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Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla is forcefully removed from Noem’s news conference and handcuffed

Along Came Jones said:
True. Padilla was not guilty of “Disturbing the peace” and/or “obstruction” laws. But answer this.

Who else asked questions and received an answer before Padilla tried to interrupt Noem with his question? She spoke a little more than four minutes when up he popped to challenge her. As the Secret Service/FBI pushed him out of the room, what other than his name and rank was he shouting? A fragment of the statement he didn't have the opportunity to make?
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I’m not aware of any video documenting the entirety of the incident being released, so all I can comment is what has been posted in this thread.

Padilla quickly identified himself before being physically removed from the room. Noem said she didn’t know who Padilla is, which is odd, considering the fact that he’s the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, and she made no effort to stop his being removed, instead pretending like she didn’t see/hear him.

Granted, Padilla should’ve waited until Noem opened the floor to questions, instead of making an ass of himself by abruptly confronting Noem in front of a crowd of reporters.

Had Noem instructed her security detail to immediately release Padilla, before being removed from the room, and asked him to be courteous and wait until she finished speaking and opened the floor to questions (like some politicians have done), she would have come away looking like the adult, but she didn’t.
 
CaughtInThe said:
Kristi Noem Appears With Bandage Over Ear Struck By Words
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It's a good thing it wasn't Nancy Mace. Those words would have taken her head clean off.
 
exoplanet said:
"Barging" is a value judgement on how he got there. What frames of that video show him "barging"? It looks like zero to me.

You said he "doesn't ID himself until they have him detained and out of the room". Which you can see is not what happened by the video you just posted. So if you want to change your view of the event I'm happy to hear that, but that doesn't make me "Wrong"
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I amended my statement. He does not say who he is until after he begins physically resisting.
 
RaleBulgarian said:
I’m not aware of any video documenting the entirety of the incident being released, so all I can comment is what has been posted in this thread.

Padilla quickly identified himself before being physically removed from the room. Noem said she didn’t know who Padilla is, which is odd, considering the fact that he’s the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, and she made no effort to stop his being removed, instead pretending like she didn’t see/hear him.

Granted, Padilla should’ve waited until Noem opened the floor to questions, instead of making an ass of himself by abruptly confronting Noem in front of a crowd of reporters.

Had Noem instructed her security detail to immediately release Padilla, before being removed from the room, and asked him to be courteous and wait until she finished speaking and opened the floor to questions (like some politicians have done), she would have come away looking like the adult, but she didn’t.
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While I disagree with a few bits of your reply, that was a great response! Thanks for that.

The missing piece from video I've seen is the time between Padilla moving from his seat and the time the Secret Service/FBI moved to block his approach. The complete conference published at post #269 pans at a little less than five minutes from Noem to show the confrontation already under way.
 
Along Came Jones said:
True. Padilla was not guilty of “Disturbing the peace” and/or “obstruction” laws. But answer this.

Who else asked questions and received an answer before Padilla tried to interrupt Noem with his question? She spoke a little more than four minutes when up he popped to challenge her. As the Secret Service/FBI pushed him out of the room, what other than his name and rank was he shouting? A fragment of the statement he didn't have the opportunity to make?
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Immediately prior to Padilla standing up and interrupting Noem, Noem said: “We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city." She was describing a coup against California and Los Angeles. And this is being said within the context of Trump violating the law by invoking 12406 when a rebellion does not exist.

Padilla was not in the wrong. Noem was. Trump was.
 
Hamish Howl said:
Sometimes you just have to sit back and enjoy the vicious self-own.
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It's not the first time a dumbass MAGA person has quoted from the BB thinking it's real. That tells you just how hyperbolic the "news" sites they frequent are - they can't tell the difference. OAN, Gateway Pundit, Instapundit, Twitchy, Doug Ross, Daily Caller are just the tip of a huge right wing media ecosphere that dominates AM and FM talk radio, TV and the internet. It's hard to break out of that forest to breathe fresh air.
 
W_Heisenberg said:
Immediately prior to Padilla standing up and interrupting Noem, Noem said: “We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city." She was describing a coup against California and Los Angeles. And this is being said within the context of Trump violating the law by invoking 12406 when a rebellion does not exist.

Padilla was not in the wrong. Noem was. Trump was.
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The head of ICE said the same thing... Trump was voted in on Dealing with Illegal Immigration and that is what he is doing. They aren't going anywhere and if anything, it will get worse for Illegal Immigrants. Los Angeles and California are run by idiots. I lived there and it has only gotten worse.
 
RaleBulgarian said:
I’m not aware of any video documenting the entirety of the incident being released, so all I can comment is what has been posted in this thread.

