US Senator Alex Padilla was just thrown to the ground and arrested for trying to speak at a DHS Press Conference by Secretary Kristi Noem.
This is Trump’s America. This is so incredibly pathetic.
I am so sad for the state of this country. pic.twitter.com/yI9fKdoYoW
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) June 12, 2025
This is a United States Senator being violently removed from a public briefing. Many of are reaching out to Senator Padilla right now and there are facts we need to gather, but this is a very, very serious moment. https://t.co/2a9Zb1cnTk
— Chris Murphy ? (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 12, 2025
If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they’re doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country.
We will hold this administration accountable. pic.twitter.com/ijy3FRVbWx
— Senator Alex Padilla (@SenAlexPadilla) June 12, 2025
The forcible removal of @SenAlexPadilla from a public press conference accelerates Trump’s authoritarian power grab.
The silence from Republicans is deafening.
Via @SenatorLujan pic.twitter.com/22X7BlainK
— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) June 12, 2025
BREAKING: Adam Schiff just delivered one of the best speeches we’ve ever seen. This is MAGA’s worst nightmare. Every American needs to see this.pic.twitter.com/dr0Fpbc3fY
— Democratic Wins Media (@DemocraticWins) June 12, 2025
12 PM: I asked Democratic Governors what they would say if President Trump sent federal agents to arrest them.
2 PM: Sitting Senator @SenAlexPadilla was violently detained and handcuffed by federal agents.
You can’t make this stuff up. pic.twitter.com/yK0wLgKczX
— Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@RepMaxwellFrost) June 12, 2025
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty. pic.twitter.com/iPIlR4U5Fv
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) June 12, 2025
Calif. Senator Forcibly Removed and Handcuffed After Interrupting Noem — from nytimes.com by Shawn Hubler, Jennifer Medina, and Jill Cowan (this is a gifted article)
Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, was shoved out of a room and handcuffed after he tried to question Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, during a news conference.
In the tense hyperpartisanship of the moment, the episode quickly swelled into a cause célèbre for both parties. Democratic senators, House members and governors rushed to denounce the treatment of a sitting senator, framing it as the latest escalation in authoritarian actions by the Trump administration. It followed the indictment on Tuesday of Representative LaMonica McIver of New Jersey and the arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, after the officials, both Democrats, tried to visit a new immigration detention facility in the city.
Republicans just as eagerly tried to frame Mr. Padilla’s behavior as in line with what they have called the lawlessness of the political left as President Trump tries to combat illegal immigration.