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By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference. But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.

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Sen. Padilla does not look OK. This really traumatized him. It’s not right. They went after his dignity, as a POC. Their racism STOLE the dignity of a U.S. Senator. 🤯🤬 #GetAngry This was *the* most terrifying, uncivilized, degrading thing to happen to him *while* doing his JOB.🤬 Authoritarian.

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The silence of our military leaders is deafening.

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The most important words of our Constitution are the first three: We the People. We have no Kings here, no monarchs, no slaves and no subjects. We the People.

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Watching how Greta Thunberg and David Hogg get discussed even left of center confirms something I’ve long suspected. Tired people over 40 who regret their own choices hate nothing more than an earnest person under 30.

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Boo Fucking Hoo. www.yahoo.com/news/michiga...

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SEN. PADILLA: “Saying I lunged is a lie, but that’s par for the course for this administration… I was behind the cameras listening, and at a certain point hearing Noem say they had to rescue LA from the Governor and Mayor was too much to take. So I raise my voice to ask a question.”

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How does this help any de escalation efforts?

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“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.” --Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater

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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.

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This grotesque cowardly ICE bully grabbed and pushed community organizers from @newvamajority.bsky.social who are LEGALLY permitted to observe and record what is happening in the parking lot of a courthouse. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/i...

submitted 1 day ago • 72 comments

I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla. This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.

submitted 6 hours ago • 1879 comments

What happened to Senator Padilla is absolutely DISGUSTING. Point blank, period. This shit is out of control. Another elected official disrespected while doing their job. (1/2)

submitted 6 hours ago • 897 comments

Padilla: If this is how DHS 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.

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Sen. Alex Padilla: "If this is how this DHS responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable."

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"as he lunged". Seriously there's video tape. Blatant fucking lies from gestapo central.

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America is so screwed. Senator Padilla just arrested in LA for questioning Noem.

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“ICE” as snatching people from churches now. Never forget they said this👇🏾 MAN AT CHURCH: “We don’t want this in our property.” ICE: “The whole country is our property.” No IDs shown, non-government out of state plates, basic tactical vests that just say police. Who are these men?

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And still… there are people who voted for this who are going to sleep with a smile on their faces pleased as pie.. It’s a wild world y’all

submitted 9 hours ago • 43 comments

If a US Senator is not safe from being handcuffed and detained for free speech, none of us are safe.

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“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary.” In the video, you can clearly hear that he identified himself to the SS Agent that was pushing him. Why continue aggressively pushing him out? If he was deemed an “attacker,” why weren’t their guns drawn? Liars.

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Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”

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Kristi Noem and her gestapo just "liberating" LA.

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AP footage of Senator Alex Padilla being physically removed from Kristi Noem's press conference about the LA @schiff.senate.gov @congresstran.bsky.social Thank you, Senator @padilla.senate.gov

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs says we’re not being invaded

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THIS A UNITED STATES SENATOR ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA BEING PHYSICALLY SHOVED OUT OF A MEETING ABOUT WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO THE BIGGEST CITY IN OUR STATE.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks 👇👇👇👇👇

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Wow. California Sen. Alex Padilla is wrestled and detained by federal officers after showing up to DHS Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference in LA. (video from Bill Melugin of Fox News)

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Did Trump’s FBI just arrest a sitting U.S. Senator—at a Kristi Noem press conference? 🚨 BREAKING: MSNBC is reporting California Senator Alex Padilla was shoved from the press conference and handcuffed. This isn’t okay. Everyone should be alarmed by this!

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