"On July 12, 2025, Homeland Security agents shoved Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California) out the door of a department press conference when he tried to ask a question of Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. The secretary had deployed hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to the sanctuary city of Los Angeles, where they unleashed tear gas on outraged residents. Video of security agents in LA knocking Padilla to the ground, ordering him to "lay flat" while handcuffing him, went viral."
"Yet, three weeks later, the liberal darling would join Adam Schiff, California's other senator and one of the biggest recipients of AIPAC largess, to vote against Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vermont) resolution to block nearly $676 million in weapons to Israel. In the midst of overwhelming U.S. public opposition - including 92 percent of Democratic Party voters - to Israel's military onslaught in Gaza, Padilla sided with a minority of Senate Democrats to continue arming a genocide"
On July 12, 2025, Homeland Security agents shoved Sen. Alex Padilla out of a Department of Homeland Security press conference when he tried to question Secretary Kristi Noem. The secretary deployed hundreds of ICE agents to Los Angeles and tear-gassed residents. Video showed agents knocking Padilla to the ground, ordering him to "lay flat," and handcuffing him, which went viral. Three weeks later Padilla voted with Adam Schiff against Bernie Sanders's resolution to block nearly $676 million in weapons to Israel. The piece links domestic ICE raids and Israeli military actions as operating from a common playbook of ethnic or racial supremacy.
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