Senator Padilla kicked out of press conference
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – California Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference in Los Angeles, where she was praising law enforcement for cracking down on protests against ICE raids.
'I was forced to the ground, and I was handcuffed,' said Padilla.
Padilla said he wanted to question Noem.
'You 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,' said Padilla.
Noem criticized the interruption during her immigration press conference praising law enforcement.
'I think everybody in America would, would agree that that was inappropriate,' said Noem.
DHS called the move political theater and said Noem and Padilla met after for 15 minutes.
Senate Democrats are up in arms over the removal of their colleague.
'This is something that we should not tolerate,' said Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.).
Democrats demanded an investigation and called out the action taken against the senator.
'If this is how a United States Senator can be treated, then none of us ultimately are immune,' said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).
However, Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says what the senator did is against the law.
'It looked very aggressive. Looks like he was attacking the Secretary of Homeland Security. And, he was attacking police officers,' said Greene.
Senate Republican Leader John Thune says they want the facts on what happened before issuing a response.
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