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U.S. Senator Alex Padilla Forcibly Removed and Arrested For Heckling DHS Secretary Kristi Noem During Press Briefing (VIDEO)

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Noem did not respond at all, her service detail did.
She could have restrained them with a word. She didn't. Because she tends to respond to frustration with violence.
 
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It did look planned and he got his ten minutes of fame and a thread here on CF. Not bad.
Oh good grief. He had a meeting a few doors down and dropped in on the Noem presser while waiting for his other meeting. Then Noem said they were there to "liberate" California, which is straight-up authoritarian.
 
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She could have restrained them with a word. She didn't. Because she tends to respond to frustration with violence.
lol typical left unfounded accusations. No one there committed violence. The security detail responded appropriately to what they saw as a treat. The senator continued to resist even as he was being removed from the room.
 
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I see... it was all a clever plot by the evil liberals to ask a question at a news conference, knowing that thugs would respond with violence. You sure that's on the Senator?


How would he know she was going to respond to a question by having her people assault him?


Well, it was a pretty back look. Noem seems to have not realized that cell phones would be documenting the attack.


The video shows that was all he did. Why deny what's there on video?
It appears to me you are the one in denial. Anyone who barged in the room in an aggressive manner like the senator would receive the same treatment. It was their job to keep order in that press conference. I amazed that so many liberals cannot see what is right in front of them. The senator was out of line and got what he wanted , a video taken by his staff showing him on the ground being cuffed. Hey it worked on you!
 
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It appears to me you are the one in denial. Anyone who barged in the room in an aggressive manner like the senator would receive the same treatment. It was their job to keep order in that press conference. I amazed that so many liberals cannot see what is right in front of them. The senator was out of line and got what he wanted , a video taken by his staff showing him on the ground being cuffed. Hey it worked on you!
The nature of the security team's response is actually beside the point when you consider two salient facts:

1. Senator Padilla had an absolute legal right to be there, whether he was invited or had an appointment or not.
2. Noem knew who he was.
 
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She could have restrained them with a word. She didn't. Because she tends to respond to frustration with violence.
Nope, she just let them do their job. And they did it professionally and quickly. Exactly as they should have.
 
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Oh good grief. He had a meeting a few doors down and dropped in on the Noem presser while waiting for his other meeting. Then Noem said they were there to "liberate" California, which is straight-up authoritarian.
He dropped in looking for an opportunity to be disruptive and gain some press, standing up for California's against the big mean machine. He got his moment of fame.
 
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Nope, she just let them do their job. And they did it professionally and quickly. Exactly as they should have.
Odd, then, that the statement they released do not match the video. One wonders, if they did such a great job, why those two things do not jibe?
 
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He dropped in looking for an opportunity to be disruptive and gain some press, standing up for California's against the big mean machine. He got his moment of fame.
Maybe, and maybe not. One thing we can be sure of is that he had the authority to be there, and besides the "threat" he supposedly represented she had no authority to remove him.
 
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Maybe, and maybe not. One thing we can be sure of is that he had the authority to be there, and besides the "threat" he supposedly represented she had no authority to remove him.
She didn’t remove him. Her security detail removed him.
 
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The nature of the security team's response is actually beside the point when you consider two salient facts:

1. Senator Padilla had an absolute legal right to be there, whether he was invited or had an appointment or not.
2. Noem knew who he was.
Yes but he could be there but being there doesn't give him a RIGHT to disrupt the press briefing and act the way he did. I dont know that Noem was paying him any attention. She barely looked up when he started being loud and disruptive. She just let the team do their thing, as she should have. That was neither the time nor place to get into some sort of argument over what was going on. It wasnt a congressional meeting or committe meeting. I guess we are just going in circles now.
 
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Absent the "threat" he supposedly represented she had no authority to have him removed. That better?
She did not give the security detail permission to remove him. The security detail removed him because they believed that he posed a threat. The security detail never asked Noem if she wanted him removed.
 
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