Senator Alex Padilla forcefully removed and handcuffed after questioning Kristi Noem at press conference in LA
Senator Alex Padilla forcefully removed and handcuffed after questioning Kristi Noem at press conference in LA
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Has anyone seen the video footage preceding this? What caused him to be removed?
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I don't know if there's video footage of Padilla specifically preceding this moment of the press conference, but I think this clip captures most of what happened. Here's a description from AP News:
Padilla interrupted the news conference after Noem delivered a particularly pointed line, saying federal authorities were not going away but planned to stay and increase operations to “liberate” the city from its "socialist" leadership.
In terms of why he was removed, the article also says this:
In a statement, DHS said that Padilla “chose disrespectful political theater” and that Secret Service “thought he was an attacker.” The statement claimed erroneously that Padilla did not identify himself — he did, as he was being pushed from the room.
Which is obviously a retroactive justification. From what I can tell they did it because it was "disrespectful" to Noem (which is not illegal) and they knew they could get away with it.
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Pretty sure there's gotta be a law against the federal government officially attacking a state to remove democratically elected officials.
Because that's exactly what her statement says they are there to do. Nothing about immigration or protests.
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There's lots of laws against the things Donald is doing.
The problem is that they are meaningless when unenforced.
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Ya know.....my innitial instinct was to make a joke. But this actually needs to be treated as the serious situation that it is.
This.
The situation in LA.
It's all an attack on this country from within.
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