Padilla quickly identified himself before (AFTER) being physically removed from the room.
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I only have one amendment to your post. In BOLD
 
Bodi said:
The head of ICE said the same thing... Trump was voted in on Dealing with Illegal Immigration and that is what he is doing. They aren't going anywhere and if anything, it will get worse for Illegal Immigrants. Los Angeles and California are run by idiots. I lived there and it has only gotten worse.
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That's not how our government works in the U.S. It's not for Noem or Trump to decide who governs L.A. or California.
 
I was just thinking, if it was a mistake and they did not recognize him as a Senator, what Noem and the Trump administration could do is simply apologize to him. That seems reasonable, doesn't it? But they won't do it, will they?
 
W_Heisenberg said:
Immediately prior to Padilla standing up and interrupting Noem, Noem said: “We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city." She was describing a coup against California and Los Angeles. And this is being said within the context of Trump violating the law by invoking 12406 when a rebellion does not exist.

Padilla was not in the wrong. Noem was. Trump was.
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So, with due respect I ask, Noem's militantly strident speech provoked Padilla?

Yes. Noem said, “We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."

Not a word from Padilla about it during his press statement immediately following the incident. And it seems that only Padilla is allowed to interrupt press conferences to ask questions. Transcript from C-SPAN:

Well, good afternoon. Turn on. Good afternoon everybody. Senator Alex Padilla. Uh, you guys have some questions. I'm going to read a brief statement. I will not be taking questions, but allow me to read my statement. Uh, I'm here in Los Angeles today. And I was here in the federal building. In the conference room awaiting a scheduled briefing from federal officials as part of my responsibility as a senator. To provide oversight and accountability. While I was waiting for the briefing with General Gio. I learned that Secretary Nome was having a press conference a couple of doors down the hall. Since the beginning of the year, but especially Over the course of the last over the course of recent weeks. I, several of my colleagues have been asking the Department of Homeland Security for more information and more answers on their increasingly extreme immigration enforcement actions. And we've gotten little to no information. In response to our inquiries. And so I came to the press conference to hear what she had to say, to see if I could learn any new additional information. And at one point I had a question. And let me emphasize just as we emphasize. The right for people to peacefully protest. And to stand up for their First Amendment rights, for our fundamental rights. I was there peacefully. At one point I had a question. And so I began to ask a question. I was almost immediately forcibly removed from the room. I was forced to the ground. And I was handcuffed. I was not arrested. I was not detained. I will say this 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 out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable. And we'll have more to say. We'll have more to say in the coming days. Let me say just briefly in Spanish as well. So it's Alex Padillasque una juntas mass de los representantes de la administration. Especial mentorque de princino Donald Trump the pealmente esta polo and la de los Angelesmos masslaspolias that rate. The administration. Indo minima. mass cuenta quela secretar no rea. Esso. Calbamente escucha parasipodrea algo nuevo sore los esfuerzos losses. Department The that. We ran. To. Lossar. Deal P. The mental. The. No No. The. Siestala reenagoruna prejunta imainan. OK Cons Bornaleros. Campesinosotros immigrates no violentos la de los Angeles detras areas South California in Pais. No. mosque here just want to just want to once again. Just want to once again. For not just the community here in Los Angeles but throughout the country. Because there is a lot of concern. There is a lot of tension. There is a lot of anxiety, and a lot of people are beginning to make plans for what they may or may not do come this Saturday. I Please peacefully protest just like I was calmly and peacefully listening in that press conference and preparing, attempting. To ask a question. No violence, no vandalism. Please continue peacefully protesting, and that's all I will have to say today.city."

Reporter: Why did you disrupt it. Christine, I don't know if you guys can hear me, but as you see Senator Padilla. Uh, right now, and I . . .

And Padillo walked away without answering.
 
Along Came Jones said:
So, with due respect I ask, Noem's militantly strident speech provoked Padilla?

Yes. Noem said, “We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."

Not a word from Padilla about it during his press statement immediately following the incident. And it seems that only Padilla is allowed to interrupt press conferences to ask questions. Transcript from C-SPAN:

