Senate Republicans blast Alex Padilla
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Democratic Party officials have been united in their public and vigorous support of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) after he was forcibly removed and handcuffed at a news conference for Homeland
"How could you say that you did not know who he was?" L.A. Mayor Karen Bass speaks out on the forced removal of California Sen. Alex Padilla from a DHS press conference. DHS claimed the senator "interrupted a live press conference without identifying himself.
"If they can handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you," the California governor says in a tweet.
Padilla told reporters at his own news conference following the incident that he was not arrested or charged with a crime, but confirmed reports that he was handcuffed.
We need an independent investigation of this,” says Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the forcible removal and handcuffing of Sen. Alex Padilla at a DHS press conference. “It is also time for Kristi Noem to resign.
Senate Democrats were shaken to the core after seeing videos of officers aggressively pushing California Sen. Alex Padilla out of a press conference with the Homeland Security secretary and eventually restraining him on the floor outside the room.