Sen. Alex Padilla calls removal from DHS press conference a ‘wake-up call’

Senator Alex Padilla, D-Calif, said in an interview that he would never have thought that he would be violently removed from a press conference of the Ministry of Homeland Protection (DHS) when he tried to ask the DHS secretary Kristi calls A question in June in which it was argued that it was a “wake -up call”.

“I would never have imagined that this would have happened – that this would be an answer to a question, especially to a senator who tries to ask a question,” He said The New York Times’ Lulu Garcia Navarro.

Padilla was tied up with handcuffs And violently from a press conference in June in Los Angeles, after trying to ask Homeland Security a question that spoke about the anti-Ice riots in the city.

The Nyt asked Padilla if nobody apologized to him in her conversation after the incident. Padilla insisted that he did not interrupt the press conference and straight wanted to ask a question.

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“No excuse, but to be honest not surprised, only given the fact that this government is wearing itself,” he continued. “I wish I could say it was material or more constructive. After all, she said ”Well, I understand that you ask for further information. What is your question? ‘”

Padilla said his distance from the press conference should be a wake-up call and argue that it was part of a major problem with the Trump administration.

“It was clear to me that this administration would react to a senator with a question in this way, not only imagine how you could treat so many other people, but how to treat so many other people when the cameras are not.

The democratic senator pointed out the presence of the National Guard in cities such as Los Angeles and Washington, DC, and said it was an “intoxicating time” for the country.

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When asked if he thought that his distance was deliberately or a mistake, said Padilla: “At least it was a damn good overreaction.”

“But they knew who I was. Just like Vice President Vance, Vance knows my name, but he decided to call me Jose. We served in the Senate for two years, for the sake of Christ. He knows who I am, but it is the way they choose things,” he said and referred to Vice President JD Vance, Jd Vance Padilla “Jose” After the incident.

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The DHS did not immediately answer a request for comment.