Statement from Senator Padilla

[LetMyPeopleVote]

If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.

— Senator Alex Padilla (@padilla.senate.gov) 2025-06-12T21:15:49.197Z

[SheltieLover]

1. Get to the greatest page rfn!

[AllaN01Bear]

17. i second that emotion.

[SheltieLover]

18. Hi Bear! Thx!

[AllaN01Bear]

20. ""

[malaise]

2. Hope he's on Lawrence tonight

This is madness

[Attilatheblond]

3. Hope Lawrence has someone monitoring his blood pressure.

The madness is meant to trigger the public to violence and that's the thing the fascists want as an excuse to go in blazing

[SheltieLover]

4. I hope so, too, malaise!

Fucking nazis!

[stillcool]

5. I got no more words.

[spanone]

6. Thank you Senator.

[malaise]

9. An interview with Padilla will be on the second hour of The Beat tonight

Alex Wagner was excellent

[malaise]

12. Senator Padilla on now

Phew

[Sessuch]

27. I do not thank the Senator for voting for Trump's Crypto bill in the Senate. He voted for cloture of the filibuster.

[Hekate]

7. Proud to call Alex Padilla my Senator. Right after this he told the cameras: I want to repeat this in Spanish.

About 2 hours ago in Los Angeles, US Senator Padilla announced himself by name, and Kristi Noem had him ejected, thrown to the floor, and cuffed. She announced LA is a “war zone” and dashed off to FOX to lie in her teeth that he was unknown to her and rushed the stage.

Nicole Wallace, bless her, replayed the video (several times) and made sure the truth was told.

Caught part of Mayor Karen Bass’s news conference after, and the Mayor was damn good. She described the area of dispute (perhaps 1/2 mile of LA’s 500 square miles of territory). Among other things she said she’d served in the House for 10 years with Noem, and that she does not recognize this woman at all.

Well, this is certainly the next giant step.

[everyonematters]

8. This administration is not acting like people who are confident in what they are doing.

They are acting like they are afraid of being exposed. I think most people see what's going on, and they know it.

[malaise]

10. Glad everyone at M$NBComcast is replaying the video over and over

This has to be stopped

[SheltieLover]

19. Yes it does!

[kacekwl]

11. Cosplay Barbie was already on fox

saying why she felt threatened and the Senator was out of control.

[malaise]

13. Sen Padilla on now n/t

[SunSeeker]

15. If she felt "threatened" by a Senator in a suit, she is too much of a coward to do her job.

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RESIGN, NOEM!!!

[SheltieLover]

21. This! 👆👆👆👆👆

[SunSeeker]

14. K & R and reposted on Bluesky!

[Tarzanrock]

16. "[t]hreatened?" ICE Barbie was probably afraid that ...

he might steal her $3,000 purse just like someone else did. What a fucking callous, hideous Fascist bitch! Threatened -- while surrounded by all her well armed Gestapo goons? What a despicable, lying, worthless, dog killing woman!

[dchill]

22. Kick and rec!

[EndlessWire]

23. I didn't see him "rush" the stage

He was doing his job. He identified himself, and he was pushed and hustled out to another room and ultimately a hallway, where he was made to kneel and lie down, and handcuffed.

I must say, Alex Padilla is scary looking. If he had fought back, he probably could have gotten shot. Instead, he did not resist at all, except where he said, "Hands off!" Then, while he was down, someone realized that the whole thing was being recorded, and someone said that no recording was allowed in "this area."

So, what I got out of that was a plan to take anyone into the room and then the hallway to arrest them without a witness as to how it was done. They all seemed to know where they were going. I think that because he announced he was SENATOR Alex Padilla, they had pause to think about what they were doing. They started backing him up before he quickly announced who he is, and they already had hands on him. This is no excuse for them, and they made a duly elected US Senator lie on the floor while he was handcuffed.

I've watched hundreds of suspects get handcuffed, where the cops yelled, "Stop resisting!" while they made it impossible for the person to put their hands behind their backs on the ground. That's so they can charge the person with obstruction. They told Padilla to put his hands behind his back, and he told them something to the effect that perhaps he couldn't, and they worked it out. I must say, Padilla is well schooled and trained for non-violent surrender. He did hold the card up his sleeve. I'd effing sue them for this.

I am reminded of a video I saw where a commentator was talking, I think about responsibility, and he said he was now going to practice civil disobedience. He began walking up to the speaker's podium where he was tackled and handcuffed just for walking up.

So, I think that's what I saw, except that I find it cowardly that she wasn't going to take questions. Why hold a presser when you don't want to be pressed? Padilla was doing his job. He didn't have to show up there. But he's on the committee, and here was an opportunity to do his job. California is proud of Senator Alex Padilla. I hope he sues for his civil rights.

I read his history. He has a degree in mechanical engineering from MIT. Now, that's smart.

[Cha]

24. Mahalo Nui Loa, CA Sen Padilla!

TY, LMPV

[Bluetus]

25. We are burying the lede. The real story

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is not the assault. Yes, that's terrible and unacceptable in any democracy. But understand, the Senator was listening to the Secretary. He only rose to question her when she said with no ambiguity whatsoever that the whole purpose of invading Los Angeles is to force regime change. In their twisted minds, they fully intend to keep the Marines and Guard in occupation of the city until the Mayor and Governor are forced to resign. That is when the Senator rose to ask his questions.

Need I mention that those two were elected by the will of the people?

[AntiFascist]

37. This reflects what other MAGAts in the Administration have already said and published...

that Democrats are the "enemy within" the US that need to be dealt with through force. They also believe that we are in a "post-Constitutional" era, where the Constitution should no longer apply and the President has total power.

We need to demonstrate our counter force with our numbers, and the No Kings protests tomorrow should be vast and dwarf any Federal forces that try to intimidate us.

[CountAllVotes]

26. K&R

[Irish_Dem]

28. I like how Padilla fought back and did not go quietly with the Nazis.

[BumRushDaShow]

29. Sen. Corey Booker on the Senate floor this afternoon

Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs

— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2025-06-12T20:17:27.906Z

Acyn

@acyn.bsky.social

Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs
Jun 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM

[Unwind Your Mind]

31. Hear hear honorable Mr. Booker

Thank you for posting BumRush

[BumRushDaShow]

33. Most welcome! I saw that by chance

when I was trying to see if Acyn had a Blue Sky account (which I would rather post than X). He does but it's not really sync'd with what he posts on X. There are apps that supposedly allow someone to post the same message across platforms (including Threads too). I don't have an account with any of them but will look at what is available to view as a web version though!

[flamingdem]

30. Is Iran going to erase this story from the front pages

Crap!

[madville]

36. Already has

Plus the appeals court already reversing the lower courts ruling on the CA national guard troops has wiped away the Newsome response.

[mvd]

32. I already was sick and had a panic attack today

Lawrence is great but think I will just read DU.

[BurnDoubt]

34. Where were these guys when the MAGA-lomaniacs were shitting on desks and rioting ....

In the House?????????
And then PARDONED???????
Treason and Insurrection are pardoned... And a sitting Senator is wrestled to the ground for asking a question.
Life Beyond The Pale.
Republicans are 100% responsible and should be held accountable... How about El Salvador? And let them walk the yard with the guys they deported. I'm good with that!!!!!

[OldBaldy1701E]

35. "We will hold this administration accountable."

That's great, Senator.

Umm... just one question...

WHEN?????

Because doing so after they have instilled their technocratic oligarchy isn't going to accomplish anything. Once they initiate martial law over whatever incident they decide to blow out of proportion, I doubt you will get the chance before the jackboots come out.