Los Angeles – a democratic US dream. Alex Padilla On Thursday it was strongly removed from Press conference secretary of internal security Kristi Noem in Los Angeles and handcuffs by officers who tried to speak immigration raids that led to protests in California and all over the country.
The film shows the secret service agent in the security details of Noem, who grabs Senator California for a jacket and pushing him out of the room when he tried to speak during the event of the secretary of DHS. Padilla interrupted a press conference after NEEM provided a particularly pointed line, saying that the federal authorities would not leave, but plan to stay and raise their activities to “free” the city from its “socialist” leadership.
“I am Senator Alex Padila. I have questions for the secretary,” he shouted in his voice.
Popling with officers in front of the room you can hear him that “hands!” Later he is seen on his knees, then pushed to the ground and handcuffs in the corridor, with several officers about it.
The shocking scene of the American senator is aggressively removed from the press conference of the office secretary, caused immediate indignation from his democratic colleagues. Photos and video with a fight trooped by congress rooms, in which stunned democrats demanded immediate investigation and characterized the section as another in a line of growing threats to democracy by the administration of President Donald Trump.
Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Democratic Senate, said what he saw, “got my stomach.”
“We need immediate answers to what worked for the devil,” said the senator from New York from the Senate floor. “It’s vile, disgusting, so non -American.”
In the DHS statement he said that Padilla “chose disrespect for the political theater” and that the secret services “thought he was an attacker.” The statement mistakenly claimed that Padilla did not identify himself – yes when he was pushed out of the room.
“Padilla has repeatedly repeated that he would withdraw and do not follow the repetitive commands of officers,” a statement, adding that “officers acted accordingly.”
Fracas in Los Angeles came only a few days after the democratic American representative Lamonica McIVER accused On the federal charges, accusing the attack and disturbed immigration officers before the arrest in New Jersey, while the mayor of Newark was arrested after trying to join the visit to congress supervision in the facility. Democrats formulated allegations as an intimidation of Trump’s administration.
There are also days of the uprising tension Between Trump and the Democratic Governor of California Gavin News for the Federal Military Intervention in California. IN speech At the beginning of this week, the governor warned that “democracy is assaulting in our eyes.”
Later Padilla said he was removed, demanding a response about “increasingly extreme activities of enforcement of immigration law.” He said that he and his colleagues received little answers to their questions in recent weeks, so he participated in the briefing to get more information.
“If in this way this administration reacts to the Senator with a question … I can only imagine what they do to agricultural employees, chefs, workers throughout the Los Angeles community and all over California and all over the country,” he said.
Noem later told Fox La that after the fight she had a “great” conversation with Padila, but called his approach “something that is not right at all.”
The White House accused Padilla of great.
“Padilla did not want the answer; he wanted to,” said the spokeswoman for the White House Abigail Jackson. “He says that Democrats are more excited Padilla than about brutal riots and assaults on law enforcement agencies.”
Padilla, the son of immigrants from Mexico, was a harsh critic of Trump and his mass deportation program. In a post on social media, he said about recent federal immigration in Los Angeles: “Trump does not attack criminals in his mass deportation program, terrorizes communities, spreads families and puts American citizens.”
Padilla in 2021 became the first Latin US senator when he was Selected by the news To fill the headquarters of the Harris Senate after he was elected vice president. At that time, Padilla was the election director of the state.
Harris wrote on Thursday in social media that Padilla “represented millions of Californians who demand the response to this administration in southern California.” She called his robust removal of “shameful and stunning abuse of power.”
Democratic senators quickly gathered in the chamber, condemning the treatment of their colleagues-a good and respected senator-called Americans to understand what was going on.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, said that Trump makes this country “more and more resembles a fascist state.”
“Will any republican senator speak for our democracy?” Warren begged.
Senator Tina Smith, D-Minn., Called Noema to resign, saying that there was no justification for the treatment of Padilla and that the Trump administration must be held responsible.
House speaker Mike Johnson, R-la., Accused Padilla of “loading” Noem and pointed out that the behavior “rises to the level of censorship.”
“In my opinion it was extremely inappropriate,” said Johnson, Trump’s ally, reporters in front of the home chamber, when the democrats pass over him: “It’s a lie!”
“A sitting member of the Congress should not behave like that,” said Johnson, speaking aloud about reporters’ questions. “He is under a member of the Congress. He is under the US Senator.”
Republican Senate leader John Thune said that he talked to Padila and tries to reach Noem, but he has not yet joined her.
“We want to get a full range of what happened and do what we would do in every such incident involving a senator and try to gather all relevant information,” said Senator from Southern Dakota.
Republican No. 2, Senator John Barrasso from Wyoming, said that he was not aware of what happened, but that Padilla should be in Washington.
Stark incident appears when Congress is in the face of growing episodes of violation of its authority. As an equal branch of the US government, the Trump administration exerts its executive rights in an unverified manner.
As part of their work in the Congress, legislators are responsible for ensuring administration, its agencies and activities.
Several senators and representatives performed their roles of supervision, examining the treatment of immigrants and other detainees as part of the mass deportation of Trump administration.
From the steps of the US Capitol, the leader of the democratic democratic Hakeem Jeffries said what happened to the “non -American” padila, and the involved people must be held responsible.
“This will not end until the responsibility occurs and until Trump’s administration changes his behavior,” he said.