Well, good afternoon. Turn on. Good afternoon everybody. Senator Alex Padilla. Uh, you guys have some questions. I'm going to read a brief statement. I will not be taking questions, but allow me to read my statement. Uh, I'm here in Los Angeles today. And I was here in the federal building. In the conference room awaiting a scheduled briefing from federal officials as part of my responsibility as a senator. To provide oversight and accountability. While I was waiting for the briefing with General Gio. I learned that Secretary Nome was having a press conference a couple of doors down the hall. Since the beginning of the year, but especially Over the course of the last over the course of recent weeks. I, several of my colleagues have been asking the Department of Homeland Security for more information and more answers on their increasingly extreme immigration enforcement actions. And we've gotten little to no information. In response to our inquiries. And so I came to the press conference to hear what she had to say, to see if I could learn any new additional information. And at one point I had a question. And let me emphasize just as we emphasize. The right for people to peacefully protest. And to stand up for their First Amendment rights, for our fundamental rights. I was there peacefully. At one point I had a question. And so I began to ask a question. I was almost immediately forcibly removed from the room. I was forced to the ground. And I was handcuffed. I was not arrested. I was not detained. I will say this 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 out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable. And we'll have more to say. We'll have more to say in the coming days. Let me say just briefly in Spanish as well. So it's Alex Padillasque una juntas mass de los representantes de la administration. Especial mentorque de princino Donald Trump the pealmente esta polo and la de los Angelesmos masslaspolias that rate. The administration. Indo minima. mass cuenta quela secretar no rea. Esso. Calbamente escucha parasipodrea algo nuevo sore los esfuerzos losses. Department The that. We ran. To. Lossar. Deal P. The mental. The. No No. The. Siestala reenagoruna prejunta imainan. OK Cons Bornaleros. Campesinosotros immigrates no violentos la de los Angeles detras areas South California in Pais. No. mosque here just want to just want to once again. Just want to once again. For not just the community here in Los Angeles but throughout the country. Because there is a lot of concern. There is a lot of tension. There is a lot of anxiety, and a lot of people are beginning to make plans for what they may or may not do come this Saturday. I Please peacefully protest just like I was calmly and peacefully listening in that press conference and preparing, attempting. To ask a question. No violence, no vandalism. Please continue peacefully protesting, and that's all I will have to say today.city."

Reporter: Why did you disrupt it. Christine, I don't know if you guys can hear me, but as you see Senator Padilla. Uh, right now, and I . . .

And Padillo walked away without answering.
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Why hasn't Noem apologized?
 
RaleBulgarian said:
Padilla identified himself before being removed from the room.

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Irrelevant. He is already targeted as a threat and the LEO's are to remove threats and find out what is going on. He is already being physically removed and he is physically resisting as he says, "sir, sir" and somebody says "hands up" AND THEN he says he is a Senator.

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W_Heisenberg said:
I was just thinking, if it was a mistake and they did not recognize him as a Senator, what Noem and the Trump administration could do is simply apologize to him. That seems reasonable, doesn't it? But they won't do it, will they?
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Apologize for what? If you or I had done what he did people would be applauding LEO's for removing a disruptive person. He is just a person. Senators are not better people. We all have rights and we can all be held accountable for crossing lines.

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Along Came Jones said:
While I disagree with a few bits of your reply, that was a great response! Thanks for that.

The missing piece from video I've seen is the time between Padilla moving from his seat and the time the Secret Service/FBI moved to block his approach. The complete conference published at post #269 pans at a little less than five minutes from Noem to show the confrontation already under way.
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And...?
 
W_Heisenberg said:
That's not how our government works in the U.S. It's not for Noem or Trump to decide who governs L.A. or California.
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Correct. But arresting politicians that break the law is ho the government works.

Why do you defend a system that protects illegal immigration, tax fraud, illegal hiring practices, etc?
 
Bodi said:
Irrelevant.
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First, you erroneously made a point of trying correct me on when Padilla identified himself, and when you’re corrected you now say that the point is irrelevant.

If you think the point is irrelevant, why’d you take the time to try to correct my correct comment?
Bodi said:
He is already targeted as a threat and the LEO's are to remove threats and find out what is going on. He is already being physically removed and he is physically resisting as he says, "sir, sir" and somebody says "hands up" AND THEN he says he is a Senator.
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No argument.

And when Padilla did identify him, Noem should’ve directed those LEO’s to release Padilla instead of pretending like she didn’t see/hear him.

Padilla made an ass of himself, and Noem failed to do what she should’ve done.
 
Bodi said:
Correct. But arresting politicians that break the law is ho the government works.

Why do you defend a system that protects illegal immigration, tax fraud, illegal hiring practices, etc?
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Padilla wasn’t arrested.
 
W_Heisenberg said:
Why hasn't Noem apologized?
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Maybe she did. Privately. During the meeting facilitated by the Secret Service/FBI who wrestled him out of the room. Wouldn't we like to know what they said to each other.

But I'm glad you asked the question because in replying to your post at #882 I did not respond to:

She was describing a coup against California and Los Angeles. And this is being said within the context of Trump violating the law by invoking 12406 when a rebellion does not exist.

I didn't respond because the only part of the comment I disagree with is your use of the word "coup." Civil authority still governs the state and the city. The courts are still up and functioning. The military is protecting federal property and ICE agents as they perform their statutory duties. Any person they might detain is turned over to local or federal law enforcement and not held for a military tribunal.

The federalization of the National Guard and the deployment of active duty forces is a statutory and constitutional dispute now on appeal. (To be heard this Tuesday.)

Are the state and city governments able to enforce the law and maintain order? Did the governor request federal assistance as required by statute? The appeals process and decision may well be the most significant result arising from this mess.
 
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