Padilla Episode Triggers Five-alarm Fire for Democrats

Friday, June 13, 2025

Democrats spooked by President Trump's state-sanctioned shows of force have shifted into five-alarm fire mode, warning he's pushing American democracy to the brink.

Posted by retort at 08:43 AM | 19 COMMENTS | permalink

Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer, Cory Booker and Adam Schiff react to Sen. Alex Padilla being removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference.[image or embed]
-- NBC News (@nbcnews.com) Jun 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM

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He's lucky he wasn't shot given his unhinged demeanor and the way he charged at Noem.

#1 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-06-13 09:42 AM

He's lucky he wasn't shot given his unhinged demeanor and the way he charged at Noem.

#1 | Posted by visitor

You're lucky you're not shot for being such an unhinged and obvious liar.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-06-13 09:55 AM

#1 | Posted by visitor_

Come on. You have to be trolling. Everything was on camera.

If you're NOT trolling, then the country needs to be afraid of you.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-06-13 09:56 AM

Visitor has outed himself as the kind of stain on our country that needs to be isolated until it checks out.

He's the sort who only hid what a vile piece of s(*& he is because he didn't feel like there was enough vile pieces of s(*& like him out there until Trump made them all feel comfortable being vile pieces of s*&^.

As for the topic, they should have already been in "five-alarm fire mode." This is a predictable escalation and it will happen again. That they were caught off guard shows, yet again, what impotent idiots the Dems are and why they were instrumental in our current state of affairs developing.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2025-06-13 11:02 AM

Yeah, he is all that. Been here a long time. Actually though, he's the Cowardly Lion type; he's the reason the pages are yellow.

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2025-06-13 11:20 AM

Enough with MAGAT traitors like Pisitor_.

Time to set Mar A Fatso on fire

#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-13 02:48 PM

Wel, there is this ... .

" A CNN analyst who once served as an FBI special agent defended some of the tactics used by Secret Service and FBI personnel in their clash with Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) Thursday.

Appearing on CNN's The Arena, security correspondent Josh Campbell said that agents acted appropriately in escorting the senator out of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference after he interrupted.

"From a law enforcement perspective, we're really looking at three separate incidents that happened within a short period of time," Campbell explained. "First, you have the DHS secretary who was addressing the press. This was not a Q&A period, and she was interrupted. She was interrupted by someone who was speaking very loudly. And so her security detail confronts what we obviously now know to be the senator. And at that point, he is now going to be escorted out. You can't interrupt something like that that's already in progress without having those consequences."

Zed is going to be apoplectic over this analysis.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-06-13 09:00 PM

" She was interrupted by someone who was speaking very loudly. And so her security detail confronts what we obviously now know to be the senator. And at that point, he is now going to be escorted out. You can't interrupt something like that that's already in progress without having those consequences."

So does this mean Greene and Boebert should've been dragged out of Biden's SOTU and handcuffed?

#8 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-06-13 09:06 PM

" So does this mean Greene and Boebert should've been dragged out of Biden's SOTU and handcuffed?

#8 | POSTED BY DANFORTH AT 2025-06-13 09:06 PM | REPLY"

They were in their chamber. Didn't move toward Biden. SS knew who they were.

Other than that your equivalence is AWESOME in a Snoofy sort of way.

#9 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-06-13 09:38 PM

" They were in their chamber."

Means nothing.

"Didn't move toward Biden."

Padilla was nowhere close. I initially thought he was a few feet away, not fifty. She certainly never felt encroached, ----, she barely missed a beat.

"SS knew who they were."

In both cases.

So again ... using today's barometer, should Greene and Boebert have been physically tossed out and handcuffed?

More to the point: What was Padilla being accused of, when he was being handcuffed?

#10 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-06-13 10:21 PM

BullBringer is a worthless partisan hack.

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-06-13 11:03 PM

" Means nothing"

Sure it does. Padilla had no more reason to be there than you I.

" SS knew who they were."

In both cases."

They didn't appear to know who he was when he was removed.

#12 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-06-13 11:58 PM

You are cherry picking wha5 I quoted. Read it in its entirety.

#13 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-06-13 11:59 PM

@#12 ... Padilla had no more reason to be there than you I. ...

My view...

As a US Senator he had every reason to be there. The FBI seemed to agree, as they allowed him entry.

And, for the record, I may not agree with what he did. (future discussion)

But I will say, unequivocally, that he had more than ample justification to be there.

So, what else yer current alias got?

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-14 12:07 AM

Other than that your equivalence is AWESOME in a Snoofy sort of way.

#9 | Posted by BellRinger

More ball gargling nonsense from Gutes Deutsch.

#15 | Posted by jpw at 2025-06-14 12:19 AM

I laid out the differences. Either refute it or STFU up already.

#16 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-06-14 09:36 AM

Some facts for the magat scum

1. This occurred in a highly secure federal building, so the idea he had a gun is ludicrous

2. Padilla was there for a meeting with head of US Northern command about the military operation.

3. Padilla was escorted to his meeting by FBI and HHS (?) personnel

4. When his meeting was postponed and he learned of the press conference he was escorted to that press conference by FBI and HHS (?) personnel

5. He was wearing a shirt that said US Senate, clearly visible

6. It is patently absurd that Noem's security or Noem did not recognize Padilla-Padilla is the ranking Senator on the subcommittee that oversees immigration

7. He responded to Noem's statement about liberating LA and was IMMEDIATELY confronted by security consisting of FBI and apparently Secret Service members.

8. He immediately identified himself by name and title

9. Noem has refused to respond to Padilla and his subcommittee's request for information

10. It is patently absurd that the FBI and, again, SS (possibly) did not know exactly who he was when he entered the room as he was escorted by other FBI agents.

11. Noem IMMEDIATELY lied about the encounter

Jeffj is a lying piece of ----

#17 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-06-14 09:44 AM

I laid out the differences. Either refute it or STFU up already.

#16 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

The differences?

This was a senator of the state of California. The state they were trying to militarize and were spreading viscous lies about.

First he should have been invited up on to the podium and given a chance to speak for his state after she was done.

Second Noam did not even try to remind him that there would be a question and answer afterwards and immediately resorted to violence.

Third.

GFY liar.

#18 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-06-14 09:50 AM

it shows two things,both we've known for many years
--The dem butt rubbing media prostitutes will do anything to help dems....other than be "journalist" as EVERY SINGLE ONE OF "THEM" showed NOTHING of this self important twit interrupting a public meeting and showing just
what a wholes despicable scum democrats are.

BIDEN WOULD GET QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE WITH "PICTURES" to show him who to call on and who NOT to call on...this bastard thinks he can just rush the speaker....

GD POS>

#19 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-06-14 12:01 PM

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