"“I think he should be charged. He should be prosecuted,” she said on NewsNation, a conservative news network. “He came in very aggressively, and then he actually fought police. He actually resisted arrest and was aggressively refused to leave.”"
"Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was speaking about immigration enforcement and the protests in LA at a press conference when Sen. Padilla - who is the ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety - identified himself and said that he had questions for Noem. Multiple videos captured him being forcibly removed from the room and then wrestled to the ground in the hallway."
"The administration has argued that Padilla didn't identify himself, despite video showing him identifying himself. In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said that Padilla “chose disrespectful political theater.”"
"Democrats have condemned the attack on a sitting U.S. senator as an authoritarian move intended to make members of Congress more afraid to speak out. But Greene, who spent years defending January 6 insurrectionists who share her political ideology, said tha"
Marjorie Taylor Greene said Sen. Alex Padilla should be charged and prosecuted after Padilla was forcibly removed from a Homeland Security press conference. Greene claimed Padilla came in aggressively, fought police, resisted arrest, and refused to leave. Padilla, the ranking member of a Senate immigration subcommittee, identified himself and attempted to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem questions about immigration enforcement and protests in Los Angeles. Videos showed Padilla being removed from the room and wrestled to the ground in a hallway. The Department of Homeland Security said Padilla did not identify himself and called his actions “disrespectful political theater.” Democrats condemned the incident as an authoritarian effort to intimidate members of Congress.
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