The Democrats on the Capitol Hill were irate on Thursday after Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) Had had been tied up and handcuffs after trying to question the secretary of home protection security, Kristi Noem at a press conference in Los Angeles.
After Padilla had identified with his name and title, he pushed himself to the front of a conference room that tried to ask a question. He was back then packed by agents Who pushed him backwards, pushed him through a number of double doors and forced him to the ground and tied it up with handcuffs.
The video of the confrontation was created when the Senate ended the work for this day and shocking members. More than a dozen went to the ground to defend Padilla and speak against what argued them were unjust and unnecessary.
On the other hand, the California Democrats, together with other members of the party, rose the Capitol steps as a group to condemn what many called their colleague. Members of the Hispanic Caucus of the Congress and other house democrats also marched to the office of speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) In a show of outrage.
“He had every right to speak as a member of the United States Senate and to be at an event that was accessible to the public and the press. Instead, he was forced and tied up with handcuffs by law enforcement agencies.
“And I’ll tell you what I know, you know, I thought it felt like it was in Germany in 1933.”
Many of the 17 Senate Democrats, the languages, compared Padilla’s distance with actions in dictatorial states and demanded a cross -party investigation.
“Do not make a mistake to make the efforts to urge our colleagues out of the room because he has asked an uncomfortable question to captivate him-an attempt to close it. It is an attempt to close everyone that has a different perspective from this government,” said Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA.) And showed that Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and witnessed the military. Sources to swell the military.
“They want to intimidate you,” he added.
Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Padillas Seating Cameradin, also characterized the answer as an attempt to silence a legislator that confronts questionable actions in her state.
“Since he visits this press conference to support themselves for those who are most vulnerable to ask the questions that have to be answered, like” What is the basis according to the law or the constitution to promote the governor’s objection, to promote the guard against our own people in California, “he said.”
“I understand why secretary Noem does not want to answer these questions because she cannot, but it is Alex Padilla’s task to ask these questions and ask for these answers, and we are proud of him. We are proud of his courage and steadfastness.”
Noem had organized the press conference to boast of the US immigration and customs authority (ICE) in Los Angeles, where officials arrested hundreds of migrants, some of them have already been quickly deported.
The enormous -scale raids triggered protests that were made by force by the administration. President Trump took the unusual step to avoid governor Gavin Newsom (D) to call the National Guard and set 700 marines – an even more unusual scenario for a subgroup of the military trained for the war.
The relationship from ICE and Congress was already examined after a scrum in front of a detention center in New Jersey took place, which the legislators tried to visit.
The mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka (D), was arrested, even though the charges were then dropped. And preliminary US lawyer Alina Habba has filed charges against Rep. Lamonica Mciver (Dn.J.) because she attacked an officer with her forearms during a messy argument.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) On Thursday there are laws in the books that protect the legislator.
“These rackets, which have mistreated the senator, probably do not know that it is a federal offense to attack a member of the congress, but that’s not the point. Nobody in our country should be [who is] treated in this way. So we speak for Sen. Padilla. We speak out for everyone who has the right to speak, ”she said.
MP Adriano Espaillat (Dn.Y.), the chairman of the Hispanic Caucus of the Congress, described what happened as an attack.
“Senator Padilla was not only prevented from expressing his opinion, he was attacked. He was attacked. Anyone who sees the video will see that he was aggressively attacked and thrown on site because he just wanted to express his opinion,” he said.
Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), Another Südkalifornian, said he wanted more than one examination.
“We need answers. We don’t need reports. We need answers from sen. [John] Thune, by spokesman Johnson. We need answers to these questions because Donald Trump’s administration is excluded, ”he told reporters.
Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), who was visibly irate during his tiny remarks, called for those who protest this weekend in California and elsewhere, in view of what happened with Padilla, protested and published the actions of the Senator.
“I never was so outraged by the implementation of an administration,” said Schatz.
Others showed their fingers on Noem and demanded their fall.
“Kristi Noem should step down in shame,” Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) wrote on the social platform X.
While the reactions from the Republicans of the Senate were more mute, some made it clear that they were not fans of Padilla’s actions, and accused him of the Grandsmann.
“I think he should have voted here in Washington,” said the majority of the Senate majority John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) Reporters.
“He has a responsibility towards his voters to appear at work,” he continued. “Not to try to try to make a spectacle of itself.”
Spokesman Johnson said he thought Padilla should be censored.
“I think this behavior increases with a minimum degree on the level of a censorship,” Johnson told reporters. “I think there must be a message that is sent by the body as a whole that this is not what we will do, that’s not what we are.”
Democrats were irate with the lack of support from Republicans.
“I cannot believe that we have no senators on both sides of the gang who call this outrageous,” said Senator Patty Murray (D-Washboden.).
“I often came to this ground to speak, to be angry, to be a voice for my people. I’ve never come so close to have tears in my eyes when I talk to both sides of this gang about this terrible incident.”
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) Said that the lack of republican criticism was worrying.
“I have studied problems with democracy, and so the democracies disguise. What they should be the most are who was not at this press conference,” he said. “As far as I know, not a single Republican criticized Sen. Padilla’s manual.”
And when Johnson supported the criticism, a group of Democrats held him.
“Mike, that’s absurd,” called Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-Calif), who represents the San Francisco Bay Area. Rep. Dan Goldman (DN.Y.) added: “Why don’t you stand for the congress?”
Outside the congress, Padilla and the administration exchanged different accounts about what had happened.
“I was peaceful there. At some point I had a question, and so I started asking a question,” said Padilla. “I was almost immediately violently removed from the room. I was forced to the ground and was tied up with handcuffs.”
However, he also pointed out the broader treatment of migrants who were instructed in La immigration attacks that triggered widespread protests.
“I will say the following: If this administration reacts to a senator in this way, I can only imagine what you do with land workers, chefs, to day workers in the community of Los Angeles and in California and all over the country,” he said.
The Department of Homeland Security later accused Padilla not to identify and to “cancel” towards Noem.
While Padilla pressed forward in the room, it clearly identifies.
“Senator Padilla decided on the disrespectful political theater and interrupted a live press conference without identifying himself or connecting his Senate security needle when he fell against secretary Noem,” wrote DHS spokesman Tricia McLaughlin about X.
“Mr. Padilla was repeatedly asked to withdraw, and did not meet the repeated commands of the officials. @Secretservice I thought he was an attacker and officers acted appropriately. The secretary Noem met according to Senator Padilla’s successor and held a 15 -minute session. “
