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Manhandling of US Senator Ups California Tensions with Trump Admin
- On June 12, Senator Alex Padilla of California was restrained, taken to the ground, and handcuffed after attempting to interrupt a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles.
- Padilla interrupted the event to question Noem about deportations of individuals the Trump administration labeled violent criminals amid widespread immigration raids across Los Angeles.
- The Department of Homeland Security stated Padilla lunged toward Noem without identifying himself or wearing his Senate pin, causing Secret Service agents to treat him as a threat.
- Experts noted Padilla may have crossed a line, but the security response was excessive, with Professor Jack Pitney stating, "This is going to ramp up the interest in those protests."
- The incident amplified tensions in Los Angeles amid ongoing protests and troop deployments by President Trump, highlighting concerns over executive power and immigration enforcement policies.
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Marin Independent Journal
Takedown of California’s senior U.S. Senator, Alex Padilla, expected to ratchet up interest in Saturday protests in Bay Area
California’s senior U.S. senator, Democrat Alex Padilla, was forcibly removed, pushed to the floor and handcuffed Thursday after he interrupted a news conference by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about her department’s ongoing deportation enforcement in Los Angeles. The incident in the federal building in Los Angeles drew immediate fire from both Democrats and Republicans. “A United States Senator seeking clarificatio…
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Manhandling of US senator ups California tensions with Trump admin
California's stand-off with President Donald Trump's administration ratcheted up Thursday, after a sitting US senator was handcuffed and forcibly removed from a press conference on immigration raids that have spurred days of protests.
Protests and handcuffed senator: Tension is rising between the California Democrats and Camp Trump.
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