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US senator Alex Padilla comments on forcible removal from Noem event as Democrats condemn ‘sickening assault’ – live

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‘If this is how they respond to a senator with a question, imagine what they’re doing across the country,’ says Padilla

Padilla goes on:

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, throughout the LA community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable. We’ll have more to say in the coming days.

US senator Alex Padilla gives a statement.
US senator Alex Padilla gives a statement. Photograph: Aude Guerrucci/Reuters
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Katie Porter, the former Democratic representative from southern California, who is now running to be the next governor of the state, called the video of the senator Alex Padilla being forced out of a homeland security news conference in LA on Thursday “outrageous”.

Writing on Bluesky, she added:

Senator Padilla was tackled and restrained – and, as I understand it, later handcuffed – simply for asking questions of DHS Sec Noem at a public press conference.

He’s right to be asking questions! People across the political spectrum are very concerned about Trump’s illegal and politically motivated militarization of LA.

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