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And Litman addresses the key question; Will the courts let him get away it?
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The Padilla Outrage
Stunning development in Los Angeles today:
Senator Alex Padilla Forcibly Removed and Handcuffed After Confronting Noem - The New York Times
Senator Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, was forcibly removed from a news conference being held by Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security secretary, and handcuffed on Thursday after he pushed past guards at a federal building in West Los Angeles.
“Sir! Sir! Hands off!” Mr. Padilla, 52, shouted as federal agents tried to muscle him out of the room where Ms. Noem was speaking inside a government office building about 15 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. “I am Senator Alex Padilla, I have a question for the secretary.”
As Mr. Padilla — a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the son of Mexican immigrants and a Los Angeles native — began to question the authenticity of a bank of mug shots behind her, agents shoved him out of the room, told him to drop to his knees in a hallway and handcuffed him, based on videos taken by Mr. Padilla’s office and a Fox News reporter.
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"The Moment We Have Feared Is Here"
"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
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This is a picture of Trump regime agents handcuffing a United States Senator who tried to ask Kristi Noem a question.
WTF?
Here’s Senator Adam Schiff’s reaction:
[Senator Alex Padillo] represents the best of the Senate.
The disgraceful and disrespectful conduct of DHS agents, pushing and shoving him out of a briefing like that, demands our condemnation.
He will not be silenced or intimidated. His questions will be answered.
I’m with Alex.
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Chuck Schumer: “Watching this video sickened my stomach, the manhandling of a United States Senator, Senator Padilla. We need immediate answers to what the hell went on.”
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Kristi Noem is lying/defending the assault on Senator Padilla:
In a shocking interview with Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum on The Story Thursday, Noem blasted the senator and fully defended the actions of the Secret Service and FBI personnel who shoved him out of the room, forced him to the floor, and handcuffed him.
“This man burst into the room, started lunging towards the podium, interrupting me and elevating his voice and was stopped, did not identify himself and was removed from the room,” Noem said. “So as soon as he identified himself, appropriate actions were taken.”
As the videotapes clearly show, this is false. Padilla is clearly identifying himself as a senator before he he is thrown to the ground and handcuffed.
I’ll have a lot more to say tomorrow.
Thursday night dog
Rare picture of Eli under my desk… while I’m recording a podcast.
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